This is an atrocity, and it’s particularly appalling that the WeHo city council is touting it as interesting and creative…like it’s a piece of art. We’ve already relinquished the Sunset Strip to advertising (and some of it IS actually interesting and creative.) But do we now have to tolerate hideously overstated and over-designed structures to support them? Imagine if these giant structures start to pop up all over the strip. Unbelievable.
PeteP
10 years ago
Blue lipstick on a pig.
Jonathan
10 years ago
LORCAN….This is your father DARTH VADER…. Im worried about you son !! “fluid gesture, inspired by the stream of traffic coursing below.” ? ” Los Angeles always has a blue sky” ? uhh not that shade !! Maybe closer to the blue of the ocean in picture #2 it now blocks. Nice trade off. When will planners and architects stop trying to spin these projects like we are …….out here ? This design is about placement, maximizing the billboards line of site to the “stream”, revenue, and only then creative thinking to make it happen. What added liability does the… Read more »
shawnflannigan
10 years ago
Los Angeles always has a blue sky? Guess I’m colorblind then
This is an atrocity, and it’s particularly appalling that the WeHo city council is touting it as interesting and creative…like it’s a piece of art. We’ve already relinquished the Sunset Strip to advertising (and some of it IS actually interesting and creative.) But do we now have to tolerate hideously overstated and over-designed structures to support them? Imagine if these giant structures start to pop up all over the strip. Unbelievable.
Blue lipstick on a pig.
LORCAN….This is your father DARTH VADER…. Im worried about you son !! “fluid gesture, inspired by the stream of traffic coursing below.” ? ” Los Angeles always has a blue sky” ? uhh not that shade !! Maybe closer to the blue of the ocean in picture #2 it now blocks. Nice trade off. When will planners and architects stop trying to spin these projects like we are …….out here ? This design is about placement, maximizing the billboards line of site to the “stream”, revenue, and only then creative thinking to make it happen. What added liability does the… Read more »
Los Angeles always has a blue sky? Guess I’m colorblind then