Author / Doug Suisman
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Doug Suisman at Hartford’s Creative Cities Conversation
The iQuilt Partnership hosted its second Creative Cities Conversation, featuring Leslie Koch, President and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island and Doug Suisman who led the conversation.
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Philz Coffee in Santa Monica
Philz Coffee, a 15-store company from San Francisco, recently opened its newest cafe in Santa Monica – its very first venue outside of the Bay Area. Philz was founded in 2003 by Phil Jaber, who has been experimenting with coffee for more than 25 years. His focus is on unique combinations of beans and on…
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Visit our new map cases on Third Street Promenade
Suisman Urban Design’s new map cases have just been installed on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. Six custom map boxes now line the length of Third Street from Wilshire to Broadway (Colorado is coming up soon). The design consolidates both the map and directory information on one panel — not only simplifying information to illustrate…
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Bushnell Park North Breaks Ground
The first major piece of Hartford’s iQuilt Plan has broken ground. A road diet has given shape to Bushnell Park North, a pedestrian promenade lining the northern edge of Bushnell Park. Slideshow of progress images here
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Third St Promenade Map Cases Break Ground
Suisman Urban Design’s proposed map cases for the Third Street Promenade are underway! It is anticipated that work should be complete in a few weeks near mid October. See slideshow of work in progress here
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USC Annenberg’s Josh Kun Praises Los Angeles Boulevard:
“Doug Suisman’s Los Angeles Boulevard is making me look at the city in totally new ways…there are revelations at every turn, and the writing is as powerful and poetic as anything I’ve come across in awhile.” See the full commentary below by Josh Kun, Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism, USC Annenberg School of…
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Los Angeles Boulevard on KPCC’s “Take Two”
Los Angeles Boulevard is discussed on KPCC’s “Take Two” by book critic and founder of lending library Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights, David Kipen. “Shamefully — monomaniac about Los Angeles that I am — I did not know this book existed until Christopher Hawthorne, the architecture critic for the LA Times, started championing it. Suisman is a…
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Architects Newspaper on the Pits
Michael Webb writes about the recently renovated Observation Pit at La Brea Tar Pits in his latest article in the Architects Newspaper. Read more about how the “building and bones achieve an effective fusion of the recent and distant past”. Take a look here: Architects Newspaper
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Pali High Beautification Underway
The first of a series of projects that are part of Pali High’s beautification effort was recently completed. Sue Pascone, newsletter editor of the Post 283 News writes about the origin of the project and the effort to realize future phases. Take a look at the article here. PaliHi Beautification Underway – Post 283 News
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Pali High California Garden
The first in a series of gardens for Palisades Charter High School is underway! SLIDESHOW