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          


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