9th & Flower Construction Marches Upward
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES —
These two shots show six weeks of progress on 717 W. 9th, the Meruelo Maddux project rising at the intersection of 9th and Flower.
In the time between shots the project has added six of its residential floors. It will eventually rise to 35-stories. The project broke ground in November of 2006, and started building upward in early summer, 2007.
Watching a high-rise sprout upward seems to me to be the perfect antidote for all those who spend so much time worrying about projects that haven't yet made it out of the ground.
In the foreground of both shots is construction for Astani's Concerto. In the same timeframe that project has added a pair of levels to its underground parking. A similar pair of comparison shots after the jump.
Six weeks ago:
Yesterday:
LAofAnaheim on March 12, 2008, at 04:21PM – #1
Hmm...for Concerto you are comparing the underground parking structure for Phase II over the 6 weeks? What about the Phase I development; that's already on its 5th floor as of today?
Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on March 12, 2008, at 04:31PM – #2
Correct. And parking construction is slower anyway, so I certainly wasn't saying that Concerto is moving slow or anything. Judging by the two photos, it looks like the Phase I building has added two (maybe three?) floors as well.