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[tags]los angeles, transit oriented development, curbed la[/tags]

This condo complex replaced a large outdoor courtyard at Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue.
Credit: Andrew Hurvitz, Here in Van Nuys

Curbed LA had a plethora of links to various developments occurring on or near rail stations. Here’s a sampling:

• The skinny Sunset+Vine tower has its advertising wrap removed, and “It’s like looking at Nicole Richie disrobed … all bones.” There’s also an ad for a downtown L.A. development at the site.
• Elderly gays can look forward to living to in the award-winning Triangle Square at Ivar and Selma avenues.
• NoHo14, the huge tower next to the North Hollywood Orange Line station (and Red Line across the street), is going to be ready to be lived in. “You can almost see into parts of Los Angeles where people want to live,” said jwilliams.
• Arquitectonica issued a press release congratulating itself for building the condos above the Wilshire/Vermont subway station. The site is in Flash, and the firm, which does work predominantly in Florida, has the condo project listed in transportation.
• See the progress of Solair, the high-rise atop the Wilshire/Western Purple Line Station. It has links to an older update and construction for a shopping center across the street.
• Here’s an item that’s not situated near the subway. In Anaheim, trouble’s a’ brewin’ at Angels Stadium, where the baseball club’s owner does not want housing on the grounds of the ballpark. The stadium is also the city’s Metrolink and Amtrak station. Orange County Register has the details, along with shock and awe from the OC Keyboard Warrior light infrantry division in the comments to the article.
• Last week, KTLA-Channel 5 put up its historic Sunset-Van Ness studio up for sale. This week, it traded its number one (living) anchor to former next-door neighbor KTTV-Channel 11 for reruns of “Family Guy.” Damn, Tribune must be really hard-up for cash.