Talk:Playa Vista, Los Angeles

No mention of failed DreamWorks studio headquarters deal
I came to this article looking for information about DreamWorks' erstwhile bid to transform the Playa Vista development into their own studio lot, the environmental outcry over the planned project, and the financial reasons for its failure to come to fruition. Can someone add some details to a new section of this article? Thanks! Robert K S 11:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Questions
Does anyone know why the zip 90094 will bring you to downtown LA in all the mapping websites (Google Maps, etc) and not to the correct Westside area? This also affects sites like Yelp. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.151.146.54 (talk) 17:24, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Sources needed
These sections need sources. -Classicfilms (talk) 15:13, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Liquefaction
Another concern for residents and developers of the project is the potential for soil liquefaction should an earthquake occur. Much of the plain on either side of the now-paved Ballona Creek has been either permanent wetland or subject to flooding during heavy rains. Photographs exist that show cars in water up over their wheels as far as Venice Boulevard, several miles, and uphill, to the north. Despite the paving of the Ballona Creek (adjacent to Playa Vista) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1930s, the subterranean structure of the area is still that of an active wetland/floodplain. Due to the necessity of building the project above the water level thousands of truckloads of gravel and fill dirt were used to build the foundations of Howard Hughes facilities and the Playa Vista project. Should a substantial earthquake rattle the LA basin, such as that of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, compacted dirt could crumble and separate atop the saturated soil below.

Phase Two: The Village Town Center
The Village Town Center will connect the Phase One residential property with the Campus, and is expected to be mixed-used residential/commercial property.

The Village was approved in 2004 by the Los Angeles City Council. Phase 2 is expected to draw more traffic to the area, since it will include offices and shops. The Village will bring 2,600 new homes and a neighborhood retail center that will offer restaurants, a grocery store, bank branch and other community-serving uses. The Village will connect the homes now under construction on Playa Vista’s west side with the Campus area on the eastern end of the property. Caruso Affiliated, which designed the Grove, is currently in negotiations to design the Village.

Education
Playa Vista is zoned to Los Angeles USD schools:
 * Loyola Village Elementary School
 * Orville Wright Middle School
 * Westchester High School

K-5 Elementary School is planned in the Playa Vista Phase 1 section.

Playa Vista has identified a 4 acre site for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), with the intent that the location will be used to educate the children of Playa Vista and the surrounding area.

Background
In 1769, European settlers arrived and beginning in the early 1800s the area was converted to dairy farms and agricultural fields. Formerly part of unincorporated Los Angeles County rather than part of any city, the former Hughes site was annexed to the City of Los Angeles as Playa Vista on February 10, 1986.

In 2002, Soboroff unveiled new plans for the completion of development at Playa Vista. It is estimated that the plan will result in less than half the number of residential units, a third less office space and nearly 70 percent less retail area compared to the original Playa Vista master plan. Over 70 percent of 1087 acre of Playa Vista will be dedicated to either active or passive open space. This dramatic reduction in development compared to the original plan was made possible by Playa Vista’s agreement with the Trust for Public Land. This agreement allowed the State of California to purchase the land west of Lincoln Boulevard and north of Culver Boulevard in order to restore and preserve the Ballona Wetlands in perpetuity.

Coordinate error
The following coordinate fixes are needed for

—174.251.80.66 (talk) 03:42, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * You haven't specified what you think is in error, but I've tweaked the coordinates so that they correspond more nearly to the center of the neighborhood (according to the boundary map included in the article). If you still think that there is an error, please post a clear explanation below, including the geodata-check template. Deor (talk) 10:14, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

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Air view of Playa Vista
I am not sure what the problem is concerning the aerial view which keeps getting removed (and then put back) with no comment on the Talk page. It seems from a recent Edit summary that one editor believes the view should not be in the Geography section. In the spirit of teamwork, I'm moving it to a different area, but I really cannot see the problem of leaving it where it has been. If this is not a satisfactory solution, please tell why here. Thanks so much! Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 18:55, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Possibility that the image is not centered on Playa Vista, but rather on Marina del Rey. --Streltzer (talk) 21:52, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Finally somebody to make sense of all this. Thanks. Frankly, I don't think it adds to the article inasmuch as the image shows mainly Marina del Ray. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 08:13, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Playa Vista is next to Marina del Rey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.178.163.208 (talk) 03:21, 7 May 2018 (UTC)