Comments on: P!LA: By Car http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/2056 Quicks hits and big thoughts from The Architect's Newspaper Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bradley Swarts http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/2056/comment-page-1#comment-5429 Bradley Swarts Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:04:45 +0000 http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/?p=2056#comment-5429 One has to wonder if LA was really intended to be observed by car? Thanks to big oil companies and American auto makers Los Angeles went from having one of the best mass-transit systems in the world to the chaotic tangle of freeway spaghetti you see today. The dismantling of interurban railways, trolleys, etc. took less than a hundred years during the 20th century. I wonder if the urban core would be more vertical than it currently is provided these modes of transport were allowed to remain. Just some food for thought. One has to wonder if LA was really intended to be observed by car? Thanks to big oil companies and American auto makers Los Angeles went from having one of the best mass-transit systems in the world to the chaotic tangle of freeway spaghetti you see today. The dismantling of interurban railways, trolleys, etc. took less than a hundred years during the 20th century. I wonder if the urban core would be more vertical than it currently is provided these modes of transport were allowed to remain. Just some food for thought.

]]> By: Matt Chaban http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/2056/comment-page-1#comment-5126 Matt Chaban Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:49:19 +0000 http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/?p=2056#comment-5126 Kurt, Thanks for the heads up, and apologies for the mistake/presumptuousness. Not sure if this makes it better or worse, though I did find it particularly interesting, when later driving by the building on the 110, that the awful parking lot could not be seen from the freeway, only the glassy tower. Really makes you realize what, how, and for whom they're designing in LA. Kurt,

Thanks for the heads up, and apologies for the mistake/presumptuousness. Not sure if this makes it better or worse, though I did find it particularly interesting, when later driving by the building on the 110, that the awful parking lot could not be seen from the freeway, only the glassy tower. Really makes you realize what, how, and for whom they’re designing in LA.

]]> By: kurt http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/2056/comment-page-1#comment-4437 kurt Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:16:26 +0000 http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/?p=2056#comment-4437 that last building is 1100 wilshire. yes they have been built into condos, but the 11 story brick clad building is the parking garage. and the tower above was always there too. that last building is 1100 wilshire. yes they have been built into condos, but the 11 story brick clad building is the parking garage. and the tower above was always there too.

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