/news/2012/06/05/gbd-combines-two-brands-into-one-los-angeles-hotel/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:28:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 /news/2012/06/05/gbd-combines-two-brands-into-one-los-angeles-hotel/#comment-70263 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:28:14 +0000 /?p=84076#comment-70263 Besides some sidewalk cafe seating located along side what appears to be a noisy, six lane highway, I don’t see much success in the pedestrian environment espoused by the designer. It seems like an attempt to make a rather bland, stuffy corporate building seem more interesting than it actually is. Maybe this is typical for LA; if it was in Portland I would expect a better design.

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