work begins at grand avenue project site
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Though demolition won’t occur until February 7th’s groundbreaking event, today marks a historic point in the evolution of Downtown Los Angeles. The tinker-toy parking structure on the site of the Grand Avenue Project “The Grand” is now closed to vehicles, and a green construction fence surrounds the lot.
Site activities over the next two months will include soil sampling, demolition engineering, geological testing and construction coordination. Jurors, government employees and tourists should take the subway to the Civic Center metro station or be prepared to research alternative parking options beforehand.
The Related Cos. is developing the Frank Gehry-designed project.
-Complete Project Site Photo Set
-Previous coverage and project details
3 comments
one word. yay
while i’m really glad that this is finally moving forward, i must say that i liked the previous design much, much better.
I am not going to be pleased until I see a crane in the sky. The financing for mega projects is just absent and unless Eli Broad helped underwrite the whole darn thing, I dont think I will see a crane until 2009 earliest.