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Right, it’d turn out to become Personal Rapid Transit for the 1 % and not much more, would need to be routed to connect Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Beverly Hills, the Sunset Strip, Hancock Park and from there clear over to San Marino. That’s it. Sorry San Fernando Valley and Palos Verdes peninsula. The cost of building and operating such a system would not provide an ecomonic return by servicing any other vicinity. Why?

The cost of perfecting a smooth ride and even if a smooth ride could be achieved, the wear factor would pose a significant economic factor as part of maintenance. What do these ‘skates’ travel on? Do they have steel wheels or rubber wheels? Steel wheels on whatever type of high strength concrete would cause abrasion/degradation of the concrete surface – i.e. potholes (not a smooth ride). Rubber wheels? What happens if the rubber gives way? Right: malfunction junction.

The rails on which subway trains travel are set on adjustable shims, so that the elevation where the butt ends of rails – where they meet – can be adjusted so as to smooth out the path of travel. And the Redline travels as high as 70 or so mph between Hollywood and Universal City. Imagine how critical the butt joints would need be if the subway trains were to travel 150 mph! Seems as though Musk’s system will need to have skates be traveling on steel rails with either steel or very hard rubber wheels.

They’ve got to work out the roughness of the ride, otherwise the wear factor and the degree of vibrations/shaking will tear things apart (150 mph, don’t forget). How many of the above referenced 1 % would want to ride the equivalent of the Disneyland Matterhorn to work or to buy Gucci/Pucci/Fiorucci? All of the above discussion doesn’t get into the safety, cleanliness and surface street logistics issues that have been raised over Musk’s ideas, issues which – if a couple of politicians had stopped to consider and think twice, would have stopped them in their tracks and they’d never have associated themselves with his delusionary pursuit of not having to ride in public transit with the poor, the unwashed, society’s underclass, soon to become the other 95%.

Incredible…. the entire park is a makeover from my walks through it 10 years ago and the smell of urine and booze permeated the air. Transformation yes indeed. Don’t stop.

I don’t think it needs tons of work at all. I’d keep the kitchen and bathrooms mostly intact. shine them up a bit, upgrade plumbing, electrical. add new central heat and air – that sort of thing. If you rip it all out then you have another bland redo that will be dated as hell in 12 or 15 years anyway. Hope some McMansion builder doesn’t ruin it

Per the listing, those assessments include property taxes, heat, air con, electricity and gas. This is actually a pretty good deal.

I was happy to support my favorite bookstore at the LPC hearing on December 4th. When I walked in, I was greeted by the owner of the Strand herself, who could not have been kinder to me as she handed me an informational brochure and walked me through it, explaining the reasoning behind her position—this was before I introduced myself as a customer of the Strand. As Nancy explained to me, the building Strand is in doesn’t have any air rights, so developers can’t expand. She was honest in disclosing that Strand has very little wiggle room for excess expenses, so jumping through hoops to meet the "preservation standards" of the LPC adds to the burden on the business.

Over the near two decades I’ve been coming to the Strand, I’d never gotten to meet Nancy but was very friendly with Fred, and I can truthfully say that Fred Bass would not stand for what’s happening to the Stand right now. He’d be so devastated, and as Strand fan, it devastates me too.

To my NYC government officials and to the Landmarks Preservation Commission: you can do better in supporting the small-businesses you so wish to "preserve". You could start by not punishing them and putting them into debt (or worse, out of business) by trying to meet your standards of "preservation". Let them keep doing what they need to do as a business to adapt with time and survive in this city.

-LM Johns

From the air, it looks like an iron…or a wedge.

Oh yeah because things have changed so much, right Bruin. Feminism is welcome, Unions are enforced and supported, Good/Fair Wages are given to all, Clean Air throughout the world, Clean Water everywhere, Honest Politicians of course is there anything else, No more Racism, oh yeah and now there is Peace on Earth-no more WAR and the Ice Caps have stopped melting too. So glad to hear your incredible wisdom with your bully comment. "They wanted power but mostly they wanted money." anonymous

From the SFGate article: "As forecast by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, air quality in San Francisco shifted to the ‘moderate’ category late Friday morning after slipping into the orange, "unhealthy for sensitive groups," label earlier this morning. The bad air quality Friday morning was due to a combination of wood smoke in San Francisco and polluted air drifting into the Bay Area from the Central Valley."
https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/fireplaces-wood-burning-San-Francisco-air-quality-13466726.php