Great New Condo Listing - 938 Palm Avenue #10, West Hollywood

Terrific price, spectacular location for this stunning West Hollywood condo. Two bedroom, 2 bath second floor unit in small pool building in the heart of prime WeHo, north of Santa Monica Blvd. Features include: open floor plan with newer Australian Merbau hardwood floors, designer kitchen with stainless steel appliances, 4 skylights, enormous master bedroom suite with Jacuzzi tub, and spacious closet, in-unit laundry, large dining room, recessed lighting, 2 side by side parking spaces and additional storage locker, building boasts a lovely, private pool area. No need to drive anywhere, this great home is walking distance to great shops, restaurants, bars, and grocery stores.

Listed For $485,000

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Shipping Container Dwellings Strike Again!

Via Curbed LA

I have already posted on modular shipping containers homes. It seems that even the Boy Scouts of America know sustainability. Curbed LA covers the architectural firm Gensler's replacing of the cabins that southern California scouts use on Catalina Island with sustainable shipping container structures. Check out the story here.

Massive Solar Power Project Proposed For Owens Valley

Many of you already know the rich and troubled history behind the city of LA and more specifically the Dept of Water and Power (LADWP) and the Owens Valley. For those of you who don't, the short version is: every drop of water that we get originated from the Owens river. The Los Angeles aqueduct, the brainchild of William Mulholland, delivers water from the the eastern Sierras into the DWP system. The growth and expansion of the San fernando Valley and the LA basin can be attributed to Mulholland's acheivement.

An impressive feat of engineering on the one hand, but a painful chapter in the lives of those Owens Valley residents who saw their environment completely change, and not for the better. The eco-system of Owens lake was obliterated and the valley now struggles with dust storms that result from the drying of the landscape.

There may be a happy ending to this sad tale with the recent news that the DWP has Proposed an enormous photovoltaic solar project at Owens lake. The proposed project, when completed, would span an area the size of Cleveland, Ohio. If approved, the resulting sustainable energy and green jobs that it would create, may be a gift that keeps on giving for the locals.

The DWP will need to enlist local support and repair the trust (if it ever existed)between the community and the Los Angeles municipal government. Given the history of the past 100 years that may be the biggest hurdle of all.

See the Los Angeles Time article here.