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The movements of the Tongva peoples set the stage for what would eventually become Los Angeles. Their footpath through the Sepulveda Basin was the original 405 freeway. The L.A. State Historic ...
Tongva Peak. Hard • 4.6 (236) Brand Park. Photos (3,952) Directions. Print/PDF map. Length 5.0 miElevation gain 1,925 ftRoute type Out & back. Discover this 5.0-mile out-and-back trail near Glendale, California. Generally considered a challenging route, it takes an average of 3 h 28 min to complete.
Tongva Park opened in 2013 at the site of a former parking lot, and cost $42.7 million to construct, winning a dozen design awards. It has winding pathways with bridges and sculptures, hilly areas with peep-through views of the ocean, and striking succulents to add punches of color. Tongva Park is at 1615 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401.
Tongva Park is a real-life reversal of Joni Mitchell’s familiar lyric, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” What was once a large, flat parking lot opposite Santa Monica City Hall ...
Tongva Park and Ken Genser Square. For the City of Santa Monica, Field Operations has transformed a former parking lot into a dynamic topography and lush landscape of rolling hills, meadows and gardens now celebrated as an important destination and center for the community. The design was shaped by an extensive community process and is inspired ...
The most ambitious feature of Tongva Park, meanwhile, is the way Corner and his firm have remade the topography of the site, turning a relatively flat piece of land into a gently rolling landscape.
Named after the indigenous Tongva people, who lived in the Los Angeles area for thousands of years, Tongva Park is a true marvel. With 7 acres of lush gardens, meandering walking paths, a discovery area for children that includes a splash pad, several shaded picnic areas, and even a natural amphitheater, Tongva Park is an outdoor learning ...
Ken Genser Square. Named for the original LA basin inhabitants, Tongva Park is a bold, imaginative public park project driven by extensive stakeholder outreach and a strong bias for sustainable design. The Design-Build team transformed a vacant lot next to City Hall and the pier into “the heart of the City.”. Unique design elements included ...
Enter Westsider Angie Behrns, whose Tongva great-great-grandmother is buried at the San Gabriel Mission. She, too, had attended Uni High, and she was appalled by the deterioration of the spring. Rallying community members, she formed the Gabrielino/Tongva Springs Foundation to preserve Kuruvungna and educate the public about its history and ...
Tovaangar. The original people of Los Angeles, the Tongva, defined their world as Tovaangar. It extended from Palos Verdes to San Bernardino, from Saddleback Mountain to the San Fernando Valley.