Downtown's 'Infrastructure Nodes' Deemed Feasible

i don’t know anything about the kiosks, but they sound like a bad idea. i don’t think i’ve ever seen a kiosk that wasn’t horrible, especially more than six months after it was installed.

the infrastructure nodes for filming sounds like a promising idea, though.

I understand the view that if LA and downtown aren’t amenible and flexible for filming, Toronto/Vancouver/etc. will be happy to make the industry welcome, but the city also needs to start doing a substantially better job of balancing the needs of the downtown residents. ‘Infrastructure nodes’ seem like a great way for the city to make some small adaptations that will both make the city itself more attractive for the industry while hopefully making the enntire process less invasive for the people who actually live here.

Next on the agenda would be for the city to start being a little more stringent with blocking off on-street parking–for any given shoot, there are entirely too many legal spots being blocked off for little or no reason. Sure, if you’re shooting a car chase, I can understand having several blocks with no cars, but there is no obvious reason why the residents ought to have to lose 7 meter-spaces for a catering truck and tent.

I was interested to hear that our proposal is getting some traction. Here is additional information about the project, including a short film we did about our research and the proposals: http://www.plasmatic-concepts.com/fadd/movie.html

I work downtown..have done so since 1999. When the entertainment industry locusts are busy down there, it’s a pain to get in, and a worse pain to get out. Makes me want to go to Studio City or Hollywood or wherever the heck these people live when they are not working and set up my “workspace” up and down their street.

Or maybe I could just intercept their unemployment checks that they get when they decide to take a few weeks off because they are “freelance”? Yes, I am biased.