UPDATE ON HOLLYWOOD AND WILSHIRE CORRIDOR
Good Density or Bad Density, That is the Question Dick Platkin, 20 Nov 2012, CityWatchLA, WILSHIRE CORRIDOR, HOLLYWOOD UPDATE - The Update of the Hollywood Community Plan has been challenged by three lawsuits. As this litigation slowly works its way through the court system, the debate about increasing planned and zoned density has not quieted down. Let us therefore revisit that debate as it applies to two Los Angeles neighborhoods with mass transit, Hollywood and the Wilshire Boulevard Corridor. Density, in the form of larger buildings and more people, is welcome in Hollywood, Wilshire Boulevard, and elsewhere, but only when it is properly planned. In fact, when it is done right -- instead of being added on the cheap as an after thought to spark real estate speculation – increased density can be extremely beneficial for health, social, and environmental reasons. Hollywood: In the case of the Hollywood Community Plan Update, however, there is only