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Category Archives: Streets & Parks

Glendora Plazas

October 25, 2022by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

PlaceWorks is creating landscape plans and selecting permanent street furniture for two temporary pedestrian plazas created by the pandemic-era closure of Meda Avenue in downtown Glendora as well as for the nearby Bus Plaza—a landscaped, midblock passage.

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PlaceWorks, Streets & Parks, Work

Promenade 3.0

October 10, 2018by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Third Street Promenade 3.0 is an urban design vision for the reinvention of this historic, popular, and influential public space, in the heart of Downtown Santa Monica.

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City of Santa Monica, Public Works, Streets & Parks, Work

Citywide Parks Master Plan

August 29, 2018by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

The goal of the Parks Master Plan is to establish a framework for long-range guidance and planning of parks, open space, beach, and community recreation for the next 20 years.

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City of Santa Monica, Citywide Plans, Streets & Parks, 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

Space 134

August 14, 2013by Alan Loomis 3 Comments

Space 134 is a concept study for a 25-acre “freeway cap park” over and adjacent to the 134 Freeway between Central Avenue and Glendale Avenue. Space 134 will connect the community to the City’s civic, cultural, and business core through public open space and pedestrian and bike friendly trails.

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City of Glendale, District Plans, Space 134, Streets & Parks, Work

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

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Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "The Americana at Brand" written for the Society of Architectural Historians Archipedia, 2018. Link in Bio.
Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "Victoria Gardens" written for the Congress for New Urbanism, 2005. Link in Bio.
Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "The Once and Future Mall" written for the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, 2004. Link in Bio.

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