Developer Tears Down The Old To Build New 'Old' Buildings

Steve Lopez comments on new commercial developments in Southern California by developer Rick Caruso.

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December 7, 2004, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"I may have once written that Southern California is doomed to even worse traffic congestion and smog if we don't find a way to get more people to live at or near commercial developments. But this isn't quite what I had in mind...

City development ought to be organic, and specific to history and sense of place...about preserving a city rather than erecting one...

The Grove does not merely lack soul and originality, it celebrates the death of both. But who can deny its success?"

Thanks to Rosemarie Ibanez

FULL STORY: Out With the Old, In With the Fake

Sunday, December 5, 2004 in The Los Angeles Times

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