Gallagher Square at Petco Park

Gallagher Square at Petco Park

20 76 When Petco Park opened in 2004 it featured the “Park at the Park”, a public park space that could be used by the Padres for low cost ballgame seating and occasional, small scale music from Mariachis and the like.  Today, this public space has been...
City’s policy to unconditionally expedite re-design of a city owned park: improving private revenue concert venue but degrading neighborhood use without public input or outside professional review.

City’s policy to unconditionally expedite re-design of a city owned park: improving private revenue concert venue but degrading neighborhood use without public input or outside professional review.

24 56 Gallagher Square is a city owned park, leased to Padres L.P., located outside Petco Park stadium. As promised to the taxpayers, G.S. (originally Park at the Park) was designed as an urban green refuge, for watching baseball games, and hosting events to enliven...
Safe Sleeping Site

Safe Sleeping Site

8 31 The City of San Diego’s boldly minimalist design for the Safe Sleeping Site has many rubes scratching their heads at its understatement. Most architects will tell you that the key to housing is protection against the elements. The City’s Safe Sleeping on...
Watch your step…there’s a transformer there

Watch your step…there’s a transformer there

42 7 “A lot can be gleaned about a city’s built environment priorities by looking at where building electric transformers are located.” This is not a statement uttered frequently, if ever, but is instigated by this recent example of poor planning and...