Three Major Redevelopment Projects Move Forward In California

This article takes a look at redevelopment plans for the Los Angeles River, the San Francisco Transbay Center, and San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island.

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July 25, 2007, 2:00 PM PDT

By Nate Berg

"In Los Angeles, the City Council's Ad Hoc River Committee is seeking funds from federal, state, and local sources for the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan. The document, which was developed over the past two years by a team including the city's Bureau of Engineering and Tetra Tech, received council approval in May. It calls for lowering, terracing, and greening much of the waterway's concrete channel barriers as well as redeveloping surrounding areas into parks: a total of 239 projects along 31 miles of the 51-mile-long river."

"Big things are also in the works for San Francisco. Next month, an architect-developer team will be selected to design the Transbay Center: a 1-million-square-foot, multimodal transit hub and adjacent skyscraper on a roughly 12-acre site within a 40-acre downtown redevelopment district. The tower could be the city's tallest, rising from 850 to 1,200 feet, depending on the city's final approval."

"An even bigger project is also moving forward in San Francisco: the redevelopment of Treasure Island, a former naval base. The master plan includes a residential zone containing 6,000 housing units, a 60-story residential tower, a 235,000-square-foot retail center, and a ferry terminal that will provide service to the mainland."

FULL STORY: California Redevelopments Move Forward

Monday, July 23, 2007 in Architectural Record

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