It is prime real estate. Two decades ago, before they built a mall behind the adjacent Farmer’s Market, the property — while not worthless — wasn’t worth the hassle of selling. Now it is.
It might be tough for people who don’t live in history-deprived Southern California to consider a building historic if it was only built a half century or so ago. But the “mid century modern” style is quickly evaporating in a part of the country it once dominated (Google the Stahl house to see perhaps the most iconic example of it). Mostly it is because the buildings weren’t designed with functionality at their core... they were designed to evoke the sorts of dreams people have about this place if they’ve never been. When you heard a game show announcer say “From Television City in Hollywood...” the dream expanded. But as John Lennon once crooned, the dream is over. On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:23 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 4:53 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's a trend in London too, although that is driven by some extreme >> property prices. The BBC sold its iconic Television Centre to developers. >> There is still some studio space, but also a lot of luxury homes on the >> site. >> >> Meanwhile ITV is working on redeveloping its London Studios which are on >> the Thames near Southbank. Inevitably, the planning application is for very >> limited studio facilities, and lots of luxury apartments. >> >> Both of these were relatively central London studio facilities. >> >> (Sidenote: there continues to be an insane property bubble in London for >> excessive numbers of luxury properties, many of which are almost certainly >> traded as part of international money laundering operations, or >> international million/billionaires.) >> >> The result of all this is that if you want to go to a TV recording in >> London, you often have to head out of town to studio complexes like Elstree >> or Pinewood. <[email protected]> >> > > From reading the LA Times article, CBS is eventually going to sell > Television City. CBS doesn't get much use out of it, the land will continue > to be expensive, and they will be able to use the revenue to cover for a > bad quarter. If they were determined to keep the building they would not > have brought on a real estate brokerage firm. The building was built for > black & white production and has to be frequently retrofitted for > technology changes. The cost of upgrading to 4K might not be worth it to > them. > > As far as getting the building historical status, a historic marker on the > edge of the property should be enough. The real historic artifacts are the > shows and they are still mostly accessible to the public. The building they > were shot in is not as important. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
