Playa Vista

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  rezident (guest)rezident (guest)

  This development is built over a former toxic landfill. The entire site used to be part of the Hughes Aircraft facility. Hughes had buried hundreds of drums filled with toxic waste there, and eventually the drums rusted and the toxins leached into the groundwater. If you drive by you'll notice that the site is elevated in relation to the surrounding area. That's becuase rather than trying to remove layer upon layer of polluted ground, they just piled new earth on top.

  18 years ago | reply | hide comment
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  Marshall19 (guest)Marshall19 (guest)

  Are you perhaps thinking of the natural gas underneath Playa Vista? That leaked in from the nearby storage reservoir, and not buried in drums. Additionally, Hughes had nothing to do with it.

  18 years ago | reply | hide comment
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  fastforwardselecta (guest)fastforwardselecta (guest)

  "They had nothing to do with it." Sounds credible!

  17 years ago | reply | hide comment
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  simbaredsimbared

  From Wikipedia: On April 17, 2000, Exploration Technologies Inc., released a city-required, year-long million-dollar study, which cited dangers of methane gas seepage via a previously unknown Lincoln Blvd. fault. The earthquake fault intersects the underground gas storage facility of the Southern California Gas Company at a depth of 6,000 feet, where the gas is stored by the gas company under very high pressures. The peer review report identified a very serious risk of gas migration rushing to the surface as a result of an earthquake. "The massive amounts of gas that would be migrating up to the surface along the fault directly underlies the exact location of where the proposed visitor center is being currently constructed, at the location of the fountain park apartment complex at Lincoln and Jefferson boulevards." Dr. Paul Endres, gas migration expert and critic of the project. In 2002, the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) required the installation of gas mitigation systems at Playa Vista, consisting of a membrane shield under the buildings, vents, and a series of alarms. Methane is prevalent throughout much of Los Angeles County. Playa Vista's systems in place are the foundation upon which the City of Los Angeles created its new citywide methane ordinance in 2004.

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  John (guest)John (guest)

  Playa Vista is the mere shadow of what it originally promised to be. It's a joke; a characature...just like that "Mondrian" building shown in the photos.

  15 years ago | reply | hide comment