{"id":724097,"date":"2010-04-26T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:28:25","slug":"bruno-las-watchdog-enduring-fantasies-of-la-and-state-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/724097","title":{"rendered":"Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Enduring Fantasies of LA and State Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

How could a dog ignore a web site called LACurbed<\/a>.com?
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I learned of this great site this morning after being struck by a Dog Trainer post about one of the silliest projects floating around this crazy city.<\/p>\n

The project concerns a lot of green space – which I love for a variety reasons, mostly scatological.<\/p>\n

But Curbed L.A., while its story was picked up by the Dog Trainer, has nothing to do with dog training, which was a bit of a disappointment.  I’m into self-improvement.<\/p>\n

The story – thank God! — also has nothing to do with the DWP, the mayor, the City Council, the controller or that Nuch guy – at least not yet.<\/p>\n

The project in question is to build something like New York’s Central Park over the 101 freeway just east of the 110 in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

According to Shelby Grad, the Dog Trainer investigative reporter who stole the story from Curbed LA:<\/p>\n

“There are no firm design plans for the freeway cap — nor is there a firm price tag. The concepts show meandering open space and new high-rise development in and around what is now the 101. Backers are bullish, likening it to L.A.’s version of New York’s Central Park. <\/p>\n

\"101cap.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>“Preliminary concepts say the park would likely be built as part of a public-private partnership that would involve some new high-rise construction. A community meeting on the project is scheduled for May 13 at Caltrans headquarters, according to Curbed L.A.”<\/p>\n

Grad didn’t even steal the funniest part of the Cubed LA post:<\/a><\/p>\n

“While we don’t know what designs are currently on the table, interns at EDAW AECOM created plans for the project in 2008 that called for a half-mile cap with ‘an iconic gateway and overlook at Grand Avenue’ that would include the tallest structure on the west coast.”<\/p>\n

Interns? The tallest structure on the West Coast?<\/p>\n

One of the comments on Curbed called the project “architectural masturbation,” a term I hadn’t come across before, but obviously familiar to Curb’s audience, which seem to know a lot about building things.<\/p>\n

Another one of these things is apparently planned for the Hollywood Freeway.  That idea has been kicking around for a while.<\/p>\n

First, it’s insulting that Caltrans is spending a dime on this idiocy.  But more frightening is the idea of waking up one morning to the Garcetti Skating Rink or the Lake LaBonge.<\/p>\n

Let’s kill this one in the cradle.<\/p>\n

Woof!
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