Los Angeles Design Collective
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Good news for Los Angeles and our sister city, Nagoya - Mayor Villaraigosa is heading to Asia!
See the press release ¶ 10:30 AM 0 comments
See the press release ¶ 10:30 AM 0 comments
Friday, September 01, 2006
More People, Less Space
While morons at the Reason Foundation (CMD Link) cry over public transit and insist that all we need are few more roads, the bulk of common sense and planning points to the exact opposite for a solution to the transit quagmire. With questionable reasoning, the "Libertarian thinktank" wants to jam another thumb in the dyke, proposing billions of dollars in freeways.
Such nonsense is hardly worth the conversation, but it is important to remind the world at large that these voices have always existed, that there were like moans over rock'n'roll (the devil's music), the car, and even aircraft. So rather than building more freeways (technology from the 1950s), we should instead be looking to transit options that are worthy of the future. More people moving in less space should be our model. ¶ 7:17 AM 0 comments
Such nonsense is hardly worth the conversation, but it is important to remind the world at large that these voices have always existed, that there were like moans over rock'n'roll (the devil's music), the car, and even aircraft. So rather than building more freeways (technology from the 1950s), we should instead be looking to transit options that are worthy of the future. More people moving in less space should be our model. ¶ 7:17 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Hollywood: SL
Some enteprising Second Life citizen has boiled down the Hollywood experience with tour book efficiency, complete with Hollywood Bowl, Grauman's, and sign. And it's easier to see! ¶ 12:22 AM 0 comments
Some enteprising Second Life citizen has boiled down the Hollywood experience with tour book efficiency, complete with Hollywood Bowl, Grauman's, and sign. And it's easier to see! ¶ 12:22 AM 0 comments
Friday, August 04, 2006
Yucca Corridor
The gallery at Lost and Found, 6314 Yucca St.
90028 (sorry, no website), has a very promising show up, which accents the need for a solid vision of the Yucca corridor. ¶ 11:49 AM 0 comments
90028 (sorry, no website), has a very promising show up, which accents the need for a solid vision of the Yucca corridor. ¶ 11:49 AM 0 comments
Thursday, August 03, 2006
The Plan
I was able to grab this morsel of Famima global conquest before the overlords of well designed and convenient thought better of their web design. ¶ 7:31 AM 0 comments
I was able to grab this morsel of Famima global conquest before the overlords of well designed and convenient thought better of their web design. ¶ 7:31 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Ambassador Hotel (sniff)
The copy read, "An artist's sketch of the site plan of Phase 2 of a development idea for the Ambassador Hotel property on July 10, 1957, showing a deck over the lobby level and three office buildings on the property, along with a merchandise mart. The hotel itself has also been modified. Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall are the architects and engineers." ¶ 10:23 AM 0 comments
The copy read, "An artist's sketch of the site plan of Phase 2 of a development idea for the Ambassador Hotel property on July 10, 1957, showing a deck over the lobby level and three office buildings on the property, along with a merchandise mart. The hotel itself has also been modified. Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall are the architects and engineers." ¶ 10:23 AM 0 comments
Famima!
Famima (USA) rolled out their new website yesterday, with plenty of frills and even a coupon. Gone is the corporate manifesto and global domination map, but maybe I grabbed it before they thought better...
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Sunday, July 30, 2006
Crime and Buckets
At left is a pic of the infamous Popeye's, Hollywood crime magnet, and gathering spot of drug culture. At the current evolution of Hollywood, inexpensive street corner hangouts (Popeye's, Greco's, McDonalds) provide an environment that encourages the crime that has plagued Hollywood for decades. Imagine a substation for any number of the highly mobile criminal occupations. Rivalled only by smoke shops and dark alleys, these once uplifting businesses are now slowing the growth of Hollywood, discouraging investment and interaction.
Picture the difference between a liquor store on the corner, and a store. Who goes? Who stays? What impression does it leave you with? When was the last time you turned down an unfamiliar street after a gritty fast food place/liquor store?
I'm not suggesting the removal of fast food (but not a bad idea), but placing different businesses on the corners. I say put the fast food in the middle of the block, let the corners move people to the stores. ¶ 11:31 AM 0 comments
At left is a pic of the infamous Popeye's, Hollywood crime magnet, and gathering spot of drug culture. At the current evolution of Hollywood, inexpensive street corner hangouts (Popeye's, Greco's, McDonalds) provide an environment that encourages the crime that has plagued Hollywood for decades. Imagine a substation for any number of the highly mobile criminal occupations. Rivalled only by smoke shops and dark alleys, these once uplifting businesses are now slowing the growth of Hollywood, discouraging investment and interaction.
Picture the difference between a liquor store on the corner, and a store. Who goes? Who stays? What impression does it leave you with? When was the last time you turned down an unfamiliar street after a gritty fast food place/liquor store?
I'm not suggesting the removal of fast food (but not a bad idea), but placing different businesses on the corners. I say put the fast food in the middle of the block, let the corners move people to the stores. ¶ 11:31 AM 0 comments
