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The Pershing Square Redesign
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December 4, 2017
New renderings released for the redesign of Pershing Square
Take a fresh look at the "radical flatness" planned for the Downtown gathering space.
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December 4, 2017
Pershing Square redesign moving right along
The city just set aside money to fund the initial planning stages for the ambitious project, which will completely transform the blocky concrete park.
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May 12, 2016
Here is the New Design For Hated Pershing Square
The Paris-based firm Agence Ter beat out three other finalists, winning the competition to redesign the unbeloved Pershing Square. The design will flatten out the park and include a huge, solar-powered, light-up canopy.
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May 4, 2016
How LA Got a Pershing Square Everyone Hates
Pershing Square today is the result of a 1993 redesign that had careful nods to the rich history of Los Angeles, but was also too harsh, too shadeless, and eventually neglected. Now the city's on the verge of another complete makeover.
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May 2, 2016
Watch: Pershing Square Becomes a Hilly Green Space
Design firms wHY and Citivas want to bring some lost topography back to Downtown. Their plan to redesign Pershing Square would hide entrances and exits to the underground parking garage with cleverly placed hills.
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May 1, 2016
Watch: A Plan to Flatten and Shade Pershing Square
A fancy smart canopy highlights this video presentation from French firm Agence TER, one of four finalists in a contest to redesign Pershing Square. Featuring electricity-gathering solar panels, the canopy would help shade the park through the day.
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April 30, 2016
Watch: High Line Designer Takes on Pershing Square
The second of four finalists to redesign Pershing Square, High Line designer James Corner Field Operations—along with LA-based Frederick Fisher & Partners—shows off a redesign that takes elements from many eras in the park's history in this video.
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April 30, 2016
Watch: An Eco-Oriented Plan for Pershing Square
A video presentation from one of the four finalists in a contest to redesign not-so-popular Pershing Square details plans for a "net-positive ecotopia," complete with an impressive urban farming facility and an "artisanal restaurant."
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April 28, 2016
The 4 Proposals For Redesigning Pershing Square
Pershing Square Renew, the nonprofit tasked with overseeing the redesign of LA's most hated park, has revealed the final design options from four teams: Agence Ter and Team, James Corner Field Operations, SWA/Morphosis, and wHy + Civitas.