LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown)

[craigs]

I finally got some time off and went to the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook today. Sorry about the low quality snapshot, but what is the tall building under construction?

[ChelseaFC]

Originally Posted by craigs

I finally got some time off and went to the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook today. Sorry about the low quality snapshot, but what is the tall building under construction?

Here you go:
https://urbanize.city/la/post/steel-...ferson-station

[colemonkee]

It's also possible that we get another Eric Owen Moss-designed high rise in that surface lot to the south along Jefferson, though I wouldn't hold my breath on it starting this year. Or even next. The Wrapper was in the planning stages for years.

https://urbanize.city/la/post/anothe...-baldwin-hills

[Illithid Dude]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

It's also possible that we get another Eric Owen Moss-designed high rise in that surface lot to the south along Jefferson, though I wouldn't hold my breath on it starting this year. Or even next. The Wrapper was in the planning stages for years.

https://urbanize.city/la/post/anothe...-baldwin-hills

Yes, there's this.



And a mixed use development designed by SHoP Architects.



An unexpected area for a new high rise cluster to develop, but I'm certainly not complaining.

[ocman]

Renzo’s Revenge: The new Academy Museum has landed — and it’s out of this world


The first review of the museum opening at the end of the month. Infinitely better than Renzo Pianos’ work for LACMA which I still contend looks like a southern California high school.

[craigs]

Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

Here you go:
https://urbanize.city/la/post/steel-...ferson-station

Thanks! Very cool design.

Originally Posted by ocman

Renzo’s Revenge: The new Academy Museum has landed — and it’s out of this world


The first review of the museum opening at the end of the month. Infinitely better than Renzo Pianos’ work for LACMA which I still contend looks like a southern California high school.

Good article, I'm looking forward to checking out the new museum and theater. That area is quite the cluster of major arts institutions these days.

[ChelseaFC]

First tenants revealed for restored historic Hollywood Citizen News Building

https://whatnowlosangeles.com/mother...ood-this-fall/

[ChelseaFC]

Godfrey Hotel now open in Hollywood four years after groundbreaking

https://www.godfreyhotelhollywood.com/

[ChelseaFC]

$2.5 billion renovation of iconic 1966 Century Plaza Hotel complete in Century City

https://www.travelandleisure.com/hot...es-renovations

[badrunner]

$2.5b sounds ridiculously high for that project considering that the Wilshire Grand came in at around $1b.

[craigs]

I cannot find any source for the heights of the new residential towers behind the renovated Fairmount Century Plaza. Anybody have an idea?

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by badrunner

$2.5b sounds ridiculously high for that project considering that the Wilshire Grand came in at around $1b.

Thats probably including the remodel of the existing hotel. Helps a little but ya, still really high

[Jordan de California]

Originally Posted by badrunner

$2.5b sounds ridiculously high for that project considering that the Wilshire Grand came in at around $1b.

Not that I'm at all knowledgeable about finance, but we're comparing two very different projects here.

Wilshire Grand involved demolishing an old building and replacing it with a single new tower.

Century Plaza involved carefully renovating an old building and building *two* new towers right next to it as part of a single integrated complex.

More than twice the cost sounds about right to me.

[WonderlandPark2]

Originally Posted by craigs

I cannot find any source for the heights of the new residential towers behind the renovated Fairmount Century Plaza. Anybody have an idea?

Within a couple of feet +- of the twin office towers. Hard to tell because of elevation, but I would put them at slightly taller. Twin towers are listed at 571 and FAA maps put them 866 above sea level. In this pic, they are about 10ft higher, but may be a wash as the ground elevation is different.

[Barney Greengrass]

Originally Posted by craigs

I cannot find any source for the heights of the new residential towers behind the renovated Fairmount Century Plaza. Anybody have an idea?

https://ladbsdoc.lacity.org/

Do you have the address?

This looks rather specific:
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/bui...th-tower/14946

[craigs]

Originally Posted by Boerumer

https://ladbsdoc.lacity.org/

Do you have the address?

This looks rather specific:
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/bui...th-tower/14946

Thanks, I'll try to figure out the address.

I've driven around the Westside enough recently and looked toward Century City's skyline from the north, east, south, and west, and I am convinced the new residential twin towers are taller than the office twins.

[plinko]

craigs, we talked about this here early this year. The World Almanac lists them at 537ft, which seems impossible until you really look. I actually think it's correct if the lowest entry is on the Ave of the Stars side (see explanation below):

Originally Posted by plinko

According to Google Earth, the elevation at the drive entry/sidewalk into the Theme Towers is about 270ft. The elevation at the lowest entry into the new twin towers is about 264ft at Solar Way (the backside). The elevation of Avenue of the Stars in front of the Century Plaza Hotel (which may be the official entry to these two new towers) is about 300ft.

So if you count from Solar Way, the entry is 6ft lower and the towers appear just slightly taller from a distance (23ft would make them an even 600ft). If you were to count from Avenue of the Stars, they would be about 564ft tall? That's still significantly taller than the 537ft listed in the World Almanac and at CTBUH. It's possible that their entry is elevated even from Avenue of the Stars, though 27ft seems unlikely.

Actually, I just watched the fly-through video on the Century Plaza website. I would guess that the entry to the new towers is about 10ft above Avenue of the Stars. So if they are indeed 40ft above the Theme Towers, that gets pretty close.

Theme Towers 270ft+571ft = 841ft
Century Plaza Towers 310ft + 537ft = 847ft

Given that there is rounding involved and I'm using Google Earth and rendered videos, I would say that 537ft is likely the correct height unless you measure from Solar Way, which puts it around 583ft.

[craigs]

Originally Posted by plinko

craigs, we talked about this here early this year. The World Almanac lists them at 537ft, which seems impossible until you really look. I actually think it's correct if the lowest entry is on the Ave of the Stars side (see explanation below):

Thanks, that makes sense!

[LA21st]

The new tower at LaJolla and Wilshire looks nice.
I think it's almost done.

That stretch of Wilshire could easily tear down more of those boring midrises and add more 20-25 story blocks.

[Illithid Dude]

Originally Posted by LA21st

The new tower at LaJolla and Wilshire looks nice.
I think it's almost done.

That stretch of Wilshire could easily tear down more of those boring midrises and add more 20-25 story blocks.

I agree. I appreciate the unique shape and glass coloration. A very nice, if unambitious, addition, to our highrise repository.