San Diego’s Lane Field Park, created by Denver’s urban design and landscape architecture firm Civitas, is on the former site of Lane Field baseball stadium, home to the then-Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres from 1936 – 1957 — history that played an integral role in the design.
Located on 1.6 acres at the northeast corner of North Harbor Drive and West Broadway, the new $5-million park was donated by LFN Developers, who are building a 400-room, dual-branded Marriott hotel scheduled to open next year to the east.
“Design ideas for Lane Field Park were immersed in the site’s history,” said Scott Jordan, Civitas designer for the new park. “Inspiration came from the original base paths, pitcher’s mound and home plate. Where home-plate once existed, a granite marker was placed with the silhouette and a quote from Ted Williams, who began his Hall-of-Fame career on this field, while the base paths are lit up with in-ground LEDs.”
Those baseball references are historically accurate right down to commemorating a mistake.
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