I know Chicago and San Fran hold a special place in Lucas' life but no offense, this belongs in Los Angeles. Not just because Lucas went to USC and learned film making but where his vision for Star Wars & Indiana Jones evolved and came to life.😎
It was aloud and encouraged to be built at Exposition Park because it essentially a ghetto. As with everything that goes there like one of the Space Shuttles it will hopefully 🙏🏻 revitalize the area. Wash repeat. I volunteer and go to games at USC. It is terrifying making your way to and from on public transit. I almost for mugged when volunteering for the Special Olympics World Games in 2015 and the homeless and drug users sleeping near the trans facilities. Don’t do it alone after dark. I won’t be volunteering there for the 2028 Olympics. I’ll volunteer in the beach cities.
@@aftertheheadlines They built the museum in a former parking lot next to the Coliseum and other museums which is not a ghetto.😉Stay home in yrNeighborhood and don't come out if the world scares y that much.✌
@@JoshuaMartian-go3tmYUP… SCLA all day ✌🏻 FIGHT ON! USC!!! My mother loves the garden on the roof of the museum. Guy doesn’t know that houses near there worth a pretty Penny.
I work in IT for the Electrical company that is doing all the electrical work for this building. I've been lucky enough to be onsite a couple times. I cant wait for this to open.
LA really hasn’t grown that much I feel since I was a kid!! It’s really held back by its liberal homeless laws and trash everywhere vibes!! I visited Boston this year and it looked much cleaner
I live in the Bay Area and I’m disappointed that nothing was built here but on the other hand, I really love Los Angeles and I’m glad it happened and it’s still in California. LA is a fun place to go plus, I have family there.👍🏾❤️
Los Angeles is the perfect spot for this museum being the capital of movies and making dreams come true. The design of the building even fits into the L.A. mid-modern aesthetic, we've always been fascinated by futuristic buildings.. George Lucas, we love you.
California is cutting edge in 21st Century architecture. The Walt Disney Concert Hall, So-Fi Stadium, Apple and Lucas Museum. AMAZING! Love being in California!
@@gametri-eq6lj you know most of the famous buildings in China are designed by European and American architects? You can look up a lot of famous buildings in China, not designed by them.
we don't have a good place to put it and yes LA makes a lot more sense thanSF you have the space, you have the weather, you have the population and the tourism and the movie industry. LA should have been the first choice .
@@gianniclaud I am a bit mixed on that. LA has Hollywood but much of Star Wars was inspired by the Bay Area. But as long as it’s in California I’m happy
Excuse me? San Francisco rejected it? Not so fast Han. The video itself even states the FEDERAL parks is what ultimately decided against it, San Francisco may have been the city it was proposed in, but it does not own the property that it was to be built in.
Nonsense, San Francisco could have made it happen. The truth is that the rich snobs in Pacific Heights didn't want it so it was axed. Offering the toxic waste dump that is Treasure Island as an alternative was a slap in the face.
I live in Chicago that museum wasn't rejected. In fact only 1 group stopped it "Friends of The Park" a local group which a lot of us think are a**holes. Think HOA but only for parks, and you get how most of us feel about them. They won't even allow mats to be placed so people in wheelchairs can enjoy the beach.
This is only a half-truth. Lucas wanted to build on land that was specifically required to be left free and clear, and open to all public according to a more than century-old law. The parking lot that sits there now was supposed to be turned into parkland in 1990 by the city, but still hasn't been. While it maybe would have been of net benefit to Chicago, the museum wouldn't have been freely open and accessible to all Chicagoans like myself, so I don't necessarily disagree with their stance. Other sites were offered, and declined. Oh well.
I’m glad this ego project was kept off the lakefront….does Chicago really need more people attending a limited access area with lousy parking options? Glad it got accepted by LA.
