CRA releases its 20-year plan to rejuvenate Hollywood Boulevard.CRA See Community Reinvestment Act. releases its 20-year plan to rejuvenate re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. Hollywood Boulevard For uses other than the original street, see Hollywood Boulevard (disambiguation). Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out Plans to breathe new economic life into Hollywood Boulevard and reduce the area's traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. during the next 20 years were released by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Community Redevelopment Agency Sept. 20. The draft of the CRA's Hollywood Boulevard Urban Design Plan, two years in the making, is intended to provide guidelines for commercial and residential growth, zoning, security and cultural issues on the thoroughfare. It is one component of the agency's $922 million Hollywood Redevelopment Project, still the subject of lawsuits by community groups. Because the CRA cannot legally create new tax sources in Hollywood, it is using funds generated by its Bunker Hill Bunker Hill “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes”; American Revolutionary battle (1775). [Am. Hist.: Worth, 22] See : Battle project to spend $10 million in Hollywood this year. The CRA's Board of Commissioners is expected to approve the final version of the plan, after months of public feedback and consultation with public agencies, sometime in mid-1991. "What's at stake is the future viability of Hollywood as a major commercial, industrial and residential center," said Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and programmer. He initially worked at Atari and was responsible for a lot of their sales. Due to the lack of recognition for his work, he left Atari and became one of the five co-founders of Activision. . "This is long-term stuff." The CRA's urban design plan assumes that 5.5 million square feet of commercial and industrial space and 2,080 parking spaces will be developed on Hollywood Boulevard between now and 2010. To attract that type of construction, the CRA envisions three overlapping districts along the length of Hollywood Boulevard, creating an area for live entertainment, a community retail center and a cinema tourist district. The CRA also hopes to encourage development of new tourist-related hotels, restaurants and other facilities. A sidewalk-widening program, to supplement newly started Neighborhood Watch groups, is also being urged to reduce Hollywood's high crime rate. To placate area concerns about gentrification gentrification, the rehabilitation and settlement of decaying urban areas by middle- and high-income people. Beginning in the 1970s and 80s, higher-income professionals, drawn by low-cost housing and easier access to downtown business areas, renovated deteriorating , the agency is urging more support for preservation of historic buildings and creation of an urban conservation fund. The CRA is also advocating that new buildings be designed under architectural guidelines consistent with Hollywood's current motif. The draft plan also recommends development of two neighborhood parks, a Community Market Plaza between Highland Avenue and Vine Street and a $65 million "scattered site" parking program. The CRA, attempting to maintain present design trends in Hollywood, is also urging continuation of high density, residential mixed-use development. In keeping with its promise to the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. , the CRA said it will commit "significant" funding for affordable housing and low-cost loans for housing rehabilitation. The agency is also seeking limitations on Hollywood Boulevard's legion adult-entertainment and pornography shops. The first draft of the urban design plan for Hollywood Boulevard was released in fall 1988. The CRA also released a draft of the Hollywood Transportation Plan, estimating its 20-year cost at $137 million. The agency is considering a number of ways to reduce gridlock Gridlock A government, business or institution's inability to function at a normal level due either to complex or conflicting procedures within the administrative framework or to impending change in the business. , especially along highly traveled arteries like Franklin and Highland avenues and Santa Monica Boulevard. The CRA is looking at four strategies to cut congestion: * Reduction of traffic capacity on Hollywood's major arteries to force cars and trucks onto less used corridors. * Widening of all major streets within Hollywood to accommodate increased demand. * Construction of a new, north-south or east-west roadway that would give residents an alternative to main Hollywood streets. * An effort to channel traffic onto a selected number of streets to relieve congestion on presently clogged thoroughfares. PHOTO : Legend: Section 1) Boulevard West; 2) Boulevard North; 3) Main Street; 4) Boulevard South; 5) Boulevard East |
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