Apartment bunker pushers head for Hollywood
The real one -- in Los Angeles. And the locals there, like the locals here, pretty much hate the idea:
With many nearly abandoned blocks and downscale businesses around its core, Hollywood certainly could use a face-lift. But local community activists want development to be congruent with the area's architectural traditions. "There is real dismay in our community that the opportunity to make Hollywood a world-class destination is slipping away to these 'Manhattanization' fantasies," says Swan, a retired bookbinder. "We have always said that we love Manhattan — in New York."
Let's hope the dudes who are destroying Portland let the dollar signs in their eyes take them down to Tinseltown and get them out of here. Hey, Wally -- aren't you sick of all the rain?
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"Location also plays a role in whether projects are required to provide on-site parking. Sites within 500 fee of frequently operating transit service (every 20 minutes during peak morning and evening commute hours) are not required to provide on-site parking. This exemption came about as part of the Transportation System Plan in 2002 with the rationale being that the availability of frequent bus, MAX, or streetcar service allows residents to live without a vehicle and/or utilize transit for trips beyond the vicinity of their home."
This is from the FAQ flyer from the Portland Planning Bureau.
Now...Given what has happened in the recent past, what assurances do we have that those transit lines will still be there next year, or in five years, or in ten years...much less whether they will be operating with 20 minute or less increments between buses?
None?
I thought so.
I perceive this as allowing sleazy developers to dump this load of feces on a community and then have Tri-Met MOVE THEIR BUS LINES to take advantage of other places where they can jam these crappy architectural travesties into some other unsuspecting neighborhood.
In short, using frequent bus lines to justify overbuilding is BAD PLANNING.
Posted by godfry | July 30, 2012 3:35 PM
That bunker going up right next to the Hollywood Theater should be considered a crime against humanity.
One of the few remaining classic theaters from the era of amazing fantasy-styled buildings is being utterly destroyed by one of the cheapest and tackiest pieces of crap I have ever seen.
Posted by Tim | July 30, 2012 3:37 PM
availability of frequent bus, MAX, or streetcar service allows residents to live without a vehicle
This was bullpuckey when written, but it's particularly absurd now that Tri-Met bus service is falling apart.
Posted by Jack Bog | July 30, 2012 4:00 PM
This was bullpuckey when written, but it's particularly absurd now that Tri-Met bus service is falling apart.
I disagree. It isn't falling apart, but deliberately cannibalized.
Posted by Max | July 30, 2012 5:17 PM
Tim, there's a matching butt-ugly no-parking bunker going up across from the Hollywood Library. Given the number of patrons at the library when I'm there, parking, already tight, will become a major contentious issue.
Posted by umpire | July 30, 2012 9:41 PM
Change the frickin' city development-parking ordinance already! For cryin' out loud, get those b.s'ing city candidates to commit to it and get 'er done!
Posted by Mojo | July 30, 2012 11:34 PM