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Tag Archives: PlaceWorks

Downtown Artesia

December 2, 2023by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Just under 100 acres in total area, the Artesia Downtown Specific Plan anticipates the new Southeast Gateway Metro Rail line connecting Artesia with Los Angeles Union Station, and plans for between 1000 and 2000 new residential units in various urban development typologies.

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Codes & Ordinances, District Plans, PlaceWorks, TOD Plans, Work

Long Beach Shoreline Vision Plan

September 19, 2023by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

The Shoreline district serves as the threshold between Downtown Long Beach and the city’s waterfront. The City is undergoing a visioning process to prepare a new plan for the district. The vision plan will embrace the City’s recent growth and look to future opportunities in this area for further housing, hospitality and recreational development.

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District Plans, PlaceWorks, Waterfronts, Work

DTSBSP

December 10, 2022by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

The Downtown San Bernardino Specific Plan imagines and describes the steps to revitalize one of Southern California’s largest downtowns.

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Codes & Ordinances, District Plans, PlaceWorks, TOD Plans, Work

Glendora Plazas

October 25, 2022by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

PlaceWorks developed 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

Los Alamitos Town Center

April 12, 2022by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

The Los Alamitos Town Center Strategic Plan provides a framework to revitalize, reimagine, and strengthen the heart of Los Alamitos. The Strategic Plan aims to establish a pedestrian-oriented Town Center at the intersection of Katella and Los Alamitos Boulevards, in the physical center of the City.

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District Plans, PlaceWorks, 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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