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pete clemenza

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I was going pretty of hard on LA in my earlier posts but it really is a dope city.

It's skyline isn't dense but it's a west coast city and density is really an East Coast attribute.

DTLA has always felt "empty" to me, so I think adding some skyscrapers would help it feel and look more full/busy.

The original trolley tracks are still there I think, just under the street gravel. Imagine a Trolley right near Venice Beach :wow: Biggest mistake the city planners made was getting rid of the original pub. Transportation model. Think of how much that would've helped traffic :francis:
Actually the 7-15+ story buildings with ground floor retail, bars, restaurants, etc is what bring the street level activation and denseness. Skyscrapers are only effective from far distances. When you're actually in a downtown environment your field of view upwards is only so many stories high. Just like Paris, London, and other Euro cities can feel crowded and congested in a mist of buildings no bigger than 7 stories high
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This is a west to east pic but it looks completely different from south facing north


But these far away pics don't do it justice but ground-street level DTLA is off the chain with bars, restaurants, lounges, new condos/apts, Staples, Arts District, Little Toyko, etc. NY, Chicago, SF will have the edge of course but the tall buildings are coming.


So that trolley was still in LA in the 50s

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It even stopped right off of Santa Monica Beach

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