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Drone video shows graffiti covering luxury high-rise in LA -- (link)

Posted by LMS (aka RufusS) Feb 7 '24, 08:37

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-68209951 (www.bbc.co.uk)

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We need to discuss the definition of 'luxury' high-rise here. -- nm - ty97 Feb 7, 09:04 3
- They have custom window treatments! -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 7, 09:33
- Those have been redone, so yes luxury towers -- nm - budice Feb 7, 09:32
- That's what I was thinking, but I guess it depends on the price tag. -- nm - LMS Feb 7, 09:10
hey, I finished The Gold. it is the terrific. Love the 80s music, too. -- nm - mud Feb 7, 08:44 1
- Yep, great cast (inc Jack Lowden), can't wait for the second series. -- nm - LMS Feb 7, 09:08
I stay in the hotel across from it whenever I'm in LA. It's crazy that the buildings have been abandoned for years -- nm - MDH Feb 7, 08:42 11
- everyone told Karen Bass to impose a vacancy tax on these things. still waiting afaik -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 08:43 9
  - My understanding is its a foreign company that abandoned the project, so I doubt they would be paying. -- nm - MDH Feb 7, 08:54 8
    - But the gov't could then get a lien on the property, and then maybe sell to a new developer. -- nm - Roger More Feb 7, 08:56
    - seize it, eminent domain -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 08:56 6
      - Not disagreeing with you. These things take time though, which is likely part of the holdup. -- nm - MDH Feb 7, 08:57 3
        
        Looking it up, there's a wiki page. The property has been listed for sale -- (link) - Roger More Feb 7, 09:00 2
        
        the problem seems to be even if you could buy it in a distressed sale situation, it still needs another $1b+ to complete the build out - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 09:10 1
        
        it's all the Chinese fault! -- nm - decline Feb 7, 09:16
      - Taggers did. -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 08:57 1
        
        heh -- nm - mud Feb 7, 08:58
- I wonder how many families those buildings could house ? -- nm - decline Feb 7, 08:43
Staples and Conv Center right there -- nm - budice Feb 7, 08:41
holy shit -- nm - mud Feb 7, 08:39 3
- You should do that to your building! -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 08:41 2
  - with King Crimson & Kate Bush references!! -- nm - mud Feb 7, 08:43 1
    - *likes* -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 08:43

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