Mid Wilshire's New Museum and Hardware Store

According to Curbed, development on the new Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located at Wilshire and Fairfax, is under way.  The museum, designed by Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali, will house 30,000 square feet of exhibition galleries, and 15,000 square feet of public plaza, and will open in 2017.  Additionally, construction has begun on the new Orchard Supply Hardware Store, located just around the corner at 4th and La Brea.

Downtown Movies

According to the Times, the cherished Electric Dust Drive-In Theater has found a new home at the San Pedro / San Julian corridor, between 9th and 12th.  While there are plans in the works to construct an elevated theater, for now, patrons will enjoy films on the ground floor.  In other news, the Downtown News reports that the Medallion Project development, located at Main and 4th, will soon receive its very own eight screen Alamo Draft House.  Welcome news for downtown cinephiles.