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title: Construction Begins on Cullen Street Homes Small Lot Subdivision
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## [Construction Begins on Cullen Street Homes Small Lot Subdivision](https://www.modative.com/Small-Lot-Subdivision-Los-Angeles-Blog/bid/51450/Construction-Begins-on-Cullen-Street-Homes-Small-Lot-Subdivision)
Posted by [Derek Leavitt](https://www.modative.com/small-lot-subdivision-los-angeles-blog/author/derek-leavitt) on Fri, Dec 3, 2010 @ 16:12 PM
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Last week grading wrapped up and construction began on our [Cullen Street Homes Small Lot Subdivision](https://www.modative.com/cullen-street-small-lot-subdivision-los-angeles/) project.
*When complete, we'd like the project to look like this.*
[View Larger Map](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=2624+Cullen+Street,+Los+Angeles,+CA&sll=33.993717,-118.463904&sspn=0.00199,0.004088&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2624+Cullen+St,+Los+Angeles,+California+90034&t=k&ll=34.033341,-118.376961&spn=0.024895,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=A)
The project is located in Los Angeles, more specifically, in the heart of the [Culver City Art District](http://www.ccgalleryguide.com/).
Here are a few photos of the grading process and the start of foundations:
*Bricks from the driveway of the old house that was demolished. Over 90% of the salvaged bricks were recycled.*
*The top five feet of soil had to be recompacted to make it suitable for foundations.*
*Once grading was complete, the building foundations were surveyed, staked out and spray painted onto the ground.*
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*Since the homes are part of a [small lot subdivision](https://www.modative.com/small-lot-subdivision-los-angeles/), they have to be structurally independent, meaning they can't touch. Here's the staked out gap between two of the homes.*
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*Once all the homes were marked on the site, digging of the foundations began.*
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*A close up of the foundation dig. The soil was very dense from the recompaction and much of it had to be removed with power tools.*
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*Here the subcontractors are starting the wood form-work for the foundations.*
More photos can be found on the [Modative Architecture facebook page](http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=252814&l=6fb68e8448&id=273432488880).
Stay tuned for more updates as construction progresses on the [Cullen Street Homes Small Lot Subdivision](https://www.modative.com/cullen-street-small-lot-subdivision-los-angeles/).
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