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SEATTLE - A full-time worker needs to earn $26.87 per hour in order to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment in Washington state, according to a new study released Wednesday.
And in King and Snohomish counties, a full-time worker needs to earn even more - $36.12 an hour - to afford that same apartment, the report found.
The new study, released by the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance and the National Low Income Housing Coalition, highlights the gap between what renters earn and what it costs to afford a home at the average fair market rent.
"Renters in Washington are being crushed under the pressure of rapidly rising rents, wages that can't keep pace and an extreme shortage of available, affordable homes for people with the lowest incomes," said Rachael Myers, executive director of Washington Low Income Housing Alliance.
She said there are only a handful of counties in Washington state where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford to rent a one-bedroom home.
Working at the minimum wage of $11.50 per hour in Washington, a wage earner must have nearly two full-time jobs - or work 75 hours per week - to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment. They must work 2.3 full-time jobs or work 93 hours per week to afford a two-bedroom rental home, the report found.
The typical renter in Washington earns $18.91 per hour, which is $7.96 less than the hourly wage needed to afford a modest home.
Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, said the study's findings show that the housing crisis has reached "historic heights," and that the struggle to pay for housing is not limited to minimum wage workers.
He said projections show that seven out of 10 of the jobs projected for the greatest growth over the next decade have wages lower that the one-bedroom housing wage.
"Too often, a low wage worker must choose between paying for rent, healthcare, childcare and other basic necessities," Yentel said.
The study found that a full-time worker must earn $29.40 per hour to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in King and Snohomish counties.
In Pierce County, a full-time worker would need to make $22.02 to afford a two-bedroom apartment and $16.94 per hour to afford a one-bedroom apartment.


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The development of Gosu began about nine years ago during the earliest stage of engineering at Guidewire Software. The language's humble origin sprang from an unsuccessful search for a scripting language as the basis for a rule engine we needed to build. Our language criteria didn't seem too demanding; but we were naive. First and foremost, the language had to be embeddable in the JVM and be compatible with leading application servers. It also had to be familiar the vast majority of programmers are comfortable with imperative, object-oriented languages, and we wanted our scripting language to be the same. We also wanted a language with static typing, so that our customers could edit rules with instant parser feedback and we could provide modern features, such as deterministic code completion, navigation, etc. In addition, we needed to represent our ORM as a set of first-class types in the language, whether it be through code generation or meta-programming or what have you. Lastly, the entity types from our ORM needed to be individually configurable by our customers via custom methods and properties. To our dismay, all the serious scripting languages at that time were dynamically typed, which ruled them out. So began the development of Gosu (which is today an open-source language, available at http://gosu-lang.org).
By the time we had a working language, we started seeing it as a solution for rewriting our company's product UIs, our document management system, our Velocity-template systems; and each step exposed new features that were needed in the language. Of these, by far the most innovative aspect of Gosu is the open type system. Unlike other languages, Gosu's type system is statically extendable to external domains, whereby abstract types can be defined and exposed with first-class representation. This is a big deal and is what makes Gosu extremely vital to the success of our enterprise applications.
Although the type system is what separates Gosu from other JVM languages, we made sure that as a language, Gosu did not suffer from the limitations of so many others. As Java developers, we were and remain to this day feature-starved relative to other languages. Microsoft's C#, for instance, had led the way with productivity boosting features, while Java stagnated or missed the mark. Thus, we borrowed heavily from C# and other languages. Along the way, Gosu picked up properties, type inference, reified (and simplified) generics, composition, closures, eval support, RAII, null-safety, and a host of other useful features. And as you'll soon see, Gosu's syntax is familiar to anyone with Java or C# experience.
One last bit of history involves Gosu's performance. Although Java as a language is showing its age, we can't knock it on performance it's blazing fast and is still the leader of the pack. Other languages are gaining, but because most are dynamic (e.g., Groovy, JRuby, Jython), they have inherent limits with respect to performance and will never quite approach Java's. For instance, the bytecode they generate for a method call is unconventional and involves a lot of hoop jumping and sophisticated caching techniques. Although a lot of work has gone into the compilers of various dynamic languages, they'll never quite attain the performance of a virtual method call. Gosu was originally a semi-interpreted runtime, but it evolved to be fully bytecode compiled. And because it is statically typed, its compiler generates conventional bytecode, which keeps fair pace with Java. We have more work to do to make areas unique to the language perform even better, but we're comfortable with its performance on the whole.
