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Radio5 · #**10461** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 4:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by edale

This tower makes quite an impact from the trails in Griffith Park. I'm wondering if the Mitsui tower u/c on Fig will be visible from that angle? As of last week, it was not.

You can even see it from the silverlake reservoir, it's great.

Radio5 · #**10462** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 4:16 AM**

[QUOTE=craigs;9644633]Urbanize Los Angeles has posted a color rendering of the Hollywood project since I posted the article:

They even put a render of the building across the street. Hopefully that means it's happening. Imagine this with the Crossroads development as well. That's still happening, right?

wisheye · #**10463** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 4:44 AM**

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Definitely. Hollywood is shaping up really really nicely. If we could accelerate the Hollywood Blvd street make over, several other major projects and clean up the homeless, that's gonna be a fantastic LA neighborhood

I think the Crossroads development by itself will put Hollywood over the top (assuming of course that the homeless situation can be mitigated).

Easy · #**10464** Posted **Jun 10, 2022, 5:23 PM**

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I think the Crossroads development by itself will put Hollywood over the top (assuming of course that the homeless situation can be mitigated).

I don't know what development or project will put Hollywood over the top, but I believe that it's going to experience a wave of large-scale and iconic developments very soon. Three environmental reports were released just this week, one of which has a very iconic structure that we've previously seen.

The weird thing though, is that while the city hasn't yet adopted the Hollywood Community Plan, I don't think that the Plan allows for much more development than is already planned. Hollywood could be capped by the time the Plan is finally approved later this year. Unless the local and state laws allowing for more housing near transit supersede the plan and make it moot.

caligrad · #**10465** Posted **Jun 14, 2022, 11:01 PM**

Didn't get a chance to grab pictures but the new Clippers arena is further along than i thought. I thought we were at least a few months away from groundbreaking but that thing looks to be 30-40% complete already. Mind Blown.

colemonkee · #**10466** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 3:04 AM**

This development might also put Hollywood over the top if it comes to fruition...

https://la.urbanize.city/post/new-de...ge-star-sunset

craigs · #**10467** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 3:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

This development might also put Hollywood over the top if it comes to fruition...

https://la.urbanize.city/post/new-de...ge-star-sunset

I think that's my favorite proposal in the entire Southland. It's so appropriate for Hollywood.

colemonkee · #**10468** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 3:25 AM**

It's like MAD stood the Lucas Museum up, sheathed it in glass, and had it dine at the Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles across the street for about 6 months straight with no exercise. And since I like both MAD & Roscoe's, I ain't, well, mad...

caligrad · #**10469** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 4:15 AM**

Wishing The Palladium Twins are built. Hollywood/Sunset is turning out to be a very interesting corridor.

Illithid Dude · #**10470** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 9:47 AM**

I stand firmly against that proposal. It's an ungainly design that interacts horribly with the pedestrian sphere. And I generally like MAD Architects!

SoCalKid · #**10471** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 7:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

I stand firmly against that proposal. It's an ungainly design that interacts horribly with the pedestrian sphere. And I generally like MAD Architects!

Don't worry, there's next to a 0% chance it gets built. This design is outright silly - it'd be insanely expensive to build and would be wildly impractical from a tenant perspective. Seems to me like a delusional/unsophisticated owner with MAD just going along for the ride because it allows them to put some crazy renderings out there with their name on it.

LAisthePlace · #**10472** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 9:35 PM**

Speaking of MAD architects (how great is it that we have one of the most aesthetically ambitious architecture firms now in town) I spotted to Lucas Museum last week as I was flying back to Los Angeles.

Coming along very nicely. Going to be an icon for Los Angeles for years to come.

craigs · #**10473** Posted **Jun 16, 2022, 4:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by LAisthePlace

Speaking of MAD architects (how great is it that we have one of the most aesthetically ambitious architecture firms now in town) I spotted to Lucas Museum last week as I was flying back to Los Angeles.

Coming along very nicely. Going to be an icon for Los Angeles for years to come.

Thanks for the pic--not only does it show the Lucas Museum taking shape, it also shows what appears to be site prep for the structure that will contain the Space Shuttle Endeavor.

ChelseaFC · #**10474** Posted **Jun 18, 2022, 3:42 PM**

UCLA renovation of historic 1941 Crest Theatre in Westwood scheduled for completion in March 2023

https://cap.ucla.edu/landing/the_nimoy

https://losangelestheatres.blogspot....t-theatre.html

Busy Bee · #**10475** Posted **Jun 18, 2022, 5:28 PM**

Was it really necessary to rename it?

Easy · #**10476** Posted **Jun 18, 2022, 6:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Was it really necessary to rename it?

What's the issue with the name?

craigs · #**10477** Posted **Jun 18, 2022, 10:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Was it really necessary to rename it?

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What's the issue with the name?

Two points.

First, according to the link, that theater was called the UCLAN Theater when it first opened in 1940. It was later renamed the Metro in the late 1950s, and then renamed the Metro in the 1980s, then back to the Crest by the end of that decade--so it's not really a big deal to rename it yet again.

Second, there's reason to rename it the UCLA Nimoy Theater: UCLA bought the building, Leonard Nimoy studied at UCLA, and his widow, Susan Bay Nimoy, initially funded this renovation.

Any more complaints?

Illithid Dude · #**10478** Posted **Jun 19, 2022, 2:25 AM**

Cranes up for Jamison’s two tower project in Koreatown.

Busy Bee · #**10479** Posted **Jun 19, 2022, 2:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by craigs

Two points.

First, according to the link, that theater was called the UCLAN Theater when it first opened in 1940. It was later renamed the Metro in the late 1950s, and then renamed the Metro in the 1980s, then back to the Crest by the end of that decade--so it's not really a big deal to rename it yet again.

Second, there's reason to rename it the UCLA Nimoy Theater: UCLA bought the building, Leonard Nimoy studied at UCLA, and his widow, Susan Bay Nimoy, initially funded this renovation.

Any more complaints?

UCLANIMOY

The perfect compromise. Probably won't fit on the marquee though...

LA21st · #**10480** Posted **Jun 19, 2022, 3:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

Cranes up for Jamison’s two tower project in Koreatown.

Oh wow! Great news!