Kylie Johanson
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From: Rick Bates <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com>
To: "californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] This Seems Foolish in Earthquake Country
That'd be CA shake and bake.
Rick
Tiny iPhone keypad, sorry for typos
On Dec 20, 2011, at 4:01 AM, "Lewack, Mark A." <Mark.Lewack@opm.gov> wrote:
>At least they won't have to go far to film the reincarnation of Towering Inferno <SMILE>.
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>Mark A. Lewack
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>From:californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kim Noyes
>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 12:41 AM
>To: CaliforniaDisasters; California's Earthquake Forum
>Subject: [californiadisasters] This Seems Foolish in Earthquake Country
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>Hollywood: The Next Manhattan?
>New community plan focuses on high-rise buildings in Hollywood
>By Olga Spilewsky and Conan Nolan - KNBC-TV Los Angeles
>| Monday, Dec 19, 2011 | Updated 7:17 PM PST
>Hollywood could end up looking like a mini-Manhattan pretty soon.
>Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa backed the first of six new community plans Monday that would focus on building high-rise buildings right in the heart of the city and near the subway corridors. But, not everyone is thrilled about the potential changes to the city's landscape.
>Looking at the heart of Hollywood, new hotels and nightclubs are evidence that the Hollywood renaissance is in full bloom.
>"There were many tough motel," said LA City Councilman Tom Labonge, reminiscing about the days when Hollywood had a "rougher" feel. "I was not in them, but there were tough motels that used to exist along Hollywood Boulevard"
>He's also comparing those days to the "new" Hollywood, where transit-oriented development is focusing on growth along the Red Line's most famous neighborhood.
>"The real choice is not between growth and no growth," said Council President Eric Garcetti. "The choice is between planning and no planning."
>The so-called Hollywood Community Plan opens the gate for high-rise and high-density development along Hollywood Boulevard, such as the recently introduced Millennium Hollywood Project. It's a billion dollars worth of office, retail and residential towers next to the Capitol Records building.
>Backers of the plan say it focuses on growth along mass transit lines and saves the historic nature of the surrounding neighborhoods. But opponents call it "skyscraper hell."
>"It is the Manhattan-isation" of Hollywood," said Lucille Saunders with the La Brea Coalition. "The projections they are using for the population are totally flawed."
>"They take it as an article of faith that if they build a couple of subway stations, that people will get out of their cars," said George Abrahams, president of the Argyle Civic Association. "What am I going to do? Am I going to go to Home Depot and carry my 4' by 8" sheet of plywood home on the subway? It's ridiculous."
>The blueprint still needs City Council approval, but Garcetti implied Monday that it was a done deal.
>Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Hollywood-Manhattan-High-Rise-Buildings-135900053.html?_osource=Newsletter-Daily
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