{"id":233554,"date":"2016-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/town-and-country-reveals-design-ideas-for-park\/"},"modified":"2016-06-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T07:00:00","slug":"town-and-country-reveals-design-ideas-for-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/town-and-country-reveals-design-ideas-for-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Town and Country reveals design ideas for park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Jeff Clemetson | Editor<\/p>\n

On June 6, the city of San Diego held a workshop for the future river park at the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center where tentative designs were revealed and input from the public was encouraged.<\/p>\n

The future park is part of a complete overhaul of the dated resort, which will also include housing, a parking garage and a makeover of the hotel. The park will be 4.33 acres along 7.71 acres of restored river habitat, much of it replacing current asphalt parking areas, and it will be situated on both sides of the pedestrian bridge that currently connects the Town and Country property to the Fashion Valley Transit Center and the mall.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, where the location of the public park is, it\u2019s a heavily-urbanized, certainly degraded environment, so we\u2019re taking that and really converting it into something that looks like Mission Valley\u2019s Central Park,\u201d said Todd Majcher, vice president of Lowe Enterprises, which is the lead developer on the the Town and Country project.<\/p>\n

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One of the conceptual drawings of the park at Town and Country Resort
(Cortes\u00eda de MIG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Principal designer Richard Barrett shared three potential design concepts, each based on separate themes. The final design, he said, may end up being a mix of some or all of them, or even contain new ones brought forth by the public.<\/p>\n

The first concept incorporated the theme of \u201cagricultural valley\u201d \u2014\u00a0a nod to Mission Valley\u2019s agrarian past.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor over 200 years, Mission Valley was agricultural; from mid-1700s and before during Native American use of the valley, through European development and up to the 1940s,\u201d Barrett said.<\/p>\n

This concept includes amenities like shade structures and pavers designed to resemble crop fields. Some areas would include things like slews for children to play with and core tin walls for sitting.<\/p>\n

The \u201cupside down river\u201d concept highlights the natural features of the San Diego River, which is deep in some area, shallow in others and subject to flooding as it winds down to the ocean. Design elements include concrete \u201clily pads,\u201d walls that mimic the river geology, and curving benches that imitate the serpentine shape of the river.<\/p>\n

The third design is based on urban flooding. Barrett said the conversion of natural open space to impervious surfaces has brought flooding and this design conveys the impacts of that urbanization on the river. The design includes debris motifs and incorporates reclaimed materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you see after flooding? Lots of debris, logs that are piled up; you go out there today and you can still see remnants of the flooding in January,\u201d Barrett said.<\/p>\n

All three concepts would also incorporate art, as well as signage to help tell the story of the design concepts.<\/p>\n

These are only tentative designs, Majcher said, and the final will likely be a mix of the best ideas from all three. As of now, nothing is set, not even the park\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be called Town and Country Park,\u201d he said. \u201c[The name] should be tied to something contextual to match the design.\u201d<\/p>\n

Majcher said the next chance for the public to view the progress on the park design will \u201cprobably\u201d be at the Aug. 3 meeting of the Mission Valley Planning Group.<\/p>\n

\u2014Comun\u00edquese con Jeff Clemetson en jeff@sdcnn.com.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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