@@renesagahon4477 No, the museum is in walking distance to the Space shuttle Endeaver, the LA Coliseum, the Los Angeles Museum, USC, the new soccer Stadium and a bus ride from LA Live and he arena where the Lakers play. Also, the neighborhood of the Lucas Museum is of regular everyday working class people who will not have to drive hours to get to this landmark. They can simply walk to it.
A big shout out to “Friends of the Park” in Chicago who opposed this project, gave Lucas a hard time, and caused the project to shift towards Los Angeles👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Glad we have Friends of the Parks to preserve our public spaces. It would have a been a different story if he was donating everything to the city, but as proposed, it would have remained a private space. This was an ego project for Lucas. Billionaires don’t need handouts from the public.
@@leftoverbacon Glad you friend of some random park allowed a billionaire to go ahead and build this icon of a museum in our city. We can enjoy this masterpiece for generations while you guys enjoy cutting the grass and sweeping the sidewalks at your no name place.
@ lol. guess you’ve never been to the Chicago lakefront. But also, I’m no fan of giving away public spaces to billionaires for their privately owned vanity projects. If he was just gonna donate the museum, it might have gone over better, but he wanted to take public land, and put his private space ship there & maintain control of it. Billionaires are the biggest welfare queens on the plant, and expect everyone to give them stuff just because they’re wealthy.
I pass by there every morning when I take my kids to school and I can tell you that it looks awesome There are other museums right beside it so it going to be great to be able to do so much in just that area
It’s on a former parking lot. One time I tried parking there when USC had a game at the coliseum at the same time LAFC was playing at BMO Stadium. There was no parking. If you go be forewarned. Or take the expo line maybe.
we don't have a good location for it nor do we need it. LA makes the most senses. They have the space and they have better weather and more people and more tourism.
Friends of the park in Chicago have derailed so many projects that have been proposed. They have stunted growth and hindered progress. I’m sure in the long run Chicago will regret not having some of these projects come to light.
It would have been different if the museum was being donated to the city. The proposal was for a PRIVATE space on public land. Billionaires get enough handouts. No public lands for private uses.
I walked by this in 2022 and I was so confused as to what it was? Never seen a building like it before it looked like a cruise ship building, randomly came across this video. So happy to know it’s gonna be a badass museum.
I don't know who first called this building old fashioned, but they are insane. This building looks like something that was pulled from a location two hundred years in the future. I first thought it was a building designed by Zaha Hadid, (who unfortunately is no longer with us), but designed buildings that could be built a hundred years from now and look like they were right at home. I am not familiar with Mad Architects nor Ma Yansong but I will be after today. What an incredible building.
Thought museum would be built on Mare Island in the Bay Area to kickstart the renaissance of the island that is still sitting unused after decades. PS - actually surprised the museum was able to fit in Exposition Park. All that was there were surface parking lots and an old brick building or two. Entire building exterior and landscaping looks completed as of winter 2024. Great access via light rail. LA Natural History Museum and California Science Center will benefit from the additional visitors to Exposition Park. PS2 - Chicago was never going to allow the museum along the shoreline in the park.
After pulling out of Chicago, Lucas considered proposals from Los Angeles and San Francisco. The new San Francisco site would have been on one of the islands in the Bay. Not sure why you left this out as it was a major act in this story.
The original proposal was for Chrissy Field in the Presidio. It's on the northern end of the peninsula with breathtaking views of the bay and Golden Gate Bridge. The perfect location. When the rich snobs that live nearby shot down that idea the city offered Treasure Island. Treasure Island is an ugly rock in the middle of the bay that the US Navy spent fifty years turning into a toxic waste dump. Lucas never for a second considered building there. It was left out because there was zero chance of it ever happening.
@@mjwbulich I am actually from San Francisco, and building this on Chrissy Field would have been inappropriate. As it stands now, Chrissy Field is free for everyone to enjoy, which is exactly hwo it should be. Its rich snobs that want to turn public areas into private facilities. Think about it for a bit, public spaces where you can relax with friends and family are disappearing from our cities. Many people are being duped by the wealthy. The corporate brainwashing in this country is very successful.
I live in San Francisco thank God they didn’t put that building there It would’ve ruined the scenic open space there and exploded with crowds and traffic congestion
My family and I will be at the museum when it opens this year in my home city of LosAngeles. A big boom for my birth city and a perfect area along the Figueroa corridor heading into USC and downtown LA
Kudos to Lucas for paying for this himself instead of the what wealthy mega corps, especially pro sports teams do which is cry poverty & to whorish elected officials who force their constituents to pay for multi-billion dollar project! LA is a great city since Hollywood is nearby. I absolutely support parks & open spaces, but surely SF & Chicago could have found a compromise. One would think that any city would be thrilled to receive this gift!
The comment sections on UA-cam always seem to attract nay-sayers, cynics, and other negative types. The museum looks amazing, and I'm definitely looking forward to visiting.
You should really change the title as it's not accurate. San Francisco has no say in it. It was entirely a federal decision. I live in San Francisco and I'm personally happy Crissy Field is going to remain open space.
You guys, it’s not a Star Wars museum. If you go thinking you’re going to see the millenium falcon replica or Princess leia’s wig, you’re going to be disappointed.
Quite a structure, and LA is absolutely the the place for it; not Chicago's lakefront. LA is the global home of film entertainment, and the destination for young people who aspire to work in the industry.
The rejection from SF is super obvious if you have seen the city. Where in the world would they magically find land for this construction project when they need more residential development? It would be cool, yes. It just isn't the correct city to have. San Jose would have been the right city. It has an airport nearby, have public transportation, and plenty of parking.
THANK GOODNESS that thing didn't land in stunning Crissy Field in SF. Wonderful to see the federal parks folks doing their jobs on behalf of THE PUBLIC. Although with Trump taking office, Crissy field & other precious fed lands will be in grave danger of being sold off to the highest bidders. Tragic.
Every city mentioned has homeless. Los Angeles Mayor Bass is working hard to find housing for them. Encampments are being cleared away. She wants them gone by 2028 when LA hosts the Olympics.
I take photographs as a hobby and one of my subjects is to take pictures of large projects as they are being built. So, living in the LA area, I have taken pictures of the museum in the various stages of construction. it is massive and I wish I could be on the construction team working that project. I am happy that San Fran and Chicago had problems with the museum because here in LA, this is going to be one hell of a historical landmark for decades. Did I say I have photos of this project in the building phase? Did I say I have photos of LA Rams Sofi Stadium, and other landmarks in different construction phases? No, I dont have phots of the Griffeth Park Observatory in stages of construction.
Los Angeles is in desperate need of architecture that is so beautiful and innovative. I am keeping my fingers crossed for the new Los Angeles Museum of Art but it is not looking good.
I totally understand why the other cities didn’t want it. They kept trying to build it on the public waterfront. It belongs well in LA with its movie tie in.
I'm not sure this is a gamechanger nor does it "establish Los Angeles as a hub of creativity." It has already been a hub of creativity in TV, Music, and film for a hundred years. And a former San Francisco resident, they cleared the bay waterfront in the Marina of all the building and freeway. It's smart to not ruin that park. Honestly they could have put it in other places but i'm guessing Lucas didn't want to pay to clean up the soil in the industrial area i'm talking about like in Hunter's Point. And notice in LA, this museum did NOT get land on the water unlike they wanted in SF or Chicago.
The Star Wars saga, if you study it, is basically based on the stories found in the Bible’s Old Testament. Themes of light vs dark, good vs evil, a savior type “hero” as well.
You missed a very important point the exhibition park, and this new museum sit on the campus of the University of Southern California, and guess who graduated from USC
Congrats LA. I look forward to visit. Too bad my town San Francisco is not big enough for big dreams. We have to settle with a tiny Yoda statue staning in the Presidio.
