8150 has been appealed to the full City Council. The Laurel Canyon Association is opposed to the project, which will replace a Chase bank and a McDonalds at Laurel Cyn and Sunset Blvd, with a tower that looks kind of like a wet pizza, or a big giant artichoke. The site was formerly the location of the Garden of Allah Hotel, said to be the inspiration for Joni Mitchell;'s Big Yellow Taxi. "They paved paradise to put up a parking lot," she sang.
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