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Wednesday, June 29, 2020
The Commute: Like Carmageddon, Metro Preparing Us for Westside Subway Construction (2 clicks)
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2020 at 6:53 pm ET
We all know that traffic (sadly) rules our existence in LA, and Metro wants to prepare the city for the coming impacts related to the construction of the Purple Line subway, which will go down our main thoroughfare, Wilshire... ... (more)

City of Angles: "Untouched" A. Quincy Jones in Brentwood's Crestwood Hills
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2020 at 5:33 pm ET
Click here to view the full photogallery. Say hello to the Friedman Residence. One of the thirty remaining properties designed by A. Quincy Jones, Whitney R. Smith, and Edgardo Contini for the Crestwood Hills Mutual Housing Association development, the 2,346-square-foot... ... (more)

Replicas: Hollywood School Builds Itself a Tiny Version of Hollywood Bowl
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2020 at 4:42 pm ET
Photo via A/N Blog. A/N Blog brings us this scene from last Friday, a charming and sweet mini-Hollywood Bowl at Gardner Street Elementary School. According to A/N, Hodgetts + Fung, the firm responsible for the renovation of the real... ... (more)

The Desert 'Sun Tax': Out in Riverside County, there's...
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2020 at 3:55 pm ET
Out in Riverside County, there's a bit of a scrap over a proposed tax on big solar farms. Supporters of the 2 percent tax say it'll help offset the "massive sea of mirrors" and "huge landscapes and vistas semi-permanently... ... (more)

Development Follies: OpEd: Warner Center Project Brings Everyone Down, Including Councilman (3 clicks)
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2020 at 3:15 pm ET
The legacy of City Councilman Dennis Zine will be sullied should the current incarnation of a giant Woodland Hills retail project come to fruition, writes Cary Brazeman, a former CB Richard Ellis executive and founder of LA Neighbors United,... ... (more)

Toni Morrison Lists: The grand, gabled Princeton, N.J., home...
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2020 at 2:02 pm ET
The grand, gabled Princeton, N.J., home of author Toni Morrison has just hit the market, and Curbed National has photos of the pretty renovated interiors. $1.795M may seem expensive, but just think of the good vibes that come with the... ... (more)

Death Blows: New Budget Passes, Nabs $1.7B From Redevelopment Agencies
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2020 at 1:32 pm ET
Downtown aerial via thelastminute on Flickr The state legislature passed the budget yesterday -- and the ax has finally fallen on redevelopment agencies. Without Republican support, of course, it wasn't quite possible to completely dissolve the agencies. Instead, legislators... ... (more)

Morning Linkage: LA's Bribery Plague, Baby Boomers Refusing to Die (2 clicks)
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2020 at 11:33 am ET
· Ovrom: Building & Safety bribery problem "crosscuts our city" [Daily News] · Pasadena's Langham Hotel is LA areas most luxurious [Star-News] · Sexy coffeehouses have one week to put some clothes on [LA Times] · When neighbors suck: San... ... (more)

Tuesday, June 28, 2020
CurbedWire: Something's Being Built!: Santa Monica Edition
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 10:06 pm ET
SANTA MONICA: We're all about the The People's Republic of SM today. Here's a shot of a hole that will grow up to be a mixed-use building at Santa Monica Blvd. and 6th. Little info is to be found... ... (more)

Comment of the Day: "I am sure only of this:... (1 click)
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 9:19 pm ET
"I am sure only of this: The more complicated the deal, the less the public will be able to follow what is going on. And, at some point in the future, they deal will be re-hashed, when the public has... ... (more)

Post-Crash, Improvements Coming to Culver City Park: It was on June 16...
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 9:00 pm ET
It was on June 16 that a driver plowed into a group of bicyclists in Culver City, at the intersection of Jefferson and Hetzler Road near the Baldwin Hills Park Scenic Overlook (pictured). Eight days later, the Baldwin Hills... ... (more)

Fences and Hedges: Mayor Scores His Six Foot Wall, Neighbors Sigh Silently
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 8:04 pm ET
Back in February, the residents of Windsor Square seemed to have been caught off guard when they found out that their most famous resident, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, had applied to build a six-foot wall around the Getty House. (The normal... ... (more)

Apron Parking's Officially Out: Westwood's North Village marks the... (1 click)
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 7:11 pm ET
Westwood's North Village marks the end of a carefree, car-laden era today as officials begin ticketing apron parking, notes the Daily Bruin. The practice--cars parked in alleys and driveways that jut out into the streets and sidewalks-- has always... ... (more)

