LA Changes Its Mind About Telco Hotels

Los Angeles city officials are reconsidering earlier plans to limit telco hotels in downtown Los Angeles.

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November 9, 2000, 9:00 AM PST

"Economic planners and City Council staff members have been drafting an interim city ordinance that would help check the growth of telco hotels -- buildings or floors of buildings entirely devoted to telecommunications-switching equipment -- because they feared the hotels would turn an already-struggling downtown into a warehouse district."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: L.A. Officials Mull Scaling Back Limits on Downtown Telco Hotels

Wednesday, November 8, 2000 in Wall St. Journal

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