According to the L.A. Business Journal, (December) they intend to realize a ‘live theater’ vicinity with related major improvements and extensive and accomodative parking, underground as needed.

Editorially

We applaud their perception and visions..(yet to be contracted). They know:

The famous location,
`The great demand for mid-American entertainment' &
They own enough of it to create a major national entertainment entity &
despite the debacle of their politically correct nuthatch neighbors.

The really Horrid: Their neighborhood.

The CRA Hollywood Project:

At year’s end, the CRA announced that it would no longer participate in project fundings; that marketplace efforts will suffice.

Many find this a blessing, given our political scene, but believe that to settle the burden of their ‘accomplishments’ an exit fund be required to remove the blights they have established.

Ongoing as of 1-7-05:

CRA/Commercial collaborations are preparing a concept for the S/E corner of Hollywood Blvd & Vine Street...a hotel & apartment/retail concept to be unveiled soon. We all hope for the best, and, devoutly pray that the failings of previous collaborations have been recognized and corrected, but lamentably, the score is:

Successes: -0-
Failures: all........

The Hillview Apartments (Hollywood Blvd @ Hudson Ave.)

A celebration of its revivial in a vicinity long burdened by its ‘corpse’ is imminent and worthy, but not without resolution of the increased distress of neighboring residents and businesses for public parking.

Hollywood Blvd:

Happily there are folk intent upon creating restaurants and such in our most problemed areas easterly from Mc Cadden Pl. to Cahuenga Blvd. The imminent completion of the Hillview Apts has encouraged investments in surrounding areas. The ‘Jane’s House’ complex adjacent westerly has restaurants opening, and, easterly, similar...we wish them the very best.....

The Horrid:

The great guys have shunned us:

We have failed to attract any of the 6 popular restaurants to our Old Hollywood. Residents must still trek to Glendale or Beverly Hills to partake of their repasts. The question remains: Why, in this arena, central to the prosperous Hillsiders and the Hancock Parkers devoid of most nationally popular restaurants? Why are we so perniciously odorifous to them? Even Rancho Cucomonga has every one of ‘em’ And who de heck is dem?

The Dire Need for Off-Street Parking in Central Hollywood for commerce and residents

• Overview We take as a given that we have expended 2 decades of ‘redevelopmental’ interventions and that this ordinary problem with ordinary resolutions is yet in our face and (editorially) conclude that the unimaginable incompetence of all involved then, and now, is obvious and remonstrable, and that we are greatly burdened by the cost of misplaced investments of public monies.
  
  
• Observing: That original civic overview of the redevelopment scheme, was abandoned and that Council purview prevailed, and thereafter the Council member or employees alone, directed the expenditure of public monies to assist development of commercial projects, without any recognized, indeed, nor any proclaimed investment skill basis, rather only; employment and advocacy in ‘social’ issues, the horror we anticipated is now ‘with us.’
  
  
• Consequently: Hollywood Blvd commercial and adjacent residential are doomed to stagnation and decline in the continued absence of convenient and affordable public parkings. Successful central civic revivals all have attended to this obvious need at the outset (i.e., Santa Monica, Glendale, Pasadena).

Given: Our history of political dictat, as with the soviet such, our  massive investment in misplaced parking, burdened with their cost, remote to need, largely unused, & an ongoing massive drain on civic revenues to subsidise bond costs incurred....one must be an obdurate Hollywood enthusiast indeed, to greet the New Year.

Infrastructure:

Our historic  KNX complex @ Sunset & Gower:

So far, we’ve seen no concern raised to retain this elemental entity of our Old Hollywood. Not from our Chamber of Commerce, our Council rep. nor ‘Neighborhood Councils.’

A.B.C. & entertainment applications: Old Hollywood:

Residents complaining of late hour noise, traffic and crime incident to the current fad of central city niteclubs attracting suburan twits to wildly behave next to urban residents in early hours.

Facts:

Residents have experienced a major decline in their right to a ‘peaceful use’ of their premises.’

In the absence of any sensible and effective observance of both original concept, and current practice, ‘entrepreneurs’ have been allowed the widest of legal discretions regarding sites anciently adjacent to hi-density residential uses. i.e., what was originally licensed as a quiet neighborly entity has evolved into a permit to outrage & dominate via noise and street activity @ all hours.

The de facto ability to operate over years, despite lack of license, massive protest of neighbors, disturbances of the peace, criminal behaviour, both within and and consequent to operations,

The ability to morph into new entities so as to negate previous abatement effforts.

The continuing influx of both applications for new on-sale and off-sale applicants and the use and abuse of extant sites adjacent to high density residential occupancies.

The prominent absence of any local plan accommodating the needs of residents, commerce and entertainment.

Determinations:

In the absence of a coherent legal entity, progress is gravely compromised.

L.A.P.D.

We and they contend with the personally ‘problemed,’ the determinedly ‘wayward,’ the intoxicatedly promiscuous, hour-after-hour, day-after-day, week-after-week, year-after-year.  The wayward, they devotedly work to reunite. The wayward criminal, to abate, those fearful few who are beyond reach, they seek to contain.

Crime & Decay:

In any central city, predators are present and suceed, to the extent of the opportunity. In our Old Hollywood, we are no exception...and the demands laid upon our folk are impressive. How can we lessen their burden? The burden of vice alone, being equal to that of the entire city of Las Vegas, Nev., and our LAPD folk numbering some 2 dozen.

Traffic:

We have yet to address the need to limit traffic load to innate resource, nor a balance of such resource to burden.

Thus. we are hostage to those who supply our caviler indulgences ‘on credit.

More to the point:

Trade:

Understanding that we are the #1 world debtor with 13 billion paper dollars in foreign hands:

Our creditors are purchasing our real estate, our oil refineries, indeed: all property we own, to sensibly secure their trade dollar surpluses.

As the sage saith: Look in the mirror and ‘thee will see thy foe.’ anon.

Equitable Trading: