Sep 25, 2026
About Town
Downtown Los Angeles is at an inflection point, and what happens next in Downtown Los Angeles will be shaped by more than just new buildings. It will depend on how development, public space, housing, culture, safety, and economic activity work together. Equally important is how that vision is communicated to the people who live, work, invest, and build here. We recently had the opportunity to attend the culmination of an intensive Urban Land Institute (ULI) advisory panel examining the future of DTLA. The process brought together 12 national experts, drawing on lessons from cities like Philadelphia, Detroit, New York, and San Francisco. Their recommendations touched on everything from housing growth and adaptive reuse to public-realm improvements, storefront activation, and new models for coordinating investment across Downtown. For us at Kilograph, access to conversations like these is an important part of how we work. Our partners are architects, developers, nonprofits, and other organizations actively shaping Los Angeles, and our work exists within a much larger civic, cultural, and economic context. Having firsthand insight into that context as it evolves gives us a deeper understanding of the opportunities and pressures our clients and communities face. Being at the same table makes us better stewards of how ambitious projects are positioned, communicated, and experienced by the people they’re built to serve.