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Tag Archives: TOD

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

Glendale Connected

January 19, 2017by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Glendale Connected is a proposal advanced by the City of Glendale for a series of regional transit routes that individually and collectively integrate Glendale into the larger regional transit system and link the City to nearby destinations such as Burbank Airport, Union Station, Pasadena and the Media Center.

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City of Glendale, Citywide Plans, Mobility Plans, Work

Tropico Station

January 12, 2015by Alan Loomis 1 Comment

The Tropico Station Plan is a neighborhood-level policy study, which recommends design guidelines, zoning designations and parking standards for the Tropico neighborhood, and is a component of the South Glendale Community Plan.

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City of Glendale, District Plans, TOD Plans, Work

North Montclair

May 15, 2006by Alan Loomis

The North Montclair Downtown Specific Plan, adopted in 2006, mitigates the City’s sprawl by establishing a framework and development strategy for a pedestrian-oriented retail and residential District surrounding the city’s regional transit center

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Codes & Ordinances, District Plans, Moule & Polyzoides, TOD Plans, Work

Downtown Newhall

June 1, 2005by Alan Loomis

This 300-acre Specific Plan, adopted in 2006, reestablishes the community’s connections along two Corridors, intensifies the two historic Neighborhoods that flank the downtown and transforms the original 1870s settlement into a Transit-Oriented District linked by commuter rail to Los Angeles.

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Codes & Ordinances, District Plans, Moule & Polyzoides, TOD Plans, 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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