Vision for downtown looks far different from today, experts say. (Los Angeles, California) (Focus on Downtown)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: May 9, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

When urban planners, developers, architects, and brokers look out upon the Downtown region from their various perches, they often have a vision of a city that looks far different from the rather tawdry profile it has today.

In their collective visions for Downtown Los Angeles, the gritty facades of many older high- and mid-rise buildings will be swept away in a wave of renovations and reconstruction that are best exemplified by a few stunning examples, some of which never got off the drawing boards.

With office vacancies for Class A space hovering near 20%, and even higher ...

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