LAist: Gaga for Gehry?

Mosgrove L.

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:42:51 -0800

I love this stuff...can't we agree that we would rather have an ugly interesting building in place of a non-offensive boring one? Or perhaps we should hire this guy to do the job? www.vimeo.com/clip:207118

john l

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:44:46 -0800

trader joe's? yes, you're still wanted. and still needed. i'd forgive you and plead with you for more you... i don't care what's happened in the past. and by the way, aren't we tax payers actually subsidizing some of that flashy gehry apparition with tax discounts? to the tune of potential millions? maybe brad and frank could donate an extra school for the neighborhood's homeless kids. ...

buster

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:41:10 -0800

we have our signature gehry building downtown--we dont need for him to design the WHOLE downtown. but at the rate developers etc are going, everyone who lives downtown will be ex-frat boy douchebags and the women who love them. why cant they plan/build housing downtown for normal people (plain, cheap) with normal habits? downtown is getting boutiqued out of its mind. how many high end flower arrangements and indoor pools and fancy whiskey joints do developers think people need? its so absurd. how bout ONE decent diner? how bout ONE vegan place? how bout ONE MORE decent cheap bar? please help us.

Rico A

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:18:22 -0800

We don't need a Trader Joe's. Actually, I don't even want a Trader Joe's. They totally burned the Downtown community with their shortsightedness (and point-blank rudeness) during previous periods of inquiry from the community. It's too bad. They could have gained a lot of respect from Downtowners had they gone about things differently.