SQUARE2 AN URBAN CANVAS FOR LOS ANGLES 2. …
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PROGRAM
Flea Market Urban Farm
Exercise CircuitPerformance Space
Parking
Garden
X-Games
Cafe
Amphitheatre
Day Care Facility
Outdoor MeetingAreas
Playgrounds
Wet Zone
Picnic Area Sports Courts
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a. Pedestrianizing Hill Street to connect to Metro and activate the pedestrian realmb. Road diet at Olive Street to increase pedestrian experience along the commercial corridorc. Extending streetscapes between Broadway and Grand Ave. to establish district identity.
a. Reinstating the historic “plaza” to respond to city/ hotel/ residential activationb. Tilting the Square to allow for garage entry, creating a piece of urban furniture for the cityc. Reinstating the historic “forest” to create shade and shelter
a. Sinking; occupying the basement car parkb. Stacking additional floor levelsc. Sharing program across other venues/ facilities
a. Creating a urban canvas that can facilitate multiple users and programs
While 5th and 6th streets are important feeders to and from the freeway, Olive and Hill street can be more flexible
Pershing Square as a flexible, open, urban space is uniquely positioned to enable and host (un)programmed activity—an urban living room
Partnership with adjacent property owners could bring funds and users to the site
We are investing in our future The idea of being an interconnected metropolis is realized
We will move through the city in many different forms
Pershing Square can be the anchor to many centers: emotionally, physically, programmatically
Transfer of site’s FAR could fund renewal, plus other civic projects
Reprogramming of underground parking could generate funds
An assessment on the “improvement district” could fund renewal and support innovation resources on-site
Hosting, serving, and enabling multiple users
Pershing Square
Hill Street
The garage access ramps create physical and visual obstruction to pedestrians
With the walkable territory of the Square, we can optimize flows of pedestrians and vehicles on the site by selectively removing and reorienting access ramps
Hill Street
Broadway
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Olive Street
Grand Avenue
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Rebalance the relationship of pedestrians versus vehicles
The physical and/or psychological presence of the square by:
The character of the historic and surrounding context on the square by:
The potential activated area of the square by:
The fabric of the square by:
2. TOMORROW 3.MULTI-MODAL 4.CENTER OF CENTERS1. TODAY
1. TRAFFIC 1. SQUARE2 1. ADJACENT
2. ABOVE
3. BELOW
4. AROUND
1. RESIZE
2. IMPRINT
3. MULTIPLY
4. POPULATE
2. DESTINATION
1. URBAN
2. CONNECT
3. ROLE
4. ROLE?
1886Plaza
1963Field
1950Park
1992Car Park
2. IMPEDIMENTS
3. RECONFIGURE
4. EXPAND
IDENTITY ACCESS REVENUE POTENTIAL
Can Pershing Square be a space integrated and integral to the fabric of the city center?
Can it be a bridge connecting the institutional character of the Grand Ave. corridor, and the revitalized historic Broadway corridor?
With a history of evolving identity, what should be the role of Pershing Square?
Pershing Square should represent the ambitions of a 21st century L.A.
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The current state of Pershing Square is obsolete. A relic of old and failed thinking, the Square must renew itself by connecting with
the goals and ambitions of a 21st century Los Angeles. As the city expands its public transit system and adopts a denser and more
sustainable way of living, the square can reflect and support this new paradigm by becoming ‘center of centers’ within LA – a catalyst
for the district within which it resides, while simultaneously an attractor for the broader region. In so doing, Pershing Square can
serve as an urban canvas that registers the lives, dreams, and aspirations of current and future generations of Angelenos - fulfilling
its potential as an iconic landmark, and taking its rightful place among the world’s great public spaces.
SQUARE2: AN URBAN CANVAS FOR LOS ANGLES