Tod McIntyre, the Planning & Public Affairs Manager for Cerrell Associates Inc. who were trying to get the Hotel Ray up and running wrote back a very short reply to my email asking for any comments.
You are correct. The project was denied by the Area Planning Commission.
Best regards,
Todd McIntyre
I was kind of “curious” to see [...]

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The Los Angeles Shelby American Automobile Club is having a meet at the Santa Monica Pier this Saturday the 22nd. There should be some neat cars there. The show runs from 10am until 3pm!

And here is what these cars look like after some racing in Mexico!

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Edie’s diner in Marina Del Rey got closed down to make way for yet more “mixed use” development, and all of the stuff in it is getting sold on the 25th.
This whole mixed use concept is getting pretty old, but in the case of Edie’s there is no love lost by me. The food [...]

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The West LA Planning Commission shut down the proposed Hotel Ray to be built on Abbot Kinney last night, according to La.Curbed.
We have sent an email to The Hotel Ray reps, so hopefully we will have something for you here shortly. It is kind of odd why they would shut down that project but not [...]

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There is a lively bit of commenting going on over at LA Curbed about the Farmacy.

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