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Proposed Cambria Hotel would be reasonably priced for DTLA
Rooms would probably cost about $220 per night at the hotel, which, run by Choice Hotels International, would rise 18 stories next to LA Live.
Neoclassical Merritt building in DTLA sells for ‘sky-high’ price of $24M
The unyielding hotness of Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles likely helped this 1915 building fetch such a high price. It’s kitty-corner from the historic Tower Theatre and just across the street from the forthcoming Broadway Trade Center.
Exclusive new details on Downtown LA's trendy Proper Hotel
We're leaning the hotel will count among its amenities basement bars and restaurants, a screening room, and a rooftop pool. We've also got a first look at the hotel in the midst of its transformation.
Historic Downtown hotel turning into affordable housing
The century-old Panama Hotel has long served as a temporary shelter for residents of Skid Row, but now the building is being converted into permanent housing. The eco-friendly project seeks to preserve the hotel's historic features.
Meet the ghosts at Los Angeles's most haunted hotels
Just in time to schedule a spooky Halloween staycation, we've rounded up seven of the most paranormally-blessed hotels in the Los Angeles area, along with their spooky histories and ghostly presences.
Work set to begin on bike-friendly Figueroa makeover
Work on My Figueroa, a long awaited project transforming four miles of Figueroa Street from 7th Street to Martin Luther King Boulevard, is finally set to begin today. The project will bring plenty of bike and pedestrian-friendly changes.
Here are renderings of Wren, part one of Mack Urban’s big ‘urban village’ in DTLA
The seven-story building will hold more than 362 apartments averaging about 760 square feet. The building is just one part of a huge multi-use complex under construction in Downtown.
Developer wants to fill historic DTLA building with 124 apartments
We've got more details on the conversion of a 1920s building is at the corner of 7th and Hill. The smallest units will measure 470 square feet, and there will be two penthouses that are at least more than double that size.
A neighborhood guide to South Park, Downtown’s booming neighborhood
The People's Guide offers tours of Los Angeles neighborhoods led by loyal readers, favorite bloggers, and other luminaries of our choosing. Giving us the lowdown on South Park is the owner of Impresso Cafe, Eva Shen.
Trophy DTLA building trying to fetch $45M
A city landmark, the Fine Arts building on 7th Street between Flower and Figueroa features interior tilework by Ernest Batchelder. Right now, WeWork takes up six floors in the structure.
LA's bike share ridership not as good as New York’s, but it's on the rise
Metro rolled out its bike share program in Downtown Los Angeles a few months ago with 51 kiosks and about 760 bikes. New York’s bike share users took six times as many rides as LA users did when it first opened.
Historic Foreman and Clark building could bring housing to the Jewelry District
New plans call for converting the 1929 Art Deco-Gothic building into housing with ground-floor retail. Until the 1960s, it housed the flagship store for men's clothing purveyor Foreman and Clark.
Opponents of clock-blocking tower hire anti-density attorney Robert Silverstein
The Pasadena attorney is representing a group of Downtown LA residents in their appeal of the Alexan, a residential tower with 27 stories that would be built on a parking lot at the corner of 9th and Hill, right next to the Eastern Columbia Lofts.
The first of Johnny Depp’s Art Deco penthouses just sold for $2.54M
The actor has listed all five of his penthouses in the Eastern Columbia Lofts building in downtown Los Angeles. Escrow just closed on the largest of the condos.
Union Station bus plaza reopens after ped-friendly changes
Union Station's Patsaouras Bus Plaza reopens today with new pedestrian fencing and a no private vehicles rule. Passengers traveling in cars will now be dropped off at an underground facility completed earlier this summer.
Here’s the rendering for eye-popping skyscraper planned at Pershing Square
A rendering reveals a tower with multiple death-defying glass lap pools hanging out over the facade, so the building, proposed at 5th and Hill streets, kind of looks like Jenga. The tower would top out at 57 stories.
379 more residential units proposed for the Fashion District
Seven stories of housing with 11 percent of the units set aside for "very low income" tenants. The plans were filed yesterday, just one week after plans were filed for a 33-story residential tower in the same neighborhood.
The abandoned graveyards of early LA
LA’s first cemeteries were the "eternal" resting places for everyone from Mission Indians to the governor of Mexican California to Wild West outlaws. As the young city grew, though, they were defiled, dug up, and bulldozed in the name of progress.
Developer rushes to get DTLA project approved before anti-development vote
An unnamed developer has plans to build a large apartment project on a parking lot that hasn't yet been officially sold to them. The developer wants the project approved before voters decide on an anti-development ballot measure in March.
30-story tower headed for LA Times lot
Just a little over a week after the LA Times office complex in Downtown LA sold to Vancouver-based developer Onni Group, plans have been filed with the city for a 30-story condo tower located on the site of an employee parking lot.
Hypnotic, musical sculpture that looks like storm clouds shows up at Disney Hall
The new art installation at Walt Disney Concert Hall is capturing plenty of attention. Consisting of multiple colorful storm clouds equipped with speakers, the project lights up at different times and responds to the movement of viewers.
More condos at South Park's megaproject Metropolis are now up for grabs
Wedged between the 110 freeway and Francisco Street, Metropolis is the largest mixed-use project under construction right now in Los Angeles. Its second tower, Metropolis 2, has topped out at 40 stories.
See LA in its first-ever film appearance (it's probably not what you expect)
Shot in 1897, this video shows a very crowded Spring Street, filled with pedestrians, bicyclists, streetcars, and horse-drawn carriages. It was recorded for the Edison Manufacturing Company and reveals what a bustling area Downtown was at the time.
Whoa! Skyscraper with pools jutting out from it proposed at Pershing Square
New building would have an open-air, multi-level deck on the 13th floor. Condos would be built above it, many of them with "cantilevered swimming pools and terraces, establishing a profile for this high-rise that is unprecedented in North America."
What $2,250 rents you in LA right now
For this price, apartments thankfully include more than one bathroom. Some even have in-unit laundry and parking. But which is the best?
Watch rare footage of vintage Los Angeles this weekend for free
The films were made by the city and capture some big moments, including John F. Kennedy's 1962 visit and aerial shots of City Hall and the downtown corridor from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Look inside the swanky model units of Ten50 in DTLA
Apartments in the luxury tower, which has 25 floors, range in size from 679-square-foot one-bedrooms to 2,275 square-foot-penthouses. Asking prices range from $600,000 to upwards of $4 million.
LA planning to sell Angel’s Knoll to a developer
A small former park site located Downtown next to the Angel's Flight railway and made famous by its appearance in (500) Days of Summer could be sold to a developer, and LA officials are getting the ball rolling on that process.
Johnny Depp lists his five LA penthouses for $12.7M
The actor owns five condos on the top floor of the Eastern Columbia Lofts, with a combined nine bedrooms and 14! bathrooms. He has kept the units "largely separate." We've got video of the eclectic spaces.
City Councilman wants to bring more development to Olvera Street
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, who represents the area, instructs the city to look into developing El Pueblo Parking Lot 2, the main parking lot for the El Pueblo de Los Angeles historic monument, one of the oldest parts of the city.
Judges are moving into LA’s shiny new federal courthouse
The new courthouse takes its place in the Civic Center in Downtown. Architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill designed the new 10-story courthouse to look like a floating cube (it's set atop a stone podium) with a pleated facade made of tempered glass.
Architect of LA’s tallest building says he didn’t intend for it be the tallest
Wilshire Grand's architect Christopher Martin says clinching the title of tallest building wasn’t important to him "at all."