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> There are dozens of building code (not just zoning code) requirements that add cost and complexity to housing projects in cities like LA. Street trees, front
by striking 3y ago
> There are dozens of building code (not just zoning code) requirements that add cost and complexity to housing projects in cities like LA. Street trees, front setbacks, off-street parking, roof decks, façade articulation — these are nice to haves, yet LA requires these features in many cases.
> Without these goodies, some ED1 buildings will be ugly. Some will be poorly designed. Just about all of them, by definition, will be “out of scale” with their surroundings. (LA housing activist Joe Cohen has a great thread of renderings of ED1 projects.) I personally think all of that is ok. A housing emergency is no time for aesthetic perfection. LA, like San Francisco, is finally acting like it.
If "low quality" just means "ugly" then... Yes? But if "low quality" means "unlivable" then no.
- ldoughty 3y agoI think it depends what permits they are waiving as part of this plan... Will we see a bunch of leaning buildings like Santos Brazil after their big tower boom? I imagine they are keeping most of the safety ones.. but it wasn't well highlighted in the article
- m0llusk 3y agoBecause of the earthquakes LA has tight regulations on foundations which make leaning towers extremely unlikely. The leaning tower in SF is a fluke that was brought about by a corrupt builder choosing a bad foundation option, getting that approved, and then building a much heaver construction than originally proposed.