san pedro apartments out of the ground
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When we last looked at the San Pedro Apartments development rising near the southwest corner of 2nd and San Pedro in Little Tokyo, the construction crane for the six-story structure had just been erected on site.
In the five months since, the two-level subterranean parking garage has been completed and construction is transitioning to the wood-frame levels slated to contain 7,000 square-feet of retail and 230 residential units.
Thomas P. Cox Architects designed the San Pedro Apartments, phase one of the four-phase Block 8 complex which will entail four residential structures, a pedestrian retail promenade and two-way street. Developer Related Companies anticipates a spring 2009 delivery.
Matsu, phase two expected to break ground summer 2008 at 2nd and Los Angeles, will also encompass six stories of mixed use. AvalonBay Communities, the company behind Miracle Mile’s new Avalon Wilshire, is helming the project.
-construction coverage: little tokyo’s san pedro apartments
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Why can’t we go higher than 6 stories in L.A. Way to many small condos. We want a vertical city not horizontal.
I agree Sebastian!
I don’t think anything in Little Tokyo needs to be higher than six stories. Little Tokyo is a neighborhood part of a city, not a city itself.
I must confess, I find myself underwhelmed by the architecture here. Quite uninspired. I wish there was some acknowledgement in the design to Little Tokyo’s Japanese heritage.
This site is kitty-corner to my pediatrician’s office, which I’ve been spending a lot of time at lately. The examination rooms overlook this building site. When I cheerfully pointed out the development to the nurse, she expressed concern about traffic. It didn’t seem to occur to her that she could live there and walk to work. Nor did she seem to appreciate the implications of the Gold Line extension opening nearby.
^ I heard the same comment from somebody who lives at Mura. When I asked her “are you excited with all the new developments (i.e. Artisan on 2nd, etc…); she responded “no, there’s more traffic and tough to find parking”. Of course, she didn’t care much of the Gold Line extension. I, of course, had to remind her that she lived in a City and not Valencia/Sherman Oaks.
Clearly, too many downtowners live and work in an urban workd, but they still act and think like suburbanites. ‘Tis strange.
^ Exactly! I know a woman who lives in Little Tokyo and I mentioned to her a few months ago about how her neighborhood was becoming livelier with all the new construction. Instead of nodding in agreement, she groaned that a lot of parking spaces were being lost and that visitors would have a harder time in finding a place to leave their car.
I wanted to loudly scoff and noticeably roll my eyes, but instead asked her whether the sad condition of Little Tokyo several years ago was preferable to the current situation. She gave me a blank stare and didn’t say anything.
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