the NEW Downtown Los Angeles thread: the 100 suburbs have found their city, so roll over Dorothy Fuckin Chandler you shrill witch!!

http://you-are-here.com/theatre/orpheum.jpg its back lot: http://you-are-here.com/theatre/orpheum2.jpg

linda lea: http://you-are-here.com/theatre/linda_lea.jpg

But these Wynn ppl also have it on their site...so I'm guessing on the upper levels: also lofts? This is all considerably east fwiw, as Spring is just one block away from Main, and to answer your earlier question Main, they are loft-ing 5th Street, or rather already have (the Los Angeles and San Fernando bildings, at 4th and Main.) So now you will know where to get drunk on Skid Row

Built in 1904, Farmers & Merchants is the first bank building in Los Angeles. Its founder, Isaias Hellman, was the leading banker to Southern California's growing agricultural and merchant economy. The bank's ceiling is a large barrel-vaulted glass skylight that was covered up during the bomb scares of World War II.

http://wynnlocations.com/farmers-s/DSCN7283.JPGhttp://wynnlocations.com/farmers-s/bank1.jpghttp://wynnlocations.com/farmers-s/black2.jpghttp://wynnlocations.com/farmers-s/vault1.JPG http://wynnlocations.com/farmers-s/vault%20room.jpghttp://wynnlocations.com/farmers-s/bank3.JPG

okay thats all 4 now!!!

FELICITY WHEN CAN WE HANG OUT??! I STILL HAVEN'T MET YOU YET - LET'S GO TO THE EDISON.

SPENCER CHOW TOLD ME YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO PASS MY HOTNESS HANGING-OUT-WITH REQUIREMENTS, THAT I STRICTLY ENFORCE ON ALL TRANSPLANTS

"transplant"

You were the one asking us for LA advice just the other day.

Yeah we need to bump the LA #4 thread and organize something. Has tremenoid had the kid yet?

Haha, ok Spencer-by-proxy. So glad I am on the "A" list.

tremendoid has had the kid, as of about 3 hrs ago. wife and baby resting. happy birthday sarah naomi :D!!!! *collapses* good night!

congrats dude!

Major Congrats, duuude!

http://www.yehey.com/ecards/images%5Cthumb%5CBaby-Wave.gif

p.s. what is your baby's email addy (for top secret newborns-only borad)?

CONGRATS TREMENDOID!!!

HAHA - that's awesome you found that old thread! I had already lived in LA for years then but was new to Hollywood Tourist Central - and as this is my 5th anniversary in this apt, oh how I can reminisce about the rent before those ZILLION dollar lofts being built down the street caused it to increase (jumped up again this month :(
and will again annually.. i'm really starting to wonder how much longer this studio is going to go before comparing with something even in new york - it's ridiculous here.

Rah Tremendoid! Yay baby!

You have also been given 2 thumbs up and a clearance from NYU/Library Mary... so Felicity how am I supposed to get in touch with you - are you on Spencer or Remy's social networking menu... my current email is v i k t o r i a n . x @ geemail USE IT

I IM MR. TABREN LAST NIGHT - but Arthur wrote back when I wasnt here we must rope him into our socialization plans

IF none of you are doing anything this week every night from Monday to Thursday is the AFI showcase @ the Arclight --> MY FILM IS PLAYING TOMORROW night - 7:30 PM

i am technically only supposed to pass this along to "industr foax" due to a finite # of seats but since no one cares ...RSVP HERE -> http://www.afi.com/showcase/

FREE BOOZE AFTER ALL THE SCREENINGS AT AFTER-PARTY

thanks guys booze/glitz it up for me laxorz. peace

aw, massive urban economic development project can't secure a loan!

Grand Avenue Construction Pushed to 2009
Developer Delays Phase One Completion Another Year

by Anna Scott
Staff Writer
Developer Related Companies has announced that it is delaying construction on the $3 billion Grand Avenue project until next year, a company official said Monday afternoon. The company previously planned to break ground this summer.
Under the revised schedule, phase one construction would begin on Feb. 15, 2009, and finish in 2012 instead of 2011 as previously anticipated.
Initially, Related intended to begin construction on the project in October 2007, but the schedule has been pushed back multiple times.
The latest rescheduling stems from the difficulty in securing a construction loan in the ongoing credit crunch, said Related of California President Bill Witte. The previous schedule, he said, was based on the assumption that Related would be able to secure construction financing based on partially completed construction documents.
"As the financial world tightens and tightens, it's clear that's not going to be possible," said Witte.
"Nothing has changed in the timing of the documents," he added. "What has changed is our assessment of whether we can get a loan right now."
The developer plans to finalize construction documents for the Bunker Hill complex, which will include design details and help determine building costs, by the end of the year. Related will then move forward with demolishing a multi-level parking structure at Grand Avenue and First Street, probably in November, Witte said. Related previously intended to demolish the structure this past March, but decided to wait in lieu of the current fiscal situation. He said the parking structure, currently closed, could reopen in the interim.
"No one wants to have a big hiatus between the time we complete demolition and the time we start excavation," said Witte.
Plans for the approximately $1 billion first phase of the Frank Gehry-designed project, officially dubbed The Grand, call for a 48-story Mandarin Oriental Hotel & Residences with 295 rooms and 262 condominiums, a 19-story residential tower with 126 market-rate apartments and 98 affordable units, retail, a nightclub and a 16-acre Civic Park.
Construction on the park, Witte said, will proceed as scheduled, with groundbreaking slated for next spring and completion in 2011. The budget for its "base" design is $56 million, though additional amenities will cost more, officials have said.
Witte said that in June, Related will go before the Grand Avenue Authority, which is overseeing the project, to ask for formal approval of the construction delay.
Contact Anna Scott at a✧✧✧@downtownn✧✧✧.c✧✧.
www.downtownnews.com.

but yay the civic park is still going ahead! will it have a "ramble" for cruising?