Development
By Eric Richardson — January 09, 2008 — 10 Comments
The southern tip of Gallery Row should soon look a whole lot friendlier. The city broke ground today on a four-month project to replace the asphalt median at 9th...
By Eric Richardson — January 09, 2008 — 1 Comment
Opened as two phases in 1980 and 1981, Angelus Plaza's nearly 1100 units make it the largest Section 8 assisted project in the country. Now the development, which...
By Ed Fuentes — January 09, 2008 — 1 Comment
The project's not slated to open until early 2009, but the end of the year saw 756 S. Spring get a facelift as power washers removed decades of grime from the building...
By Eric Richardson — January 07, 2008 — 8 Comments
The proposed AMP Lofts at 695 Santa Fe has land, an award winning design and the favor of both Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilman Jose Huizar. What it doesn...
By Eric Richardson — January 07, 2008 — 5 Comments
Stopping by for lunch on Friday I asked Hannah Kim how dinner was doing at L'Angolo Cafe, the restaurant she runs with her father at 9th and Main. She said that...
By Eric Richardson — January 07, 2008 — 25 Comments
Frank Gehry was one of four panelists Saturday afternoon for the symposium held as part of the LA Phil's Concrete Frequency series. Gehry, after all, designed...
By Eric Richardson — January 04, 2008
Yesterday's preview meeting for Downtown industrial land use provided more questions than it did answers. Donald Spivack of the CRA and Jane Blumenfield of Planning...
By Eric Richardson — January 04, 2008 — 1 Comment
On the way to City Hall yesterday, I passed a line of concrete trucks at the Medallion project on Main, between 3rd and 4th. Work to date has been in the downward...
By Eric Richardson — January 03, 2008 — 7 Comments
As mentioned the other day, this afternoon at 3pm Planning and CRA are holding the first preview meeting for their "new" Downtown Industrial Land Use policy. As...
By Eric Richardson — January 01, 2008
Public "preview" meetings on a plan for Downtown's industrial space kick off this week with a Thursday afternoon briefing at City Hall. The zoning plan would govern...
By Eric Richardson — January 01, 2008 — 3 Comments
Yesterday Curbed listed "freeway cap parks" as its winner in the urban planning "Idea of the Year" category, referencing proposals to cap the 101 in Hollywood and...
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