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sepulveda/ventura is a very popular intersection for transit. part of the reason is that many people are probably switching to buses to get to the westside, which this train might alleviate. however, there are many, many businesses nearby including a rather popular mall as well as nearby hotels that would benefit from a station. i think it would be a large mistake to pass up this major intersection. if two stops along ventura aren’t an option, i’d say give up the van nuys stop and go straight from ven/sep up to van nuys/magnolia.

Currently Metro is due to study this as two separate projects (a 405 project and a Van Nuys boulevard project). So I hope that Bart and the guys and gals at the Transit Coalition can convince Metro that they really should be studying the area like this. Besides the Purple Line Extension this REALLY should be the next project Metro starts on as this Sepulveda line would be a miracle to hundreds of thousands of commuters and would be one of the most used in the system.

Also important is that if the line gets to construction phase sometime this decade, even if it only goes as far north as, say, the Orange Line, that it’s southern terminus is at least a transfer station at the Expo Line. Getting to Wilshire (with a stop at UCLA) is great, but an easy transfer at the Expo Line would greatly improve the system. Imagine a commute from Ventura/Van Nuys to DTSM in something like 35 mins…

@guest #14: I’m not sure why people are interpreting my comment to mean that we should abandon Van Nuys Blvd routing entirely for Sepulveda. That’s not what I said at all; I’m saying we should ADD a Sepulveda/Ventura station to the route that’s already mapped in the above image. That is, a station between VNB/Ventura and UCLA.

Sepulveda/Ventura is only important because it is the CURRENT auto oriented gateway to the valley. Van Nuys will be equally important with regards to the transit gateway into the valley and developments will build around this future station, just as they did when the sepulveda pass was constructed.

Sepulveda is the past/present; Van Nuys is the FUTURE

This line excites me almost as much as the purple line

@guest #134: Sorry my friend, but you are full of it. The city could have done about ten different things if they were convinced the problem was that bad. They chose not to. They left it up to Deronda residents to pool their money and post some ad hoc signs. Why do you think that is? Any thoughts?

They could have have painted the curbs red and posted parking enforcement during peak hours. They could have made it a permit parking only zone for residents, again with parking enforcement. They could have offered to install a gate at the bottom of the dead end section of the street, gratis the city. They could shut down access to the "fire road" (which is a defacto trail for residents and tourists), and enforced it with the general police who are up there several times a day. They could have used different signange, since the ones they put on Deronda don’t really let tourists know that once they drive down that street they can’t turn around. They could have posted signs at Franklin or Beachwood that stated "no access to hollywood sign".

They could have done a bunch of things, but no. They said "let’s let Deronda figure it out." Does that sound like the City was uber concerned to you???? I think not, so let’s stop trying to frame this as a major concern of the City. They could care less my friend. Mr. LaBonge has used his considerable influence to do absolutely butkis for you!!!

Futhermore, you made my freakin point for me Mr. Deronda resident. The signs have been up almost three weeks now, and it STILL took you 20 minutes to get out of your driveway.

What that tells any reasonable person is that the newly installed directional signs aren’t helping you guys out all that much (if at all…you’ve got a white tourist van and a curb lined with cars up there at the moment and it’s 5pm on a Tuesday). But the signs sure have pissed off the rest of the neighborhood. Good job. Way to solve a problem there guys….

@guest #23: By the look of this house, "Craig Ellwood" IS Mies van der Rohe!

This is so gorgeous a house it makes my heart ache. O winning lotto ticket, where art thou?

@guest #39: The Old Bank District itself only has two or three buildings left that will/could go residential. Banco Popular and one of the two old TI Buildings since the other one will likely be a hotel are the only two that are likely in this next cycle. Spring Arts will remain commercial for a variety of reasons and the Barclay/Van Nuys will remain a SRO – though a well run privately one – due to the SRO preservation ordinance.

And if you go south of the OBD – the only commercial building left on Main or Spring before 7th is MALDEF’s Banks-Huntley Building at 634 S. Spring and that is likely to remain a home for non-profits for quite some time – and that still is only 3 possible buildings. And if you go north of the OBD, the only major commercial building left on Main or Spring above 4th – besides Banco Popular – is the Washington Building on the SW corner of 3rd and Spring which is almost fully occupied by government agencies on long term leases. So that still leaves only three likely buildings left to convert with only two of them likely to be converted in the next ten years.

ANd even if you look east and west of the OBD, the only major building on a side street to the east that is unconverted – the warehouse on Winston just before LA Street – has already started its conversion. And there are only a couple small buildings on side streets to the west before Broadway – the ghost annex of the Alexandria and one very small building on 6th, neither of which is large enough have any impact on other future developments,

@guest #5:

The Hollywood Reservoir has already been taken out of service. It was replaced by the Toyon Tanks – two 30-million-gallon underground tanks located just north of the upper reservoir – in 2002.

You can easily see the tanks on Google Maps – just look for the two big circles north of the reservoir.

The reservoir is kept (partly) filled as an emergency water-supply backup and for firefighting use.

As @Tornadoes28 notes, this has nothing to do with terrorism. The EPA’s Surface Water Treatment Rule has been in effect since 1989. The rule was enacted to address cryptosporidium, giardia, legionella, and virus contamination issues.

Together with more recently-enacted EPA rules, including the Long Term 2 Surface Water Treatment Ruleand the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, it essentially mandates covering open reservoirs, replacing them with buried tanks, and/or adding additional filtration and disinfection facilities.

LADWP has already completed several major projects, including the Toyon Tanks, the replacement of the open Rowena Reservoir with buried tanks capped by a decorative "water feature", and adding floating covers to the Eagle Rock and Van Norman Bypass reservoirs.

Projects currently under construction, in addition to the Headworks tanks to replace the Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs, include bypass trunks and additional treatment facilities for the Lower Stone Canyon and Encino reservoirs.

Projects in the planning stages include floating covers for the Santa Ynez reservoir in Pacific Palisades and the Los Angeles (Lower Van Norman) reservoir in Sylmar, as well as modifications (floating covers? buried tanks?) for the Upper Stone Canyon and Elysian reservoirs.

More details on current and future projects can be found on the LADWP Reservoir Improvements page.

@guest #14: hey rip van winkle: they opened at 1600 Vine instead. you should get out once in a while.

Looked at this over the weekend. This was most recently a rooming house with 15 tenants. The bank ripped out the out of code upstairs bathroom and kitchen, so there is no bathroom upstairs. There is definitely some settling with the house and the back kitchen is on a slope. On the back side of the house, part of the awning was gone, and it looked like the wood underneath the roofing was rotting. Upstairs there was some soft spots in the ceiling. The outside of the house is pretty rock solid. Lots of wear and tear on the inside, and would not be for the faint of heart. Pretty sure this is in an HPOZ. Down the street I saw a outdoor yoga class happening on the tennis courts at the Loren Miller Rec Center just half-a block down. The apartment complex next door is one of the nice looking ones in the neighborhood.

My wife and I walked around the neighborhood and people out in their yards were extremely friendly, more friendly than our neighborhood in Culver City, where we get nasty stares for walking around. Most houses are transitioning the bars off their windows.

Yes, not a ton to do in walking distance here. It is not Silverlake. The West Adams Neighborhood Association is strong and is really helpful from what I hear as is the Van Buren Place Community Restoration group.

Obviously, this neighborhood is fine for others, not for some.