It would have been a real draw in Chicago. Such a shame. In a city like la a place like this as great as it is will eventually be another museum and venue amongst many
Those are valid reasons for SF and Chicago. Pretty sure there are some tax write offs for the construction of the museum. It seems like LA is an easy place to get these projects okayed. Look at the gondola "transit" project that may get the go ahead to be built over LA Historic State Park and Chinatown.
The problem with putting this in L.A. is that DAs there consider not prosecuting crime to be an act of social justice, and the museum will likely soon be overwhelmed with homeless addicts and untreated mental patients. Any attempt to remove them will be branded as authoritarian extremism and met with immediate lawsuits that will prove successful.
I know Chicago and San Fran hold a special place in Lucas' life but no offense, this belongs in Los Angeles. Not just because Lucas went to USC and learned film making but where his vision for Star Wars & Indiana Jones evolved and came to life.😎
It was aloud and encouraged to be built at Exposition Park because it essentially a ghetto. As with everything that goes there like one of the Space Shuttles it will hopefully 🙏🏻 revitalize the area. Wash repeat.
I volunteer and go to games at USC. It is terrifying making your way to and from on public transit. I almost for mugged when volunteering for the Special Olympics World Games in 2015 and the homeless and drug users sleeping near the trans facilities. Don’t do it alone after dark. I won’t be volunteering there for the 2028 Olympics. I’ll volunteer in the beach cities.
@@aftertheheadlines They built the museum in a former parking lot next to the Coliseum and other museums which is not a ghetto.😉Stay home in yrNeighborhood and don't come out if the world scares y that much.✌
B-I-N-G-O !
@@JoshuaMartian-go3tmYUP…
SCLA all day ✌🏻 FIGHT ON! USC!!!
My mother loves the garden on the roof of the museum.
Guy doesn’t know that houses near there worth a pretty Penny.
@@limited50scla 🤜🤛
He should have just chosen LA to begin with. This museum is a perfect for the city. 'Can't wait to see it when it opens.
I've watched the construction. This structure is jaw dropping. Expo Park is so much fun. Beautiful grounds, Rose Garden, Endeavor Shuttle.
The Lucas Art museum is a perfect place in Los Angeles.
I work in IT for the Electrical company that is doing all the electrical work for this building. I've been lucky enough to be onsite a couple times. I cant wait for this to open.
The MEP firm or the contractor? I worked for the MEP design company and I lead the Electrical Design team
That is cool. To be on a phase of construction of what will be a historical landmark is a point of pride.
LA never stop growing and ima all here for it 🙌🏼
You are right the traffic is growing
LA really hasn’t grown that much I feel since I was a kid!! It’s really held back by its liberal homeless laws and trash everywhere vibes!! I visited Boston this year and it looked much cleaner
The plastic assh0LE of the world.
@@samsolis92781 Comparing apples to oranges.
I live in the Bay Area and I’m disappointed that nothing was built here but on the other hand, I really love Los Angeles and I’m glad it happened and it’s still in California. LA is a fun place to go plus, I have family there.👍🏾❤️
The National Park Department is the reason it did not get built in San Francisco. He wanted it to be built in the Presidio
Los Angeles is the perfect spot for this museum being the capital of movies and making dreams come true. The design of the building even fits into the L.A. mid-modern aesthetic, we've always been fascinated by futuristic buildings.. George Lucas, we love you.
California is cutting edge in 21st Century architecture. The Walt Disney Concert Hall, So-Fi Stadium, Apple and Lucas Museum. AMAZING! Love being in California!
it’s nothing compared to China
@gametri-eq6lj Hmmmm California or China. Hard choice.
@@gametri-eq6ljas far as entertainment venues, what building does China have that are better than the ones mentioned? (Genuine question)
@@gametri-eq6lj Its “tofu” architecture, eh?
