Downtown Los Angeles' Exciting Comeback

8 November 2002 - 8:00am

with new downtown apartments and striking new public buildings, downtown Los Angeles is buzzing with architectural excitement and urban energy.

"...downtown L.A. has gotten hot. We know this sounds familiar—the neighborhood’s had more comebacks than Richard Gere. Now developers, spurred by tax incentives, are busy flipping dilapidated buildings into lofts, and young urban pioneers are moving in, lured by the affordable rents and the vague notion that urban living is cool...It’s not just that world-class architects like L.A.’s own Frank Gehry are building big here—it’s that they’re accommodating street life and pedestrians in a way this car-crazy city hasn’t done before."

Source: Newsweek, November 7, 2002
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.