First Look: Your $1 Billion NoHo Art Wave
Thursday, October 11, 2007, by Eric
Architects at AC Martin Partners call their project "an eruption of concrete, glass and steel piercing the valley floor - creating a vibrant, animated district that integrates work, transit, entertainment, shopping and living." We call it "an insanely huge mixed-use project." And MTA says it's a "boon for North Hollywood." At double the cost of Hollywood & Highland, everyone better be right.
Good for NoHo. I was just driving around NoHo about an hour ago thinking, "this place is so f'n ghetto and run down." Anything that can drag this forgotten part of LA into the modern era is a good thing.
Does anybody else sense the anti-development sentiment that seems to be growing in LA, or is it just me? Everybody has something negative to say about a bunch of good projects(Zev).
Love it. It's rad. It'll totally go well with whatever monstrosity NBC/Universal plans on building down the Red Line. I'd love to see the Valley get a district actually worth visiting or inhabiting, and this is a nice first step for NoHo.
Any structure with 6200 parking spaces attached to a major commercial office building is sure to cause gridlock. It just doesn't make sense - from a planning perspective.
How many parking spaces would have been required if it wasn't the transit hub of all the San Fernando Valley?
What's the problem with adding 500 housing units? Rents are high. Isn't it better to have new modern housing units rather than paying high and higher rents on outdated housing because very little new housing is being built. I say keep on building and building high rise condos and apartment buildings. It's the only way to keep rents at reasonable rates. It also give LA a fell of being more urban rather than one endless sprawling suburb where you have to drive to do everything. I like the idea of large mixed used developments. You can go out to eat, grocery shop and run some errands without having to drive all over town.
What's interesting is that from looking at the plans, this will be the first intersection in Los Angeles where there will be access to the subway from all 4 corners. Now, if we can only get them to spear-head the conversion of the orange line to light rail and have it connect underground with the red line.
I think that with Palmdale/Lancaster and Inland Empire and South Los Angeles growing, that the San Fernando Valley is really pretty close to the center of Los Angeles, especially North Hollywood.
There is a demand for the office space and the valley can give the city some relief in fulfilling the demand for office and residential. I think its good.
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