The Ritz Carlton Residences at LA Live

[dweebo2220]

When I saw the ad at curbed LA, I laughed out loud.

I always thought LA Live was terrible (I hope it fails). I hate mega-mall cheezy Citywalk crap in general, but LA LIVE!?.

AEG already made Kansas City LIVE! and 4th Street LIVE! in Louisville. Now LA gets to join the hallowed ranks. Ahh.. in the company of greatness.

Since day one I have thought this development will really cheapen downtown. And the fact that everyone in high-up places thinks it will be our Times Square is RETARDED. Actually, never mind. Times Square and LA Live are the same thing.. cheezy malls.

The name needs to be changed, though, at least for the sake of the Ritz. It basically sounds the same as

The Ritz Carlton Residences
at Dave and Busters

[Westsidelife]

Quit complaining. If you don't see the significance behind LA Live then you must be blind. You hope it fails? Real positive thinking. :ohno:

[klamedia]

This was the same feeling I had about the Time Warner Center in NYC when it was under construction, "I hope it fails". It was and is too big and out of scale for that area but LA Live is being put in an area where there was only a parking lot previously. The Time Warner Center takes your attention away from the beautiful Columbus Circle that was just fine before save for the fact that it is named after Chistopher Columbus. LA Live is taking your attention away from what was once desolation and abandonment, how one could wish for it to fail after being put in that context is telling alot about their hopes for the betterment of the city.

[dweebo2220]

nah, you guys read me wrong.. First, my sentiments are always somewhat exaggerated. And second, I think that a park would have been more helpful, or maybe some affordable housing, or maybe just some great theaters mixed in with mid-rise residential and interesting street-level retail. Or, whatever..

I guess it's mainly the name and the uninspiring architecture that gets me.. If it wasn't billing itself as the new center of LA I'd be totally fine with it. Basically, I don't want that big bland mall with its chain stores and "plazas" to represent or define my city. I wish the center in LA could be a true meeting place, an accessible town square feel. Every New Yorker I know laments Times Square.. This place will only define our own "bridge and tunnel"--i.e. (haha, no pun intended with the "i.e."..) anyone who actually goes and hangs out there.

I guess I'm just a megaproject hater. I like diversity and organic development. If I was, say Eli Broad, I would buy a bunch of those downtown parking lots and hand them over to small innovative architects and developers. That would have REALLY revitalized downtown and created a true CULTURAL legacy, not just huge stupid buildings. LA has an amazingly diverse, innovative, and well-respected architectural tradition on the small scale (Venice, Culver City's warehouse district, Case Study Houses, etc.). All the big stuff except for a few exceptions (disney hall, MOCA, LACMA, the new public schools, Getty) just suck. I see LA LIVE as exemplifying the worst of LA, not the best.

ok sorry for the rant