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Category Archives: Civic & Campus Plans

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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City of Glendale, Civic & Campus Plans, District Plans, Glendale Central Park, Maryland Off Broadway, Streets & Parks, Work

Pomona College Strategic Master Plan

May 10, 2002by Alan Loomis

The Pomona College Strategic Master Plan will guide growth and development of this historic 100-acre campus for the next 25 years.

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Civic & Campus Plans, Moule & Polyzoides, Work

Azusa Civic Center Master Plan

October 1, 2001by Alan Loomis

The Azusa Civic Center Master Plan outlines a strategy for enhancing and expanding the institutional heart of this East San Gabriel Valley city

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Azusa, Civic & Campus Plans, District Plans, Moule & Polyzoides, Streets & Parks, Work

UCSB West District Plan

July 16, 2001by Alan Loomis

The West District Plan will guide the redevelopment of the western half of the University of California, Santa Barbara, creating a physical framework for transforming a 100-acre area currently dominated by parking fields into a traditional campus.

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Civic & Campus Plans, Moule & Polyzoides, Work

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In recognition of the 100 year (and 1 month) anniversary of the motel, some motel signs from Michigan, Tennessee, Arizona, California, Mississippi and Texas. In recognition of the 100 year (and 1 month) anniversary of the motel, some motel signs from Albuquerque, mostly on Central Ave / Rte 66. These pictures are from 25 years ago, so some of these motels and signs may not exist today. And some might have been converted into affordable housing courts, which was one of the recommendations of a Rte 66 plan I worked on almost 30 years ago. In recognition of the 100 year (and 1 month) anniversary of the motel, some motel signs from Alamogordo, Deming, Roswell, Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences and other towns in New Mexico. 1/3 Charles Moore’s contribution to the UC Irvine campus, the domestically scaled Extension Education Center, is inspired by the three chapels of San Gregorio in Rome. In fact, as Moore himself admits in the essay “The Qualities of Quality,” the triparte elevation design featuring a scalloped baroque centerpiece flanked by paired arched facades, is a near literal copy of the 17th Century Roman precedent. (As seen in the etching by Giuseppe Vasi). Approached via a set of scalloped steps and sitework, more elaborate than in Rome, the building likely felt more monumental when first built than today now that it is surrounded by the multi-story boxes of the Business School, Law Library and nearby Social Sciences Parking Structure.

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