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Category Archives: Glendale Central Park

Projects related to Glendale Central Park.

Glendale Central Library

April 30, 2017by Alan Loomis 2 Comments

Glendale Central Library Re-Imagined is the $15 million renovation of the 1973 Welton Becket-designed Brutalist library. The Library renovation is part of a multi-phased strategy to redevelop the Central Park, bringing both the Library and Park into a the urban design framework of the Downtown as a whole.

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Buildings & Structures, City of Glendale, Glendale Central Park, Maryland Off Broadway, Work

Harvard-Louise Green Streets

May 24, 2016by Alan Loomis 3 Comments

Glendale’s first Green Streets Project is the result of a competitive Proposition 84 Urban Greening Project Grant application. Funding from this grant offers the City its first opportunity to combine multi-modal infrastructure improvements with enhancements to water quality and stormwater management.

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City of Glendale, Glendale Central Park, Maryland Off Broadway, Streets & Parks, Work

MONA and MONA Paseo

January 10, 2016by Alan Loomis 5 Comments

The Museum of Neon Art (MONA), adjacent mid-block pedestrian paseo and the beautification of the parallel alley and parking lot represents the first phase of the Central Park Master Plan.

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Buildings & Structures, City of Glendale, Glendale Central Park, Maryland Off Broadway, Plans for Arts, Streets & Parks, Work

MONA Paseo Opens

December 10, 2015by Alan Loomis 1 Comment

In a short ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday December 9, Glendale officially opened the mid-block paseo adjacent the Museum of Neon Art connecting Brand Boulevard and the Central Park, completing the first phase of the Central Park Master Plan.

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Glendale Central Park, Maryland Off Broadway, News

Central Park Master Plan

June 23, 2009by Alan Loomis 8 Comments

This Strategic Master Plan guides the phased reconstruction of Glendale’s Downtown Central Park, including built work by Shimoda Design Group, AECOM, and Gruen Associates.

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This week Glendale adopted its first Citywide Pedestrian Master Plan. The Plan is the most data-driven policy proposal yet in the City of Glendale. The Plan’s recommendations are based on extensive research on where, why and with whom the city’s pedestrian collisions have historically occurred. In response, the Plan focuses limited City resources where it can have the biggest impact – on the 9 miles of city streets where 40% of pedestrian collisions occurred. The Plan proposes a series of specific projects, and additionally establishes a toolbox of pedestrian safety measures designed around proven techniques, best practices for future projects. :: #GlendaleWalks #BeStreetSmartGlendale #HeyImWalkingHere
An early outreach component in creating Glendale’s first Citywide Pedestrian Master Plan was a series of ad-hoc temporary pedestrian wayfinding signs created by @here.la and a targeted marketing campaign under the slogan “Be Street Smart Glendale.” Unlike previous pedestrian safety PSAs the City produced, “Be Street Smart Glendale” was informed by market research and focus groups similar to other public health campaigns, such as anti-smoking programs. :: #GlendaleWalks #BeStreetSmartGlendale #HeyImWalkingHere
On March 23, City Council unanimously approved Glendale's first Citywide Pedestrian Master Plan. This approval is the culmination of 6 years of work by many talented consultants and City staff that began with a walk-about in November 2016. I am proud to have helped initiate this effort when I was Deputy Director of Urban Design & Mobility in Glendale (and participated in this first walk-about). Congratulations and thanks to the team: @nelsonnygaard @here.la @kpff_la @deborahmurphyla @kysergile Fehr & Peers and especially #notonsocialmedia Fred Zohrehvand, the City's Project Manager / Mobility Planner for whom this was a passion project from day one. :: #GlendaleWalks #BeStreetSmartGlendale #HeyImWalkingHere
2020 Hindsight :: #ADecadeOfLAUrbanism :: The Street, 2020

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