Resources for San Diego Commons
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In the News
San Diego Union-Tribune
June 26, 2021 • 4:00 PM PT
Across the nation, cities are looking at aging highways and imagining something new: open spaces that reconnect, rather than divide, neighborhoods.
San Diego Commons, a nonprofit led by local architects and urban planners, is proposing freeway lids over Interstate 5 to reconnect central neighborhoods that were split apart when the interstate was built.
Video
San Diego Commons
Video resource
A short video overview of the Green The Gap vision and what freeway lids and bridges could mean for San Diego neighborhoods.
Hear directly from local advocates about why reconnecting communities across the freeways matters—and how you can be part of the solution.
Timeline
Archive Phase
2003-2011
Early concept work, planning documents, and background materials from the project's first organizing period.
Archive Phase
2011-2014
Materials from the Balboa Park and downtown gateway phase, including reconnective planning and concept development.
Archive Phase
2014-2015
Foundational documents and working materials from the period when San Diego Commons first formally took shape.
Archive Phase
2016-2019
Concept development, outreach materials, and archive items from the Heal the Gash phase of the work.
Archive Phase
2019-2023
Project materials from the Green the Gap campaign period, including communications, presentations, and supporting documents.
Archive Phase
2023-2026
Current-era archive materials covering the Bridge the Gap phase and the most recent evolution of the initiative.
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