@@gametri-eq6lj you know most of the famous buildings in China are designed by European and American architects? You can look up a lot of famous buildings in China, not designed by them.
As if Disneyland wasn't enough. But honestly, this belongs in LA - forget SF and Chicago.
we don't have a good place to put it and yes LA makes a lot more sense thanSF
you have the space, you have the weather, you have the population and the tourism and the movie industry.
LA should have been the first choice .
@@gianniclaud I am a bit mixed on that. LA has Hollywood but much of Star Wars was inspired by the Bay Area. But as long as it’s in California I’m happy
George visited Disneyland on opening day, and later worked on a ride based on Star Wars that opened in 1987.
Notice NYC was not even in the running.
As if Disneyland wasn't enough what?
This building looks much bigger in person. Also, the new space shuttle museum is currently being constructed close by.
Either way, it belongs in Los Angeles.
We really need a museum to display Jar Jar Binks concept art.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
jar jar is the key to it all
Lucas must make sure that none of Disney Star Wars stuff make into his museum.
Your wish is being granted.
George Lucas being a Hollywood icon and Hollywood being located in Los Angeles this museum belongs in L.A.
Excuse me? San Francisco rejected it? Not so fast Han. The video itself even states the FEDERAL parks is what ultimately decided against it, San Francisco may have been the city it was proposed in, but it does not own the property that it was to be built in.
Nonsense, San Francisco could have made it happen. The truth is that the rich snobs in Pacific Heights didn't want it so it was axed. Offering the toxic waste dump that is Treasure Island as an alternative was a slap in the face.
Thank you for this info. Makes sense
The fact LA was 3rd in line is WILD. It should have been first pick.
I was always confused why this wasn't ajways planned for LA! Can't wait to see it!
I was on this project building the exterior panels. I’ll always remember this project
Expo Park has a lot of museums on the property. I need to get to a few of them (including this one).
LA is the place to be.🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴
If you're a Democrat.
Not for small businesses.
If you like flat giant rolling parking lots
@@j_p_jr.487 You said when they have many small businesses and some of the highest entrepreneurship
If you are plastic, inauthentic, yeah.
I live in Chicago that museum wasn't rejected. In fact only 1 group stopped it "Friends of The Park" a local group which a lot of us think are a**holes. Think HOA but only for parks, and you get how most of us feel about them. They won't even allow mats to be placed so people in wheelchairs can enjoy the beach.
And they’ll play a part in losing the Bears to a suburb.
This group is basically a mafia preventing any reasonable improvement to the lakefront
This is only a half-truth. Lucas wanted to build on land that was specifically required to be left free and clear, and open to all public according to a more than century-old law. The parking lot that sits there now was supposed to be turned into parkland in 1990 by the city, but still hasn't been. While it maybe would have been of net benefit to Chicago, the museum wouldn't have been freely open and accessible to all Chicagoans like myself, so I don't necessarily disagree with their stance. Other sites were offered, and declined. Oh well.
I’m glad this ego project was kept off the lakefront….does Chicago really need more people attending a limited access area with lousy parking options? Glad it got accepted by LA.
Almost every beach in Chicago now has wheelchair mats. What are you going on about?
@@jtsholtod.79Chicago's weather would have been a problem though. In LA it's almost always clear and sunny.
The museum simply ended up exactly where it was meant to be, amongst the people that would appreciate it most.
That must be one lonely museum
@@renesagahon4477 No, the museum is in walking distance to the Space shuttle Endeaver, the LA Coliseum, the Los Angeles Museum, USC, the new soccer Stadium and a bus ride from LA Live and he arena where the Lakers play. Also, the neighborhood of the Lucas Museum is of regular everyday working class people who will not have to drive hours to get to this landmark. They can simply walk to it.
I would have loved the Chicago option. However, I feel that it fits better in LA, since it is the movie capital.
