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Project 11Culver Boulevard Reconstruction

Culver City, California

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Culver Boulevard

Main street of L.A. enclave city

Home to movie studios

“Heart of Screenland”

New SONY headquarters

Formerly state highway, interurban route

Very wide, variable ROW

Deteriorated street, businesses

Source: http://www.culvercity.org/info/harry_culver.asp?sec=arts

Project

Support/encourage redevelopment

Incorporate new city hall and fire station

Revitalize area

Make street walkable

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Culver Blvd. with interurban tracks 9above) and after tracks removed (below). Source: http://www.culvercity.org/Information/Gallery/ThenAndNow/ThenAndNow3.aspx

CSS From Start City wanted community to help develop theme, concept

Stakeholders

Businesses

Residents

Elected officials

Others

Multidisciplinary project teams

Wide range of objectives

Workshops and charrettes

Designs went through workshop process4

Range of Objectives• Placemaking• City• Business• Aesthetics• Traffic operations• Theme• Multimodal

Design Features

Movie-related theme

Wide sidewalks (up to 30 feet)

More pedestrian friendly environment

Sidewalk dining

Raised medians

Street trees

Special street/signal hardware

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Source: Kimley-Horn & Associates

Design Features

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City hall given movie façade

Reconstructed bridge has theme railing

Geometrics improved at problem intersection

“Walk of Fame”

Source: http://www.culvercity.org/info/harry_culver.asp?sec=arts

Results

Area became active restaurant center

Citizens requested extensions

2 subsequent phases

Different character adapted to local contexts

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Source: Kimley-Horn & Associates

Results

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Before and after example. Source: http://www.culvercity.org/Information/Gallery/ThenAndNow/ThenAndNow3.aspx