Dear Neighbor:
Are you annoyed by all the traffic in West LA?
Are you sick of big developers cramming tall, zero-lot-line buildings onto tiny footprints?
Are you tired of the shrinking number of free, relatively unrestricted parking spaces here?
PLEASE READ!
A couple weeks ago, letters went out to everyone within a 500-foot radius of 11407 W. Santa Monica Blvd. (that’s the empty lot at the NW corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Purdue Ave where Dolores Restaurant and its free parking lot used to sit) with details of a proposed 44,026 square foot building project that sounds like a bad idea to me.
This small lot (less than half an acre) is only permitted for buildings up to 3 stories tall... Yet the developer plans a 5-STORY BUILDING, which would be totally out of character with the intersection, towering over the 1-story public library and post office at the foot of the municipal area that forms the heart of West LA.
And that’s not all. The plan is for it be “mixed use,” which means the bottom floor will be mostly retail, while the upper four floors will be residential units. That’s fine but what’s NOT is that the developer plans on cramming 51 RESIDENTIAL UNITS—with as many as three-bedrooms each—onto the remaining floors. That’s a lot of people (and a lot of cars) to add to our already congested neighborhood.
Speaking of cars, the project calls for 80 parking spaces to be built, which sounds good in theory. The problem is that only one parking space will be “allowed” (not guaranteed but “allowed” it says) for each studio or 1-bedroom, while two parking spaces will be “allowed” for the 2- and 3-bedroom units.
What about all the couples sharing a bedroom? What about all the 3-bedrooms with one or more extra cars? Guests? They’ll park on the street. And what happens when we all run out of street parking? We’ll end up in the city-owned pay lots paying $1/hour from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. DAILY, where Parking Enforcement will suck us dry for every infraction.
IF YOU DISLIKE THIS PLAN AS MUCH AS I DO
1- Come to the hearing at 1pm, THIS WEDNESDAY, April 1 in Room 1020 at City Hall -- 200 N. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90012
2- Complain to the hearing officer, Oliver Netburn, by writing [email protected] or calling 213-978-1382 (re. case# CPC-2014-4780-DB at 11407 W. Santa Monica Blvd)
3—Sign my online petition here
Thanks for reading this!
Liam Gowing
UCLA grad & 15-year West L.A. resident
ex-LA Times, LA Weekly and Onion/AV Club LA writer
*Dolores image credit: http://urbanize.la/post/more-apartments-and-retail-santa-monica-boulevard
Updates
March 30, 2015
I was walking past the old Dolores Restaurant lot earlier and it just looks so sad sitting there empty but the idea of a five story building looming over our library makes me feel sick. People keep messaging me about the traffic nightmare this will cause on Purdue and honestly I agree because how are fifty plus units supposed to fit into that tiny corner without total gridlock. We are still figuring out the next steps for the permit hearing so please stay tuned while I try to get a clear answer from the city planning office.
March 30, 2015
I really never thought this many people would actually click the button, but the momentum is suddenly real and it feels like we might actually hold some weight here. It is just wild to see so many neighbors jumping on board because honestly I thought I was the only one losing my mind over that empty lot. We have to keep this energy moving forward because the planning commission needs to see that we are not going to just roll over and accept this ridiculous tower.
22 Comments
Sorry I can't make to the hearing. I have lived in the area nearly 20 years. This proposal for51 units will cause more traffic nightmares for an area already pushed to the limit!
51 units? I can't even fathom how'd they squeeze all of that onto that tiny plot of land. Parking will definitely become a nightmare, and this whole area becomes congested enough as it is from 8-10 am and 4-7 pm because of the nearby 405 onramp. Strike this one down, and build a Chik-Fil-A or Chipotle there instead.
With this development, West LA residents will literally live in a perpetual shadow of development, with few qualities of a walkable neighborhood.
The over-congestion of living space by massive and cheap buildings on small plots like this will only serve to diminish property values, increase traffic and pollution in our beautiful city by the beach and over-populate Santa Monica. Santa Monica will loose out if more and more buildings like this become the norm. Protect this community!
This is crazy. Parking is already horrible here. I live at 1530 Purdue Ave (right across the street from the lot) and I am 100% against a building that will be higher than 3 stories.
Very bad idea; traffic and parking are bad enough now
save West LA from overdevelopment
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Dear Neighbor:
Are you annoyed by all the traffic in West LA?
Are you sick of big developers cramming tall, zero-lot-line buildings onto tiny footprints?
Are you tired of the shrinking number of free, relatively unrestricted parking spaces here?
PLEASE READ!
A couple weeks ago, letters went out to everyone within a 500-foot radius of 11407 W. Santa Monica Blvd. (that’s the empty lot at the NW corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Purdue Ave where Dolores Restaurant and its free parking lot used to sit) with details of a proposed 44,026 square foot building project that sounds like a bad idea to me.
This small lot (less than half an acre) is only permitted for buildings up to 3 stories tall... Yet the developer plans a 5-STORY BUILDING, which would be totally out of character with the intersection, towering over the 1-story public library and post office at the foot of the municipal area that forms the heart of West LA.
And that’s not all. The plan is for it be “mixed use,” which means the bottom floor will be mostly retail, while the upper four floors will be residential units. That’s fine but what’s NOT is that the developer plans on cramming 51 RESIDENTIAL UNITS—with as many as three-bedrooms each—onto the remaining floors. That’s a lot of people (and a lot of cars) to add to our already congested neighborhood.
Speaking of cars, the project calls for 80 parking spaces to be built, which sounds good in theory. The problem is that only one parking space will be “allowed” (not guaranteed but “allowed” it says) for each studio or 1-bedroom, while two parking spaces will be “allowed” for the 2- and 3-bedroom units.
What about all the couples sharing a bedroom? What about all the 3-bedrooms with one or more extra cars? Guests? They’ll park on the street. And what happens when we all run out of street parking? We’ll end up in the city-owned pay lots paying $1/hour from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. DAILY, where Parking Enforcement will suck us dry for every infraction.
IF YOU DISLIKE THIS PLAN AS MUCH AS I DO
1- Come to the hearing at 1pm, THIS WEDNESDAY, April 1 in Room 1020 at City Hall -- 200 N. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90012
2- Complain to the hearing officer, Oliver Netburn, by writing [email protected] or calling 213-978-1382 (re. case# CPC-2014-4780-DB at 11407 W. Santa Monica Blvd)
3—Sign my online petition here
Thanks for reading this!
Liam Gowing
UCLA grad & 15-year West L.A. resident
ex-LA Times, LA Weekly and Onion/AV Club LA writer
*Dolores image credit: http://urbanize.la/post/more-apartments-and-retail-santa-monica-boulevard
Updates
March 30, 2015
I was walking past the old Dolores Restaurant lot earlier and it just looks so sad sitting there empty but the idea of a five story building looming over our library makes me feel sick. People keep messaging me about the traffic nightmare this will cause on Purdue and honestly I agree because how are fifty plus units supposed to fit into that tiny corner without total gridlock. We are still figuring out the next steps for the permit hearing so please stay tuned while I try to get a clear answer from the city planning office.
March 30, 2015
I really never thought this many people would actually click the button, but the momentum is suddenly real and it feels like we might actually hold some weight here. It is just wild to see so many neighbors jumping on board because honestly I thought I was the only one losing my mind over that empty lot. We have to keep this energy moving forward because the planning commission needs to see that we are not going to just roll over and accept this ridiculous tower.
22 Comments
I work at this location and it's bumper to bumper traffic every day starting at around 4 PM. The last thing we need is a 51 unit residential building.
Sorry I can't make to the hearing. I have lived in the area nearly 20 years. This proposal for51 units will cause more traffic nightmares for an area already pushed to the limit!
51 units? I can't even fathom how'd they squeeze all of that onto that tiny plot of land. Parking will definitely become a nightmare, and this whole area becomes congested enough as it is from 8-10 am and 4-7 pm because of the nearby 405 onramp. Strike this one down, and build a Chik-Fil-A or Chipotle there instead.
With this development, West LA residents will literally live in a perpetual shadow of development, with few qualities of a walkable neighborhood.
The over-congestion of living space by massive and cheap buildings on small plots like this will only serve to diminish property values, increase traffic and pollution in our beautiful city by the beach and over-populate Santa Monica. Santa Monica will loose out if more and more buildings like this become the norm. Protect this community!
This is crazy. Parking is already horrible here. I live at 1530 Purdue Ave (right across the street from the lot) and I am 100% against a building that will be higher than 3 stories.
Very bad idea; traffic and parking are bad enough now
save West LA from overdevelopment
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I work at this location and it's bumper to bumper traffic every day starting at around 4 PM. The last thing we need is a 51 unit residential building.