LA Designers Making the World Better: Highland Park Designers Take Inspiration from Comb
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 6:25 pm ET
Normally we don't give our comb much consideration as we run it through our thick, luxurious, unfailing head of hair each morning. However, the designers of Highland Park-based Knowhow Shop LA have taken the simple comb design to create... ... (more)

TOUCHDOWN? Stadium Deal Could Be Wrapped Up: UPDATE on earlier Farmers Field...
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 5:55 pm ET
UPDATE on earlier Farmers Field post: "Star salesman" Tim Leiweke may as well have the deal in the bag, writes LA Observed's Bill Boyarsky. After a Monday meeting to air Westside concerns about the deal, Boyarsky says "this deal... ... (more)

Construction Watch: Introducing The G: Koreatown's California Market Demolition Underway
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 5:09 pm ET
The California Market, formerly at the corner of 5th and Western in Koreatown, is being torn apart piece by piece to make way for a new 81,000 square foot shopping center known as "The G". The three-story retail shopping... ... (more)

New to Market: '50s-Era 2-bed in Hollywood Hills West Is a Bit Cheaper These Days
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 4:30 pm ET
Click here to view the full photogallery. We're not sure which celebrity is meant to have owned 8716 Sunset Plaza Terrace, but if its ownership history has been kept conveniently vague for the listing, the art on the walls keys... ... (more)

outdoors week 2011: Curvaceous Mid-Century Modern Designed by Arthur Froelich
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 4:03 pm ET
Click here to view the full photogallery. This atomic-age ranch located on a one-acre lot next to the Los Angeles Country Club was designed in 1950 by Arthur Froelich, the architect behind numerous horse racing tracks, including Hollywood Park, Aqueduct... ... (more)

Expo Line, Phase II: Santa Monica to Weigh $2.2M Esplanade for Downtown Expo Stop (1 click)
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 3:00 pm ET
The Santa Monica City Council will today decide on whether to approve a $2 million+ contract for an esplanade (Merriam Webster: a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground; especially one designed for walking or driving along a... ... (more)

Dead Body Stains: Curbed National has the scoop on...
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 1:44 pm ET
Curbed National has the scoop on a three-bedroom ranch in Raleigh, N.C., that's asking $119,000. However, missing from the "investor's dream" brokerbabble is the not-so-insignificant fact that one of the rooms comes with a full-on dead body floor stain. File... ... (more)

Farmers Almanac: AEG Sets Sights Lower, Asks City for $300 Mil in Bonds
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 1:14 pm ET
Stick, meet carrot: developer AEG is supplementing its July 31 deadline on a downtown NFL stadium deal with a softer demand, reports the AP. Not on the deadline, mind you. Instead of asking for the city to float $350... ... (more)

Morning Linkage: Dodgers Still in Bankruptcy, Brown Targets Redevelopment
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 28, 2020 at 11:50 am ET
· Dodgers bankruptcy goes to court hearing today [abc7] · Well-paid Newport Beach lifeguards take cut to benefits [Daily Pilot] · Case-Shiller: Home prices in LA metro inch up [LA Times] · Redevelopment's final days? Brown ready to sign off... ... (more)

Monday, June 27, 2020
Outdoors Week 2011: Vote For LA's Best Dog Park: Boneyard, Lake Hollywood, Laurel Canyon, Silver Lake
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 27, 2020 at 10:10 pm ET
Los Angeles is full of natural wonder, and contrary to popular belief, Angelenos don't spend all their time in cars or on air conditioned reality television sets. So as part of Curbed Outdoors Week 2011 (which has overflowed into a... ... (more)

Comment of the Day: "I'll take this style ANY DAY...
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 27, 2020 at 10:07 pm ET
"I'll take this style ANY DAY over the muddleterranean mashups that are like a cancer on our city." --Steven Price [Atwater Village's The Mews Launches for Real, 3-Beds at $599K] ... (more)

CurbedWire: Wilshire Gayley Site All Clear, New Park for Green-Starved Maywood
From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 27, 2020 at 9:36 pm ET
WESTWOOD: Developer Kambiz Hekmat moves fast--his bulldozers appeared at the sight of a former Hollywood Video less than a month ago. Not only was the structure torn down, but all the concrete--there was a lot of it--has been carted... ... (more)

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