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Urban Design Studio To Transform Glendale

Posted by: Josh Stephens

5 December 2008 - 1:00pm

Glendale, California, has recently established an Urban Design Studio within its planning department to help developers create more appropriate, aesthetically appealing projects.

"When Pasadena first began to transform its moribund downtown into Southern California’s premier urban destination, neighboring Glendale took a more cautious approach to urban renewal, which is to say that it did very little."

"But that's changing. Earlier this year, the city's Planning Department established it own Urban Design Studio with the intent of enhancing existing urban character."

Full Story: Glendale Establishes Urban Design As Top Priority
Source: California Planning & Development Report, November 26, 2008
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The promise of 'communities' yet-to-come must be particularly offensive to people who pre-date incoming developments. What is the 'beginning of a community that has the body language of a community?' Does this imply that the current neighborhoods in and around downtown Los Angeles lack such a 'body language'?
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