South Beach Improvements Santa Monica Beach Improvement Group

Perched high atop Santa Monica's coastal cliffs, Palisades Park is a 2.4-mile linear park that offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and a place of relaxation and reflection for its many visitors. Developed over the course of a century, the park includes native coastal vegetation, a 1920's Craftsman-era pergola, a rose garden, a rustic fence along the bluff edge, and numerous commemorative plaques and memorials. WRT and public artist Jody Pinto designed $3.1 million of improvements to the park, which lend cohesion to these elements and renew the park's ambience without distracting from its natural beauty. At once subtle and substantial, the improvements include an enhanced landscape, lighting, site furnishings, and a redesigned path system.

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Awards
  • 2002, Design Honor Award. American Society of Landscape Architects, National.
  • 2000, Merit Award for Design. American Society of Landscape Architecture, San Diego Chapter.
  • 2000, Honor Award. American Society of Landscape Architecture, San Diego Chapter.
  • 2000, Medallion Award. City of Santa Monica.
  • 2000, Royce Neuschatz Preservation Award. LA Conservancy.
  • 2000, Honor Award, Historic Preservation & Adaptive Reuse Design. Western Urban Forum.