Spring Street Park is a collaboration between the Architectural Division of the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering and Lehrer Architects LA. As residential density has increased in this burgeoning area of Downtown Los Angeles, the need for additional infrastructure has become evident, and this new urban park will provide much-needed outdoor public space to the neighborhood. Lehrer Architects was brought into the process by the City of Los Angeles to provide design leadership in the development of the park. Heading the team of landscape architects from the Bureau of Engineering, water feature designer Fluidity, and artist Rebeca Mendez, Lehrer Architects has defined the design direction of urban intervention and placemaking and has been the public face of the Team during presentations and workshops throughout the Community Outreach process. The design tools of drawings, large-scale working models, and renderings are integral not only to LA’s design methodology but also in engaging the larger Community audience.

Awards
Best of Year Honoree, Interior Design Magazine, 2013
Award of Excellence for 'exceptional contribution' in Landscape Architecture Category, Los Angeles Business Council, 2013
People's Design Award Finalist, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 2013
Honor Award, Southern California Development Forum, 2013

Location
426 S Spring Street, Los Angeles.
In the Historic Old Bank District.

 
Square footage
0.7 acre, L-shaped lot, bounded by Spring Street on the west, an alley on the east, and mid-block between 4th and 5th Street.

 
Design Collaborators
A unique Public/Private Partnership:
Bureau of Engineering, Department of Public Works. City of Los Angeles
Lehrer Architects(www.lehrerarchitects.com)