DELLE WILLETT | Art on the Land
I wrote about East Village Green in October 2016 and am pleased to see that the park now has a green light to break ground in the summer of 2020, with the first phase ready by summer of 2022. In case you missed my column, I’m sharing it with you now.
Where some people might see vacant lots and utility infrastructure, Nathan Elliott sees opportunity. Elliott is a principal with OJB Landscape Architecture, a national landscape architecture firm with a San Diego presence since 2003.
Working with Civic San Diego, the city’s Park and Recreation Department and a team of local consultants, Elliott has led OJB’s preparation of East Village Green’s General Development Plan (GDP), and his team is currently preparing to begin the design process that will ultimately lead to the park’s construction.
“Our work takes us across the country to pursue and develop these kinds of projects and it is extremely gratifying to work on such an important project in our own hometown,” said Elliott.
Anticipated as a three-phase project, East Village Green’s GDP identifies a 4.1-acre park bound by 13th, 15th, F and G streets in the heart of San Diego’s growing East Village neighborhood. The block of 14th Street between F and G streets is envisioned as a pedestrian plaza that could be closed to accommodate street fairs, farmer’s markets and community events.
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