Plans For An Urban State Park Unveiled In L.A.

Plans have been unveiled for a new state park near downtown Los Angeles, and though the plot is slated at 32 acres, many of the big-name architects presenting plans were not afraid to push the boundaries by a couple thousand percent.

1 minute read

October 17, 2006, 9:00 AM PDT

By Nate Berg

Plans were released Saturday in Los Angeles for a new state park at the city's historic corn field site north of downtown. The plans vary widely in function and size (32 acres on the low end and more than 1,000 acres on the high end), but all seek to address the shortage of greenspace in the city.

"Proposals by Mia Lehrer+Associates, a Los Angeles firm, and San Francisco's Hargreaves Associates focus on sustainability, concentrated blasts of architectural innovation and links to surrounding neighborhoods and the banks of a restored river. By contrast, the design by the New York landscape firm Field Operations, working with architect Thom Mayne, calls for almost impossibly grand, macro-level thinking; it proposes a land swap that would build a new Dodger Stadium on the end of the park site nearest Chinatown, among other oversized features."

FULL STORY: Fielding dreams

Monday, October 16, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times

Environment Land Use Landscape Architecture California

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

Mary G., Urban Planner

Get top-rated, practical training

Start Learning

Advertise with us

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.