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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Volume 12 Issue 269
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE MONEY ASSIGNMENT ISSUE
Commissioners have concerns with project BY AMEERA BUTT Daily Press Staff Writer
Photos courtesy Elemental Strings
SWEET MUSIC: Elemental Strings gives local public school children the chance to learn to play in a full orchestra.
Young music makers Elemental Strings offers new band program, elective classes BY AMEERA BUTT Daily Press Staff Writer
CITY HALL Planning Commissioners voiced concerns Wednesday night on overall project design, architecture, open space and height for a proposed “transit village” near the incoming Bergamot Station Expo Light Rail stop. Hines Corp., which is proposing a project 3.5 blocks long that includes rental housing, creative office space, restaurant and retail space, has come before city officials in the past. The company modified the plan based on previous recommendations and concerns on the size and scope of the project. Some commission members called the project “blocky masses” or the plaza a “mini L.A. Live” while others felt a proposed plaza functioned fine. The overall design of the project, how the 31,675 square feet of plaza would function as an open space, architecture and height were among the laundry list of issues for the commissioners. “[I] share that feeling you created a campus here and there is a similarity between these buildings, a blandness,” said Commissioner Richard McKinnon. The commission also decided to move discussion of the project to the next available meeting date after city officials have a design meeting review with Hines and its architects sometime in the future. The Bergamot Transit Village Center sits SEE PROJECT PAGE 9
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DOWNTOWN Santa Monican Adelaide Lloyd
MICHELE KAYAL
started playing the violin in the orchestra program, called Elemental Strings, in the middle of the fourth grade at John Adams Middle School. She remembers feeling nervous. Elemental Strings is offered by a local nonprofit of the same name, which tries to get elementary school students excited about playing
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So maybe the chance to taste the flaky spawn of a doughnut and croissant won’t get you lining up at the crack of dawn. Maybe you’re holding out for a burger nestled between fried ramen noodles. Or perhaps it’s the elusive McRib that moves you.
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