Design and Architecture
Is Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?; Goodbye Flat Top Towers
The cuisine and the look of Grand Central Market are changing; End of an era? Or a mix of vendors and cultures that shows LA at its best? Plus, we take a look at how software is revolutionizing skyscrapers and lawn wars in a California suburb.
By Frances Anderton • • 27m ListenPhoto by Jakob Layman.
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3 storiesIs Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?
Grand Central Market, the food hall on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, has been around almost a hundred years, but dramatic changes have occurred in the past eighteen months. Not only has it introduced gourmet cuisine at gourmet prices, but the design of the market is changing as well.
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The city of Los Angeles has just cast out an old rule that mandated that skyscrapers have helipads on their roofs. The result: very few rooftop rescues and a skyline of “flat topped” stumpy towers.
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A new statewide bill means homeowner associations cannot punish drought-conscious residents for not watering their lawns.
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