Venice Hit by Flood of Development
That blurry black patch at the bottom of the L.A.
City Planning Department map of western Los Angeles is Venice.
There so many proposed developments for Venice
that they all run together in an indistinct blob. And many Venetians fear that
if they are built, that’s just what Venice will become – an
indistinct blob.
Among the top threats
right now are the luxury, gated-fortress at the MTA lot at Sunset Avenue and
Main Street, a hotel at Abbot Kinney Blvd. and Brooks Avenue, expensive
condominiums where moderate-cost apartments now exist at Lincoln Place, and
cookie-cutter big-box projects on many residential
streets.
See page 10 for a list of
development applications since
July.
More complete information can be
found on the internet. Go to: <http://cityplanning.lacity.org>, then click
on “Case Information.” On the next page, click on “Case
Activity Maps.” Then select a time period and “West Los
Angeles.”
Posted: Wed - November 2, 2005 at 10:28 PM