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L.A. wants to build a bike path along the Los Angeles river, from Downtown to Canoga Park. What’s stopping them? NBC/Universal studios. Why?
Universal fears “that people would use the path to lob unsolicited screenplays onto the studio’s nearby production lot — something that apparently happens at other spots when a Universal film scores big at the box office.”
Only in L.A. Another interesting thing in the article is this note: “At the same time, the media and entertainment giant is trying to gather public and political support to build 2,937 residential units on the Universal Studios back lot. The company also wants to be a major tenant in a project next to the Red Line subway stop on nearby Lankershim Boulevard. That proposal includes a television production facility, an office tower of up to 24 stories and another building that could be up to 34 stories.”
Interesting….