I had the opportunity and worked on this job for 3 years! Cool job glad I was able to be apart of it for so long
Local 433 Ironworkers
This building is super cool. I’ve seen it under construction every time I’m in the USC area and you can tell it’s going to be awesome.
A big shout out to “Friends of the Park” in Chicago who opposed this project, gave Lucas a hard time, and caused the project to shift towards Los Angeles👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Glad we have Friends of the Parks to preserve our public spaces. It would have a been a different story if he was donating everything to the city, but as proposed, it would have remained a private space. This was an ego project for Lucas. Billionaires don’t need handouts from the public.
@@leftoverbacon Glad you friend of some random park allowed a billionaire to go ahead and build this icon of a museum in our city. We can enjoy this masterpiece for generations while you guys enjoy cutting the grass and sweeping the sidewalks at your no name place.
@ lol. guess you’ve never been to the Chicago lakefront. But also, I’m no fan of giving away public spaces to billionaires for their privately owned vanity projects. If he was just gonna donate the museum, it might have gone over better, but he wanted to take public land, and put his private space ship there & maintain control of it. Billionaires are the biggest welfare queens on the plant, and expect everyone to give them stuff just because they’re wealthy.
As cool as it seems, Lucas Valley Road was named after a 19th-century rancher, not George.
I pass by there every morning when I take my kids to school and I can tell you that it looks awesome
There are other museums right beside it so it going to be great to be able to do so much in just that area
It’s on a former parking lot. One time I tried parking there when USC had a game at the coliseum at the same time LAFC was playing at BMO Stadium. There was no parking. If you go be forewarned. Or take the expo line maybe.
we don't have a good location for it nor do we need it.
LA makes the most senses. They have the space and they have better weather and more people and more tourism.
Friends of the park in Chicago have derailed so many projects that have been proposed. They have stunted growth and hindered progress. I’m sure in the long run Chicago will regret not having some of these projects come to light.
It would have been different if the museum was being donated to the city. The proposal was for a PRIVATE space on public land. Billionaires get enough handouts. No public lands for private uses.
I walked by this in 2022 and I was so confused as to what it was? Never seen a building like it before it looked like a cruise ship building, randomly came across this video. So happy to know it’s gonna be a badass museum.
This is actually awesome!
I don't know who first called this building old fashioned, but they are insane. This building looks like something that was pulled from a location two hundred years in the future. I first thought it was a building designed by Zaha Hadid, (who unfortunately is no longer with us), but designed buildings that could be built a hundred years from now and look like they were right at home. I am not familiar with Mad Architects nor Ma Yansong but I will be after today. What an incredible building.
It looks like some sort of personal care device
San Francisco, where Lucas lives near, is totally UPSIDE DOWN. Lucas is a genius, was giving for FREE, and SF said “No Thanks.”
Thought museum would be built on Mare Island in the Bay Area to kickstart the renaissance of the island that is still sitting unused after decades.
PS - actually surprised the museum was able to fit in Exposition Park. All that was there were surface parking lots and an old brick building or two. Entire building exterior and landscaping looks completed as of winter 2024. Great access via light rail. LA Natural History Museum and California Science Center will benefit from the additional visitors to Exposition Park.
PS2 - Chicago was never going to allow the museum along the shoreline in the park.
Amazing building. This is an example of modern architecture getting it right for a change.
After pulling out of Chicago, Lucas considered proposals from Los Angeles and San Francisco. The new San Francisco site would have been on one of the islands in the Bay. Not sure why you left this out as it was a major act in this story.
I'm guessing, by that time, San Fran became bugglers' home city..
Um, no, where the heck did you get this story?
The original proposal was for Chrissy Field in the Presidio. It's on the northern end of the peninsula with breathtaking views of the bay and Golden Gate Bridge. The perfect location. When the rich snobs that live nearby shot down that idea the city offered Treasure Island. Treasure Island is an ugly rock in the middle of the bay that the US Navy spent fifty years turning into a toxic waste dump. Lucas never for a second considered building there. It was left out because there was zero chance of it ever happening.
