Friday, September 21, 2018

Can the Iconic Los Angeles Times Building be saved?



The two towers planned for the complex would rise 37 and 53 stories, respectively.

 Images via LA Department of City Planning


ONNI GROUP/TIMES MIRROR SQUARE TRANSFORMATION 
202 W. First St.
Developer: Onni Group
Budget: N/A
Residences: 1,127 units
Anticipated Groundbreaking: N/A
Key Details: Onni Group is seeking entitlements to transform the five-building Civic Center campus bordered by Broadway and First, Second and Spring streets. The two western buildings, which now hold an office tower and a parking structure, would be demolished to make way for a pair of 37-story and 53-story residential properties. The project would create a total of 34,500 square feet of commercial space. The future of the Art Deco former L.A. Times headquarters building has not been revealed
The Latest: The Los Angeles Times, which had been in the building since the 1930s, left the complex in July. 
The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission recommends that all of the L.A. Times buildings, including the 1970s addition, be given historic-cultural monument status - Brett Levy
Cultural Heritage Commission supports monument status for former L.A. Times buildings

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