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In the Feb. 2006 issue we presented the feature, ?EUR??,,????'?????<?A Great Park Needs a Great Process: Choosing the Next Olmsted?EUR??,,????'?????<? (see landscapearchitect.com). The park in question (the ?EUR??,,????'?????<?Great Park?EUR??,,????'?????<?) is in Southern Calif. (Orange County), formerly the site of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. New York landscape architect Ken Smith won the commission and leads the design team.
The park board now estimates the new park will cost more than $1 billion, although most everyone expects this figure will change multiple times. The money, reportedly, will derive from fees and taxes from the new housing already being built on the park perimeter. The housing developer, Lennar Corp., which bought the base in 2005 and transferred the park land to the city of Irvine, proposes to build 3,500 homes and about five million square feet of commercial and retail space.
The park will encompass 1,347 acres, over a third larger than Central Park, but not as ?EUR??,,????'?????<?great?EUR??,,????'?????<? as L.A.?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s Griffith Park (4,200 acres). The Great Park design includes a 10,000-seat amphitheater, man-made lakes, streams, creating a canyon (the land is flat), a botanical garden, athletic fields, wildlife corridor, miles of trails, foot bridges, research facilities and a museum. The initial installation will be athletic fields, a visitor center, orchards and a park entrance with fountains and reflective pools.
The park corporation plans on building only as funds become available.
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