@@mjwbulich I am actually from San Francisco, and building this on Chrissy Field would have been inappropriate. As it stands now, Chrissy Field is free for everyone to enjoy, which is exactly hwo it should be. Its rich snobs that want to turn public areas into private facilities. Think about it for a bit, public spaces where you can relax with friends and family are disappearing from our cities. Many people are being duped by the wealthy. The corporate brainwashing in this country is very successful.
I live in San Francisco thank God they didn’t put that building there It would’ve ruined the scenic open space there and exploded with crowds and traffic congestion
Went to Manual Arts high school across the street. This is good for the hood.
My family and I will be at the museum when it opens this year in my home city of LosAngeles. A big boom for my birth city and a perfect area along the Figueroa corridor heading into USC and downtown LA
Kudos to Lucas for paying for this himself instead of the what wealthy mega corps, especially pro sports teams do which is cry poverty & to whorish elected officials who force their constituents to pay for multi-billion dollar project! LA is a great city since Hollywood is nearby. I absolutely support parks & open spaces, but surely SF & Chicago could have found a compromise. One would think that any city would be thrilled to receive this gift!
Exposition Park will also become an amazing green space when it's all completed.
The Apple building is beautiful!!
The comment sections on UA-cam always seem to attract nay-sayers, cynics, and other negative types. The museum looks amazing, and I'm definitely looking forward to visiting.
When are they going to build The Imelda Marcos Museum in Los Angeles ?
Huh? What?
Not a huge star wars fan, but I gotta say that is a beautiful building.
Please! George Lucas a USC grad! He has a film school at USC! Do you honestly think Chicago and SF were actually in contention ?! Come on!
You should really change the title as it's not accurate. San Francisco has no say in it. It was entirely a federal decision. I live in San Francisco and I'm personally happy Crissy Field is going to remain open space.
Go past it everyday going to work ( work at USC ) waiting for it to open !
You guys, it’s not a Star Wars museum. If you go thinking you’re going to see the millenium falcon replica or Princess leia’s wig, you’re going to be disappointed.
Forgot to mention how it's going to speed up gentrification in the area and the cost of living...and displace thousands of people
I’m an LA local and I didn’t even know this building existed or was in construction at the time…..
Yay LMNA. Worked on this project for 5 years, I designed the electrical power distribution system.
Imagine if Diddy invited you to a ranch.
Quite a structure, and LA is absolutely the the place for it; not Chicago's lakefront. LA is the global home of film entertainment, and the destination for young people who aspire to work in the industry.
The rejection from SF is super obvious if you have seen the city. Where in the world would they magically find land for this construction project when they need more residential development? It would be cool, yes. It just isn't the correct city to have. San Jose would have been the right city. It has an airport nearby, have public transportation, and plenty of parking.
THANK GOODNESS that thing didn't land in stunning Crissy Field in SF. Wonderful to see the federal parks folks doing their jobs on behalf of THE PUBLIC. Although with Trump taking office, Crissy field & other precious fed lands will be in grave danger of being sold off to the highest bidders. Tragic.
The Homeless in LA are going to Love it❤
Every city mentioned has homeless. Los Angeles Mayor Bass is working hard to find housing for them. Encampments are being cleared away. She wants them gone by 2028 when LA hosts the Olympics.
I take photographs as a hobby and one of my subjects is to take pictures of large projects as they are being built. So, living in the LA area, I have taken pictures of the museum in the various stages of construction. it is massive and I wish I could be on the construction team working that project. I am happy that San Fran and Chicago had problems with the museum because here in LA, this is going to be one hell of a historical landmark for decades.
Did I say I have photos of this project in the building phase? Did I say I have photos of LA Rams Sofi Stadium, and other landmarks in different construction phases?
No, I dont have phots of the Griffeth Park Observatory in stages of construction.
