Connecting-Pasadena (Photo – DPNA)
A creative citizen’s initiative to improve Pasadena: Metro’s SR 710 Tunnel, the 710 Stub and the Future of Pasadena.
Fifty years ago, the state seized a large swath of valuable land in Pasadena, demolishing thousands of people’s property in order to extend the 710 freeway and connect it to the 210.
Unsuccessful in realizing their goal, the State has left Pasadena with the 710 stub, a barren 35 acre area bounded by Union Street to the north, California Street to the south, St. John Avenue to the west and Pasadena Avenue to the east.
This empty freeway ditch needlessly divides our city, cutting off the Old Pasadena Business District on the east from the Ambassador Auditorium, Maranatha Campus and the rest of West Pasadena.
CPP Workshops will be led by architect and urbanist Stefanos Polyzoides as well as transportation, economic and land use experts who will solicit citizens’ ideas on two subjects: During workshop 1, participants will be asked to address the question of what uses could be introduced there to provide economic and social value to Pasadena. During workshop 2 participants will be asked to suggest ideas about what form that development should take in order to create a beautiful new place in the City.
At the conclusion of this work, the CPP will deliver a master plan that will be delivered to the City. You need to RSVP.
> This aesthetically and economically beneficial CPP Vision cannot be realized if Metro builds the SR 710 tunnel.
> The DPNA is participating and supporting the CPP as a coalition member.
10/25/2014 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Location Maranatha High School
The CPP, a citizen driven initiative, aims to develop a draft Master Plan for this 35 acre strip of land flanking the 710 stub from Union south to California. CPP’s goal is to engage our community to determine how best to revitalize and beautify this dead space.
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