And on the dusty corner of First Street and Beaudry Avenue, we spy the makings of Broadstone Los Angeles, a 204-unit (according to the Downtown News; numbers may have changed) rental building. Background: A dated, but still relevant editorial on this neighborhood, coined City West: Blame both the recession in the 1990s, and the LAUSD's seizure--via eminent domain--of the Belmont Learning Center (across the street) for setbacks re: development in this pocket of downtown, "an area once envisioned as a major housing hub." Today, plenty of construction cranes going up in City West, however.
· City West Needs BID, More DASH [Downtown News]
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