Pershing Square - Page 2

losangelino · July 17th, 2012, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by croyboy

prefer that

Agree. Comparing it now to then, one gets the distinct impression that some clown was given license to over engineer this space (and he did it in spades). Really sad. Why couldn't they have just left well enough alone!

pesto · July 17th, 2012, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by klamedia

All the more reason not to starve a government that can provide a safety net for life's unintended turns such as mental illness or unexpected accumulations of all sorts of things which can result in drug addiction.

Well, you managed to change the subject. You mean starving the 800 lb. guy too big to get in or out the door? The one who grabs everything in sight and provides no services? My sense is that the federal budget increases every decade for 200 years plus. If that's starving, sign me up.

Back to Pershing Sq. In general, the problem is not the square, it's the people around it (same issue as in the housing projects). Better to focus money on making the 'hood desirable for people to live in than to worry about the park.

klamedia · July 18th, 2012, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pesto

Well, you managed to change the subject. You mean starving the 800 lb. guy too big to get in or out the door? The one who grabs everything in sight and provides no services? My sense is that the federal budget increases every decade for 200 years plus. If that's starving, sign me up.

Have you noticed that the population continues to increase too?? I wonder if there is a correlation? And of course the government has to make up for all of the millions that have fallen through the cracks when the cracks were deliberately placed decades ago. Should have done it right the first time. If you say wanted an equitable society then you should have made it equitable. Then you wouldn't have to be running around plugging up holes and deflecting blame. No one's fault but your own. This country has risen upon it and will be destroyed with it.

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Originally Posted by pesto

Back to Pershing Sq. In general, the problem is not the square, it's the people around it (same issue as in the housing projects). Better to focus money on making the 'hood desirable for people to live in than to worry about the park.

What in the hell are you talking about?

pesto · July 19th, 2012, 06:26 PM

There is another discussion thread based on an article arguing (among other things) that building new housing projects is not the solution; changing the social habits within the projects is better advised. By analogy, improving the 'hood around Pershing Sq. may do more for the park than rebuilding it one more time.

klamedia · July 19th, 2012, 08:19 PM

There is nothing wrong with "the hood" surrounding Pershing. What? The Biltmore? The Jewelry District? Pershing is a manifestation of all that is wrong with the idea of starving the government. Of course, folks want to starve the government only after they've been properly fed. Case in point, the only thing that kept food on the table in the Reagan household during the Great Depression was the $$ coming from his alcoholic father's WPA "socialist" job handed out by FDR.
What a bunch of gun toting cowardly hypocrites.

pesto · July 20th, 2012, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by klamedia

There is nothing wrong with "the hood" surrounding Pershing. What? The Biltmore? The Jewelry District? Pershing is a manifestation of all that is wrong with the idea of starving the government. Of course, folks want to starve the government only after they've been properly fed. Case in point, the only thing that kept food on the table in the Reagan household during the Great Depression was the $$ coming from his alcoholic father's WPA "socialist" job handed out by FDR.
What a bunch of gun toting cowardly hypocrites.

OK; Pershing Sq. is a great area. Always has been.

112597Jorge · July 20th, 2012, 09:37 PM

What would make Pershing square better is if it gets redeveloped, like make it a park like plaza, with a monument of an angel at it's center, like the angel of independence in Mexico city.

***Kenny*** · July 21st, 2012, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mojeda101

Wow, with the street car, it must have been amazing to walk around back then.

This shows how the cityscape changed so much.

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Originally Posted by croyboy

prefer that

I definitely do to.

pesto · July 21st, 2012, 05:04 PM

Love the cars with the white "O's".

Mojeda101 · July 22nd, 2012, 01:58 AM

Edit: Nvmd.

pwright1 · October 16th, 2012, 08:56 AM

What in the world happened to the Temple Baptist Church Building across the street from Pershing Square? It's now a big empty lot.

Illithid Dude · October 17th, 2012, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by pwright1

What in the world happened to the Temple Baptist Church Building across the street from Pershing Square? It's now a big empty lot.

Demolished in the 80s for a large mix-use complex that never happened. Then was supposed to be Park Fifth, which also never happened. And now, who knows.

July 19th, 2012, 08:19 PM	#25
klamedia Silver Lake Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 5,012 Likes (Received): 16	There is nothing wrong with "the hood" surrounding Pershing. What? The Biltmore? The Jewelry District? Pershing is a manifestation of all that is wrong with the idea of starving the government. Of course, folks want to starve the government only after they've been properly fed. Case in point, the only thing that kept food on the table in the Reagan household during the Great Depression was the $$ coming from his alcoholic father's WPA "socialist" job handed out by FDR. What a bunch of gun toting cowardly hypocrites. __________________ "Self defense is not violence" - Malcolm X "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're so beautiful. Everything's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic." - Andy Warhol Minimum parking standards are fertility drugs for cars. - Donald Shoup

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July 19th, 2012, 06:26 PM	#24
pesto Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,164 Likes (Received): 26	There is another discussion thread based on an article arguing (among other things) that building new housing projects is not the solution; changing the social habits within the projects is better advised. By analogy, improving the 'hood around Pershing Sq. may do more for the park than rebuilding it one more time.

July 20th, 2012, 09:37 PM	#27
112597Jorge Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 226 Likes (Received): 4	What would make Pershing square better is if it gets redeveloped, like make it a park like plaza, with a monument of an angel at it's center, like the angel of independence in Mexico city.

July 21st, 2012, 05:04 PM	#29
pesto Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,164 Likes (Received): 26	Love the cars with the white "O's".

October 16th, 2012, 08:56 AM	#31
pwright1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,864 Likes (Received): 60	What in the world happened to the Temple Baptist Church Building across the street from Pershing Square? It's now a big empty lot.