From the start, we wanted programmers to feel comfortable with Gosu at first sight. That is, we didn't want to reinvent the wheel or model the language after peripheral or academically motivated languages. Initially, since we were only interested in building a scripting language, we modeled Gosu after the most popular scripting language in use, JavaScript. The syntax is easily understood by most programmers and we could make it statically typed with a few simple changes to its grammar. For instance, local variables are declared with the
var keyword and don't require a type declaration if initialized (i.e., the type can be inferred). For example, the following declarations are logically identical:
var name = "fred" var name : String = "fred"
Java programmers new to Gosu quickly learn to ditch the unnecessary type declarations in favor of type inference. If this is not obvious, consider an example involving generics:
var map : HashMap<String, Company> = new HashMap<String, Company>()
var map = new HashMap<String, Company>()
Which would you rather read/write?
You've probably noticed the Pascal-style declaration syntax the type follows the name. Coming from a C-derived language like Java, it may seem awkward at first; but it makes sense coming at it from first principles. Most often, we don't need to see the type; and when present, it is of lesser significance than the name. It feels natural after a bit of exposure.
You may have also noticed the absence of semi-colons as statement terminators. They're optional in Gosu and rarely used.
When Gosu transitioned from a scripting language to a general-purpose language, it gained types in the form of classes, interfaces, enums, and enhancements. As the next generation of JavaScript (EcmaScript 4) was nearly identical to Java with respect to type declaration syntax, we followed suit. The following example defines a simple class:
package foo.vehicles uses foo.dealers.Dealer class Car extends Vehicle { enum Kind{ Mini, Compact, Mid, Large } var _make : Make var _kind: Kind var _doors : int construct( make: Make, kind: Kind, doors: int = 2 ) { super() _make = make _model = model _doors = doors } function findQuote( loc: Location, filter(price: int, l: Location) ): Quote{ … } property get Make() : Make { return _make } property set Make( value: Make ) { _make = value } … private static class CarQuote implements Quote { … } }
As you can see, there are a lot of similarities both structurally and syntactically between Gosu and Java. Just like Java, a statement is required to declare the class's package. Also, uses-statements are required to enable relative type name references used later in the class. The class header syntax is identical to Java's with the exception of access modifiers; Gosu assumes public access in the absence of a modifier. Fields are declared identically to local variables, the default access is private. The
construct keyword is used instead of using the class's name. Similarly, the
function and
property keywords are used to indicate function and property declarations, and both have public default access.
Properties can be defined with shorthand as-clause syntax if they simply reflect the value of a field:
var _make : Make as Make
This syntax is logically equivalent to the explicit declaration of the get/set property methods, which saves a bunch of typing (and reading). Note the capitalization of property names; this is a convention in Gosu.
The source for a class is stored as a file with a .gs extension. And like Java, the source file must reside in a directory structure that reflects the class's package name with respect to the class path.
Programs and Expressions
One convenient byproduct of designing our language from the start as an embeddable scripting language is that we not only have proper types, but we also have free-style scripting in the form of Programs. A program source file has a .gsp extension and is directly executable. So, unlike Java, Gosu doesn't require a boilerplate class with a
main() method in order to run some code. Instead, you simply write it and run it. Here's the obligatory Hello World example in Gosu:
print( "Hello World!" )
If need be, your program can access command line parameters dynamically or statically via the built-in
CommandLineAccess type.
A program can contain any mix of statements, functions, properties, and classes. But a program doesn't have to exist as a file on disk or execute from the command line. As an embeddable language, Gosu provides services to parse, compile, and execute simple expressions, programs, and templates directly from memory.
Gosu templates are a lot like JSP templates, but they're built into the language and are represented as first-class types. Here's a quick example:
<html> <body> <% print( "Evaluating date now" ) var date = new java.util.Date() %> Hello World! The time is now ${date} </body> </html>
Templates have a .gst extension and follow the same naming rules as classes and programs. You execute templates by calling static methods on the type. For example, if the preceding template were named "foo.HelloWorld.gst," you could render the template to a
String as follows:
var content = foo.HelloWorld.renderToString()
Note you can declare parameters in a template using the
params directive. The methods on the template type reflect the parameters statically.
Ever wanted to add methods to an existing type like
String or
List? That's exactly what enhancements provide. An enhancement looks a lot like a class:
enhancement MyStringEnhancement : String { function reverse() : String { new StringBuilder( this ).reverse().toString() } }
Just by existing in the classpath, this enhancement adds the
reverse() method to Java's
String class. In Gosu, you can call it directly:
An enhancement file has a .gsx extension and follows the same naming rules as classes. An enhancement can contain any number of functions and properties and can also enhance types generically. Note that you never reference enhancements by name in your code. The type system discovers them and modifies type information automatically. Gosu ships with a boatload of core enhancements mostly around collections, where we leverage closures.
