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Post by gibiscus on Dec 8, 2007 0:07:15 GMT -8
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Post by antonio on Dec 8, 2007 1:02:12 GMT -8
That would be amazing, so long the new dodger stadium was named Dodger Stadium, not Verizon Stadium or Taco Bell Stadium and it should have a similar seating capacity and as close as possible configuration to the current stadium
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Post by bluelineshawn on Dec 8, 2007 5:57:48 GMT -8
They already selected the winning proposal and that wasn't it. And the Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has made it very clear that they aren't going anywhere. |
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Post by LAofAnaheim on Dec 8, 2007 11:00:20 GMT -8
Sounds like those winners have proposed beautification effects for the LA river, but nothing regarding housing/density. The Cornfield and the area east of it is PRIME for housing development, especially w/ the Chinatown station. Beautifying parks is a good "talking point", but we need a real solution to the LA housing crisis.
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Post by whitmanlam on Dec 8, 2007 12:22:56 GMT -8
We need to build more Housing ASAP. But our Local bureaucracy makes the permit process long and expensive. They don't want developers to disrupt the "SMALL TOWN FEEL" that NIMBY's cherish so much.
I went to a community hearing on the construction of 25 town homes in a neglected part of L.A.
There was not one person under 40 y.o. everybody criticized the project, as it would disturb their "peace of mind".
Nobody thinks about the children, the families who can't afford to buy in this city.
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Post by bluelineshawn on Dec 8, 2007 12:46:10 GMT -8
Sounds like those winners have proposed beautification effects for the LA river, but nothing regarding housing/density. The Cornfield and the area east of it is PRIME for housing development, especially w/ the Chinatown station. Beautifying parks is a good "talking point", but we need a real solution to the LA housing crisis. It's a state park. There are lots of places where housing can be built around downtown and as you are aware there are very few parks. These types of spaces are every bit as important to maintaining an urban neighborhood as dense housing. |
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Post by LAofAnaheim on Dec 8, 2007 18:01:59 GMT -8
It's a state park. There are lots of places where housing can be built around downtown and as you are aware there are very few parks. These types of spaces are every bit as important to maintaining an urban neighborhood as dense housing. I have no problems with a park being developed. Even moreso, I encourage it. However, this is a CITY, and we should have state parks built in either suburban areas (i.e. Brea, Irvine) or maintained at areas like Echo Park or Griffith Park, where building housing is not efficient. What we need, also agreed with downtown developers, is URBAN POCKET PARKS. I want a park to walk to from my home, not drive to. State parks are humongous, it's not conducive to an urban habitat. That's why we should preserve some of the Cornfields for a park, and add housing/density w/in the outskirts and the nearby abandoned warehouse. Wouldn't that be cool? |
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Post by tonyw79sfv on Dec 8, 2007 18:20:56 GMT -8
www.downtownnews.com/articles/2007/12/03/news/news_briefs/at03.txtWell, this would be the one and only time that a Dodger's home game is transit accessible. They will play one game at the Coliseum in honor of their 50th anniversary moving to LA. It is accessible by Metro Rapid 740 & 754 and Harbor Transitway 37th St station. Too bad the Expo Line isn't done in time for this; but maybe for a future NFL LA franchise.
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Post by bluelineshawn on Dec 8, 2007 19:23:44 GMT -8
Cities have great parks as well you know. Central Park in NYC, Golden Gate Park in SF, Lincoln Park in Chicago. We need such a park in addition to the pocket parks. Pocket parks are great for hanging out at lunch or to sit down and read a book, but we're going to need places where people can be active, take their families, etc.
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Post by bluelineshawn on Dec 8, 2007 19:31:44 GMT -8
The NFL is not going to put a team in the Coliseum. The Coliseum Commission stopped just short of acknowledging that last week. The LA City Council had told the NFL a couple of years ago that if there were to be an NFL team in LA then it would have to be at the Coliseum or nowhere. The NFL chose nowhere.
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Post by James Fujita on Dec 17, 2007 12:27:13 GMT -8
The NFL is not going to put a team in the Coliseum. The Coliseum Commission stopped just short of acknowledging that last week. The LA City Council had told the NFL a couple of years ago that if there were to be an NFL team in LA then it would have to be at the Coliseum or nowhere. The NFL chose nowhere. the Coliseum Commission can't even be trusted to keep the Trojans from moving; how can we expect them to convince the NFL to move to Exposition Park?  seriously, I love Expo Park, and I think there's nothing wrong with the Coliseum but: 1) the NFL prefers obedient little puppydog towns to cities with too many entertainment options to give a damn 2) the commission acts like a Three Stooges fan convention |
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