Los Angeles' Worst Projects That Didn't Happen

The Downtown News publishes a list of seven mega-projects for Los Angeles that, thankfully, never got started.

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July 22, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

"Though many seem laughable now, it is easy to understand where these ideas came from. Downtown, the historic center of a centuries old Los Angeles, really took on its current incarnation with the Bunker Hill building boom of the 1960s and '70s. That growth cycle was the result of a handful of visionaries, and new visionaries today are looking to a future in which residential and retail elements fill out the community... Herewith, a collection of the best of the worst ideas ever broached for the future of Downtown. When you walk out of your office this evening, make sure to look around and thank the Downtown angels that none of them ever broke ground...."

Thanks to Sue Larris

FULL STORY: The Best of the Worst

Monday, July 22, 2002 in Downtown News

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