
The Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) held a stakeholder meeting March 5 to get feedback from residents and business owners about how to revitalize Gaslamp Square Park, located at the corner of Fifth and K streets. City officials fenced off a broken water feature in the park, “Dancing Waters,” citing it as a safety hazard, and the defunct fountain has sparked debate about how to rehabilitate the entire area. Derek Danziger, CCDC’s vice president of marketing and communications, said the stakeholders have proposed a variety of possibilities for renovating the land, from replacing the fountain to removing water features entirely. Participants at the March 5 meeting shared ideas with CCDC and Estrada Land Planning, the landscape architect firm CCDC hired to create new concepts for both Gaslamp Square Park and Children’s Park, Danziger said. CCDC plans to hold a public open house in early May to show everyone Estrada’s concepts and get additional feedback on the designs, with the goal of making a final decision this summer, Danziger said. “That’s an extremely important area of the city, in a highly visible place across from the Convention Center and at the foot of the Gaslamp, so it is really important that we come up with a concept that everyone will be happy with and support,” he said.