Brewster-Douglass Projects Demolition Proceeds

[Detroitdave]

We had something similar in LA, but they were redone like this http://www.parklabrea.com/templates/...p?w=parklabrea
I'm not sure this can be done with the Brewsters, but if anyone knows that area that area it changed that area completely .
It was also near LA's farmers market [[our eastern market) and they built the grove ,http://www.thegrovela.com/, right across from it and now it's the hottest area in the city , crowded but busy .
So it can be done I've seen it any thoughts ?

[Onthe405]

We had something similar in LA, but they were redone like this http://www.parklabrea.com/templates/...p?w=parklabrea
I'm not sure this can be done with the Brewsters, but if anyone knows that area that area it changed that area completely .
It was also near LA's farmers market [[our eastern market) and they built the grove ,http://www.thegrovela.com/, right across from it and now it's the hottest area in the city , crowded but busy .
So it can be done I've seen it any thoughts ?

Dave, no comparison between Brewster and Park La Brea. While the appearance is somewhat reminiscent of a "housing project" PLB was never public housing. It was simply a massive apartment complex. Even during its "low point" [[80s-90s) it was never a slum--nor was the neighborhood [[even at its "low point") as undesirable. The unit amenities just weren't updated & competitive with other housing surrounding it. Tenants were mostly seniors who had been living in rent-controlled units since they moved in 1950s-1970s. In the 80s, I had a friend whose Mom lived there. The unit was huge. Dated and needed some work--but it was a bargain, since she had lived there for 20+ years. As housing on the nearby Westside drifted completely out of control in the 90s & 00s and seniors died off, it became a no-brainer for a developer to attempt to yuppify the place.