The city of West Hollywood invites community members to provide feedback on updated concept designs and alternatives based on prior community input as part of the visioning process for forthcoming San Vicente streetscape shared street and plaza improvements.

The San Vicente Streetscape virtual meeting will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, March 7 from 5 to 6 p.m. City of West Hollywood staff and design consultants will be presenting updated concept designs and alternatives that reflect feedback received from the community during previous outreach presentations and community visioning activities that took place in October and December 2022. Community members who wish to take part can join the Zoom meeting at us02web.zoom.us/j/82731546401. The design will be finalized with this community input.

The area of N. San Vicente Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue is oftentimes the location for impromptu public gatherings, city-sponsored programming, and other city-permitted events. Current street activities result in approximately 20 to 30 days of partial or full street closures each year. However, because the street itself has not been designed for these purposes, tangible challenges arise within this stretch of N. San Vicente Boulevard when it becomes used for public gatherings or planned event purposes.

The city of West Hollywood is working with a recognized landscape architecture firm !melk to develop a conceptual vision for a new “shared street” that would allow for temporary, partial or full closures on N. San Vicente Boulevard, account for transit needs, augment accessibility, upgrade traffic safety and that would be designed as a micro-climate inspired ecosystem. This reimagined shared street would emphasize larger-scale outdoor gathering space, shading and green space, wildlife propagation, water resource management and pedestrian-oriented design strategies in support of city-sponsored or otherwise approved programs and events, permitted activities, and organized or impromptu gatherings.

For information, visit the project website at weho.org/city-government/city-manager/capital-projects/san-vicente-streetscape-plaza or contact Garen Yolles, city of West Hollywood architectural and urbandDesigner in the city’s Urban Design and Architecture Studio, at (323)848-6827 or at gyolles@ weho.org. For people who require hearing assistance or other forms of accommodation call TTY (323)848-6496.