Resources for San Diego Commons
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.
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.
Historical archive
We are currently testing a public Google Drive archive for legacy planning documents, presentations, and reference files. The folders below are organized by major project phase so visitors can browse the history more intentionally than a raw file dump.
Phase archive
Shared folder • Updated Jan 4
Early concept work, planning documents, and background materials from the project's first organizing period.
Phase archive
Shared folder • Updated Jan 4
Materials from the Balboa Park and downtown gateway phase, including reconnective planning and concept development.
Phase archive
Shared folder • Updated Jan 4
Foundational documents and working materials from the period when San Diego Commons first formally took shape.
Phase archive
Shared folder • Updated Jan 4
Concept development, outreach materials, and archive items from the Heal the Gash phase of the work.
Phase archive
Shared folder • Updated Jan 4
Project materials from the Green the Gap campaign period, including communications, presentations, and supporting documents.
Phase archive
Shared folder • Updated Jan 4
Current-era archive materials covering the Bridge the Gap phase and the most recent evolution of the initiative.
Reference files
These files support the phase archive with a compiled resource deck and a timeline workbook.
Reference file
PowerPoint presentation • Updated Mar 12
A compiled deck of website-ready resource materials and presentation content used to shape this archive experience.
Reference file
Excel spreadsheet • Updated Jan 14
A lightweight timeline workbook tracking the major historical phases of the San Diego Commons effort.
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