Project Library
Documents:
Presentations:
- Presentation to Landmarks Commission, 9/20/2011
- Presentation to Architectural Review Board, 9/19/2011
- Design Development Presentation to City Council, 6/14/2011
- Presentation to Landmarks Commission, 5/23/2011
- Presentation to Architectural Review Board, 5/11/2011
- Presentation to Urban Forest Taskforce, 4/12/2011
- Workshop #4 Presentation (Design Development), 2/26/2011, in 2 parts:
- Workshop on Sustainable Park Landscapes, 1/29/2011, in 3 parts:
- Presentation to City Council, 12/14/2010
- Workshop #3 Presentation (Schematic Design)
- Workshop #2 Presentation (Concept Design Schemes)
- James Corner Field Operations Presentation for Workshop #1
Staff Reports & Info Items:
- 6/14/2011 (City Council - Design Development)
- 12/14/2010 (City Council - Schematic Design)
- 10/12/2010 (City Council - Concept Design)
- 6/22/2010 (City Council - Community Engagement Process)
- 4/13/2010 (City Council - Design Consultant Selection)
Media Releases:
- 10/24/2011: The "Three Amigos" Ready to Move
- 9/22/2011: Civic Center Park Site Preparation Work Underway and Palm Trees to be Moved
- 7/12/2011: Preparing to Move the "Three Amigos" and Their Other Friends
Press Coverage:
- 3/15/2013: "25 inspiring examples of landscape design" - creativebloq.com
- 3/5/2013: "Long Isolated Behind a Freeway, Santa Monica's Civic Center Rejoins Its City" - New York Times
- 3/3/2013: "Turf war rages on over Tongva Park" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 2/13/2013: "SaMo's Big New Civic Center Park Finally Has a Name: Tongva" - Curbed LA
- 2/13/2013: "Council Reaches Consensus on Park Name" - SantaMonicaPatch
- 2/13/2013: "Civic Center Park finally named" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 2/8/2013: "Here are 8 Terrible Possible Names for SaMo's New Civic Park" - Curbed LA
- 2/8/2013: "Santa Monica's Park Naming Fail" - SantaMonicaPatch
- 2/7/2013: "Santa Monica City Council to Name Park" - The LookOut
- 1/24/2013: "Giant Cornucopia-Shaped Things at Civic Center Park" - SantaMonicaPatch
- 1/23/2013: "Huge Ocean Ave. Overlooks Placed in SaMo Civic Center Park" - Curbed LA
- 10/28/2012: "Brief: Name that park" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 10/16/2012: "Santa Monica's Town Square Will Be Renamed After Former Mayor Ken Genser" - Santa Monica Mirror
- 9/17/2012: "SaMo Gets Tree Donation" - Curbed LA
- 9/6/2012: "City Hall Roses Gone, But Not Forgotten" - SantaMonicaPatch
- 9/4/2012: "Town Square Construction Starts Today" - SantaMonicaPatch
- 6/4/2012: "Park sculpture more than just a pretty face" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 5/14/2012: "Building Hills, Unearthing Relics at SaMo Civic Center Parks" - Curbed LA
- 12/2011: "Game Changers:James Corner, Urban Dreamscaper" Time Magazine, Video
- 11/9/2011: "Santa Monica's New Parks Bringing Fancy Streetlights, Raised Crosswalk, Public Art With Them" - Curbed LA
- 11/9/2011: "Santa Monica City Council Grants Town Square Park Appeal" - Santa Monica Mirror
- 10/28/2011: "Commission's objections on park overruled" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 10/24/2011: "Palisades Garden Walk & Town Square Update" - World Landscape Architecture
- 10/14/2011: "Town Square Off" - The LookOut
- 10/12/2011: "City Hall appeals Landmarks' park design - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 9/28/2011: "Big Lift" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 9/26/2011: "Plaza or Park?" - The LookOut
- 9/23/2011: "Starting on Field Operations' Big Santa Monica Park" - Curbed LA
- 9/22/2011: "Commission relinquishes hold on City Hall park" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 9/22/2011: "Landmark Commission Approves Santa Monica's New Town Square Design, Mostly" - The LookOut
- 7/30/2011: "Critic's Notebook: Shifting horizons in Santa Monica parks design" - Los Angeles Times
- 7/30/2011: "How landscape architect James Corner got his start"- Los Angeles Times
- 7/13/2011: "Work begins on pair of Civic Center parks" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 6/22/2011: "Santa Monica City Council moves Garden Walk park design forward; asks for revisions on Town Square" - The Argonaut
- 6/16/2011: "Palisades Garden Walk Plans Coming Into Full Bloom" - SantaMonicaPatch
- 6/15/2011: "Santa Monica's $46.1 Mil Park Moves Forward" - Santa Monica Mirror
- 6/13/2011: "Landmark Inflation" - The LookOut
- 6/10/2011: "Park gets thumbs up, Town Square, not so much" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 6/10/2011: "Planning Commissioners Unhappy with Changes to Town Square Project" - The LookOut
- 6/6/2011: "The Dead Hand of the Present" - The LookOut
- 3/29/2011: "Santa Monica Unveils Designs for Civic Center Parks" - The Dirt (ASLA)
- 3/16/2011: "Santa Monica Parks and Rec - Field Operations shows off latest park plans" - The Architect's Newpaper
- 3/10/2011: "Santa Monica Civic Centre Park designs unveiled" - World Interior Design Network
- 3/8/2011: "Santa Monica Has Designs on Their Own Central Park" - LAist
- 3/4/2011: "Field Operations' Santa Monica Parks Gain Artist, Lose Names"- Curbed LA
- 2/28/2011: "Residents Get Last Input on Design for Civic Center Parks" - Santa Monica Mirror
- Jan 2011: "Park de Triomphe?" - Angeleno Magazine
- 11/17/2010: " Latest James Corner Santa Monica Parks Plans Have Great Views" - Curbed LA
- 11/17/2010: "Santa Monica Palisades Garden Walk + Town Square - James Corner Field Operations" - World Landscape Architect
- 11/15/2010: "New Santa Monica Parks Design Awash with Public Input" - Santa Monica Mirror
- 11/15/2010: "Designs for Santa Monica Parks Discussed at Joint Meeting" - The LookOut
- 10/15/2010: "SMDP Editorial: Digging the design concepts for Civic Center parks plan" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 9/27/2010: "First Field Operations Concepts Out for Santa Monica Parks" - Curbed LA
- 9/27/2010: "Striking and Extraordinary in Santa Monica?" - The LookOut
- 9/21/2010: "Palisades Garden Walk designs unveiled" - Santa Monica Daily Press
- 7/12/2010: "Santa Monica Central Park Engagement Process Set to Begin" - Santa Monica Mirror
- 3/11/2010: "Field Operations Will Design Santa Monica Town Square" - The Dirt (ASLA)
- 2/23/2010: "James Corner and Santa Monica are made for each other" - Christopher Hawthorne, L.A. Times
- 2/23/2010: "Santa Monica Cornered" - Sam Lubell, The Architect's Newspaper
- 2/19/2010: "High Line Designer Wins Park Job in Santa Monica" - Christopher Hawthorne, L.A. Times