I didn’t catch the projected opening date?
2025
Los Angeles is in desperate need of architecture that is so beautiful and innovative. I am keeping my fingers crossed for the new Los Angeles Museum of Art but it is not looking good.
Thatd wierd why lucas would ask Chicago. Hes from Modesto California. I worked for his parents. You would think California regardless.
the LA site did not have the environmental, greenspace or location complications of the SF or Chicago ones.
When will it open again? I'm waiting to go!
I totally understand why the other cities didn’t want it. They kept trying to build it on the public waterfront. It belongs well in LA with its movie tie in.
Has the shape of a Rebel Mon Calamari ship
I'm not sure this is a gamechanger nor does it "establish Los Angeles as a hub of creativity." It has already been a hub of creativity in TV, Music, and film for a hundred years. And a former San Francisco resident, they cleared the bay waterfront in the Marina of all the building and freeway. It's smart to not ruin that park. Honestly they could have put it in other places but i'm guessing Lucas didn't want to pay to clean up the soil in the industrial area i'm talking about like in Hunter's Point. And notice in LA, this museum did NOT get land on the water unlike they wanted in SF or Chicago.
I live very close to this museum! Can't wait 🛸
The Star Wars saga, if you study it, is basically based on the stories found in the Bible’s Old Testament. Themes of light vs dark, good vs evil, a savior type “hero” as well.
You missed a very important point the exhibition park, and this new museum sit on the campus of the University of Southern California, and guess who graduated from USC
Congrats LA. I look forward to visit. Too bad my town San Francisco is not big enough for big dreams. We have to settle with a tiny Yoda statue staning in the Presidio.
Real ones will never forget with this museum took away from us, “Kids In Sports”
Thank-you George Lucas for adding to the American culture.
It would have been a real draw in Chicago. Such a shame. In a city like la a place like this as great as it is will eventually be another museum and venue amongst many
Parking lots are very attractive to developers and this one took out 5 really big ones near the LA Coliseum!
Indeed, a truly poor alternative to much needed parking in the area!! To boot, the building is a real eyesore!!
You don't think they're going to include parking at the museum?
"Game changer for LA.... establishing itself as a hub for filmmaking" 😂 I think LA has that already covered
I’ve been by it and never knew what it was gonna be lol
The gift shop is gonna be very successful.
Those are valid reasons for SF and Chicago. Pretty sure there are some tax write offs for the construction of the museum. It seems like LA is an easy place to get these projects okayed. Look at the gondola "transit" project that may get the go ahead to be built over LA Historic State Park and Chinatown.
5:03 this is a joke right?
Where in the HE77 would this have been built in San Francisco??? Candlestick??? That would suck and see very little sunlight.
Spaceship? That thing looks like a shoe sole 😂😂😂
G4eat video very imformative
I had no idea that this thing was being built here in LA 😅
This is looks like a Star Wars city👽👽👽
It should look like an Imperial Star Destroyer
2:22 what the ??
Isn’t it ironic that it’s right next to his alma mater?
The final place is where it belongs, right next to USC, his Alma Mater.
Too bad it didn't go to Modesto, Lucas' hometown.
The problem with putting this in L.A. is that DAs there consider not prosecuting crime to be an act of social justice, and the museum will likely soon be overwhelmed with homeless addicts and untreated mental patients. Any attempt to remove them will be branded as authoritarian extremism and met with immediate lawsuits that will prove successful.
Stop exaggerating.
Architecture is meant to be used.
Therefore, judgement cannot be made until it is used.
The one proposed in Chicago looked like a salt pile
Looks like the Starship Enterprise.
This looks like star ship Enterprise.
If he made Star Wars why does it look like it’s from Star Trek
Looks like a shoe, or footprint!
Shoulda put it in Austin. Nobody trying to go slog through LA to see this thing.
Well it's difficult acquiring prime real estate in a major city.