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New USC Village

The commercial village adjacent to the University of Southern California was completely renovated in August 2017. I happened to be in the neighborhood on Tuesday morning, around noon, so I couldn't help but take a couple of images, especially of the brand new Fire Station 15 which is now located on the intersection of West 30th street and Hoover street, instead of Jefferson Blvd where it was happily operating for decades. This location is the one where my first childhood memories were made, and thus has significant emotional resonance. As a result, I was quite skeptical of how the total renovation would pan-out, and I didn't get a chance to even drive-by since Winter 2015 when it was still under heavy construction. I have to say that my anxiety was quickly alleviated once I spent a half hour walking through the new complex, it complements the old University buildings extremely well, and for anyone who wasn't there to witness what it was like beforehand it would be extremely difficult to tell that anything was done at all! I guess that is the highest compliment I could pay to Mr. Rick Caruso and his construction firm. They have immaculately integrated a tremendous amount of new commercial and academic (?) space, and the University and downtown LA are unquestionably better off for it. These are just the three cell phone shots I could get in the brief time I spent there, in what are the worst lighting conditions, but I plan on returning at some point to make a nice set of images which will show off the environment in significantly better fashion. Thanks for viewing, and drop-by for a visit if you happen to be a local! Cheers, Filip