Two Projects Cited by Urban Forum
The Farmers Market Historic Preservation plan and first Los Angeles Ecological Cities Conference have won the Westside Prize of the Westside Urban Forum.
Recognized for representing special qualities that create livable and vital urban communities, the projects, celebrating the past and future of Los Angeles, were among a dozen nominated for the prize.
A.F. Gilmore Co., which has owned the 32-acre Farmers Market on West 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue since 1880, and Santa Monica-based Koning Eizenberg Architecture received the prize in the development category, and sponsors of the ecological conference, held last June, received the prize fo r urban planning and land use.
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