Functions in Gosu can be first-class values they can be created anonymously, passed to or returned from other functions,and assigned to variables just like any other type. They can also refer to other variables in the local scope. A value with these properties is called a closure (or lambda) expression or a block or an anonymous function. Call them what you will, they are extremely useful for performing operations on collections. Consider the following Java code:
List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>(); names.add( "Fred" ); names.add( "Barney" ); names.add( "Wilma" ); names.add( "Betty" ); List<String> filteredNames = new ArrayList<String>(); for( String name: names ) { if( name.charAt( 0 ) == 'B' ) { filteredNames.add( name ); } } return filteredNames;
Ignoring the amount of code to initialize the list (ugh!), filtering it in Java involves manually creating another list, and then iterating over the original one while populating the filtered one. How many times have you written this code? I'll wager too many times. Now consider the equivalent code in Gosu using enhancements with closures:
var names = {"Fred", "Barney", "Wilma", "Betty"} return names.where( \ e -> e[0] == 'B' )
A lot less typing. And, most importantly, much easier to read.
The syntax is simple. The backslash character "\" signals a closure, followed by parameters, followed by the –> operator, and then an expression or statement. Typically, a closure is a simple expression. In this example, I utilize the
where() method defined in an enhancement on Java's
Iterable interface. The
where() method is declared as follows:
function where( cond(elt:T): boolean ) : List<T< { var result = new ArrayList<T>() for( elt in this ) { if( cond( elt ) ) { result.add( elt ) } } return result }
Notice a closure parameter is declared just like a simple parameter with the addition of a parameter list following the name. This particular closure has a parameter with type
T, which is a type variable on the enhancement (as it enhances the generic type
Iterable). The important thing to understand is that this code is written once and only once. It's tucked away inside an enhancement, so you'll never have to write it (or read it). You only need to concern yourself with the criteria on which you filter your collections.
Gosu provides direct support for composition as an alternative to inheritance by way of interface delegation.
class Programmer implements Employee, CoderUnit { delegate _employee represents Employee = new EmployeeImpl() delegate _coder represents CoderUnit = new CoderUnitImpl() ... }
Gosu automatically delegates the implementation of interfaces represented by delegates. It eliminates all the boilerplate code you would otherwise write in Java to do the delegation manually. This small feature enables more flexible architectures based more on composition.
There is not nearly enough space in this article to even touch on all of Gosu's features. In fact, I've barely scratched the surface. I didn't cover Gosu's type inference capabilities, which help reduce code while maintaining excellent readability. Also missing from this discussion are reified generics, RAII support,
eval(), intializers, named arguments, intervals, dimensions, improved exception handling, and lots more. Please see the Gosu website for more information.

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Tampa Pro 2013 Calm Before the Storm
Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by Rob
By Rob Meronek
It's pretty calm around here during the week leading up to Tampa Pro. We're busy gearing up for the most fun weekend of the year right in our own backyard. Check out a few photos from around the Park today.
It's pretty calm around here during the week leading up to Tampa Pro. We're busy gearing up for the most fun weekend of the year right in our own backyard. Check out a few photos from around the Park today.
Back here in Innetech where we run the retail side of things, it's bid'niss as usual during Tampa Pro with a few extra jobs thrown in. Chris Preston is helping Casey make the Tampa Pro Survival Kits that everyone in the Contest is getting.
AlBow aka MP3J is between cuts of A Case of the Mondays checking in some Deluxe stuff. Watch for a special coupon/discount over the weekend on Deluxe stuff during Tampa Pro.
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Back in the warehouse, we've got a truckload of work to do getting product checked in. We'll be back on it on Monday.
You and I will be reaching over the Red Bull bar for free drinks on Friday night during the Legendary Vert Session.
It's so mellow the week of Tampa Pro. On Tuesday during Tampa Am, there are 200 people on the course.
If this isn't your view of the Contest in person, check it right here at skateparkoftampa.com starting Friday at 6pm.
You'll meet Luke in the Shop when you get here. He'll be behind the counter helping you out all weekend.
Italo is already out here shredding. What an inspiration.
OMG, is there already a line forming for the Legendary Vert Session? Yep, Todd Morrow has patience. It's going to be worth it.
Meanwhile, outside it's gitter dunn on getting booths and the courtyard set up. What, what happened to the sign back there?
You'll have to come to SPoT to see what the new sign looks like. See you here for Tampa Pro. Sunday tickets are almost sold out. