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Category Archives: Transportation

Solana Beach Station

March 9, 2019by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Designed in the early 90s, when transit-oriented development was nascent in California, Rob Wellington Quigley’s Solana Beach Rail Station packs a significant civic punch.

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Architectural Shorts, Architecture, Places, Transportation, Writings

Metro Rapid Bus

June 11, 2005by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Commentary published in “Los Angeles: Building the Polycentric City” for the 13th Congress of New Urbanism, June 2005

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Architectural Shorts, Los Angeles, Transportation, Writings

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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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