[QUOTE=craigs;9929211]Correct.
Park La Brea in Los Angeles is another example of a large, private towers-in-the-park development:
I'd happily live at Park LaBrea. The units are quite large and comfortable. Great views. Great location. Excellent parking. Tons of amenities. It's not at all unpleasant down at street level. The little 2 story town house units around the periphery of the development are also quite nice.
Hmmm. Upon reading some recent reviews, I might have changed my mind about Park LaBrea. Sounds like the current dysfunction of LA has made the Tower in the Park model a bit problematic. Parking and car break-ins, especially, sound like a nightmare.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/park-la-bre...eles-3#reviews
I think back in the day, Metropolitan Life Insurance ran a tighter ship. Metropolitan Life developed and operated several similar complexes, mostly in the immediate post WW2 period. Metropolitan Life Insurance constructed a sister complex, Park Merced in San Francisco, which features a similar street layout to Park La Brea. At the same time, they built Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan, Parkchester in The Bronx, and Parkfairfax in Alexandria, Virginia just outside Washington, D.C.