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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!

“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…

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!  

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…

The Palisades Charter High School Gateway Project was featured in the July 6 issue of the Palisades News. Suisman was referenced throughout the article, which honored his willingness to “donate” his design expertise for the betterment of his own community’s high school. Check it out in the link below!

Doug Suisman’s personal and moving essay about his lifelong experience in cities and public spaces has just been published in the Spring 2016 issue of BOOM California. The online magazine is published by the University of California Press. The issue was guest edited by the outstanding urban observer Colin Marshall. His Notebook on Cities and Culture…

The Expo light rail line, the first train to Santa Monica in more than half a century, finally arrived at the Downtown Santa Monica station today, and the Suisman designed map cases were present to greet Expo riders as they made their way to the beach along the new Colorado Esplanade.  Sunny days!

Doug Suisman joined USC architecture students and guest jurors for the 2016 final reviews of the “Sustainable City” studio, organized jointly by USC’s Andrew Liang and Washington University’s Linda Samuels.  

How do you make buses cool?  Doug shares his thoughts on Suisman’s original design of the Los Angeles Metro Rapid system with KPCC’s Denise-Marie Guerra. You can listen to the show or read the article here.

Hartford’s one-mile GreenWalk is getting closer to completion with the construction of the Horace Bushnell Promenade along Gold Street, which is being realigned and narrowed for the purpose (photo courtesy Christian Lemp). The Promenade and its adjacent Bushnell Gardens will create a one-block connector between historic Bushnell Park and Main Street, linking the park to the Travelers’ Tower Square and the…