After another year, work proceeds slowly for a new development west of the L.A. River and the I-5 Freeway in Silver Lake.

View looking south west from Riverside DriveGMPA Architects

The Riverglen II project, which comes from an entity affiliated with Los Angeles-based real estate management firm Miracle Mile Properties., is located along the west side of Riverside Drive between Fletcher Drive and Glendale Boulevard. The series of interconnected four-story buildings is to feature a total of 120 one- and two-bedroom dwellings, perched above a two-level concrete podium whe complete.

GMPA Architects is designing the apartment complex, which connects the different structures with glass-enclosed modules that will house amenities such as a pool and a recreation center. 

The design is described as mimicking "the motion of cars along the freeway," (referencing the adjacent I-5), according to a narrative posted to the GMPA website.

View looking northwest from Riverside DriveDan Rosenkrantz

The original Riverglen apartments, which consists of 160 one-, two-, and three-bedroom units on an adjoining property at Riverside and Glendale Boulevard, opened in 1988. Plans for the current project were initiated with the City of Los Angeles in 2009.

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