Author / Sean Christensen
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Third Street Promenade Fountain Renovations In Progress
The renovation of the beloved dinosaur fountains on the renowned Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica has begun. Led by the City of Santa Monica and Downtown Santa Monica, Inc., and designed by Suisman Urban Design, the refresh of the twenty-five year old fountains will provide physical improvements and update their appearance to blend in…
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Third Street Promenade Dino Fountains Are Getting A Makeover
Suisman Urban Design has been tapped to renovate the famous dinosaur fountains on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade, which were built in the late 1980s. This project is just one more notch in SUD’s belt of work on the Promenade, which includes the new map cases and pylon on Wilshire Boulevard. Construction will begin in…
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Suisman Urban Design Selected for Carnegie Museums Visioning Project in Pittsburgh
The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh have selected Suisman Urban Design to lead the institution through a museum improvement planning effort to reimagine their Oakland campus for the 21st century. Suisman was one of a group of invited firms that participated in a two-phase selection process. Suisman was chosen from a short list of three finalists.
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Book Review: Los Angeles Boulevard
Canadian urbanism magazine and website Spacing.ca has written a wonderful review of Doug Suisman’s book Los Angeles Boulevard: Eight X-Rays of the Body Public. Here’s a quote from the review:
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Burlington Great Streets Initiative Update: First Phase Completed
Suisman Urban Design has been working closely with the City of Burlington for the past year on the city’s Great Streets Initiative. SUD and team has just recently completed the first phase of the Initiative, which includes developing new downtown-wide street design standards, a concept plan for eight blocks of Main St. and St Paul…
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Bushnell Park North Nearing Completion
Bushnell Park North in Hartford is nearing completion! The last segment of the project, Gold St., is on its way to being finished by this Fall. Here are a few photos of Bushnell Park North. Stay tuned for more updates soon!
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iQuilt Wayfinding Comes to Hartford’s New National Park
“The City of Hartford, in conjunction with iQuilt and Coltsville National Historical Park, successfully competed for a Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) grant.… The ‘Coltsville National Historical Park Wayfinding and Safety’ project will extend the existing Hartford downtown wayfinding system to the Coltsville area. The $135,000 project will improve crosswalks and other pedestrian infrastructure so…
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Doug Suisman’s Interview for LA Forum’s 30th Anniversary
In honor of the LA Forum’s 30th anniversary, Doug Suisman spoke with Alan Loomis of DeliriousLA about the LA Forum’s origins and critical role in the design community moving forward. Read the interview here!
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Gold Street is Open!
Hartford’s Gold Street is finally open! For the better part of last year, Gold St. had been a one-way street. As of December 19, Gold St. is now a two-way street again. While the street itself is complete, there is still much work to do on the sidewalk and Bushnell Gardens, such as landscaping and…
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La Brea Tar Pits Museum Featured in NHM Magazine
Our recent work at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum was featured in the Natural History Museum’s member magazine—along with an introduction by NHM President and Director Dr. Jane Pisano. Check out the full PDF here.