Tag: SMa.r.t.

In an annual tradition the month of July was celebrated nationally as Parks & Recreation month. From their inception, parks ...

In November 2013 we met as a group of design professionals to discuss concerns regarding the city's direction. Using our ...

Rick Cole, Santa Monica's new city manager, has suggested that despite the vigorous and sometimes acrimonious political debate in our ...

Santa Monica has had the distinction of being recognized as one of the most "progressive" cities in the nation. It ...

Philosopher Alain de Botton wrote that "bad architecture is a frozen mistake writ large. We owe it to the fields ...

In coming days City Council will fill three positions on the Planning Commission. In political circles, the hubbub on who ...

There's been an incessant discussion about Santa Monica's work/housing imbalance. We hear constant buzz about our urgent need for affordable ...

It's time to stop the madness in Santa Monica! Even with the adoption of the new zoning code, the battle ...

What defines some of the greatest cities in the world? Their grand plazas and public spaces. A place where one ...

Now that our City Council has reformed the old zoning ordinance into a new, more opaque document, it is moving ...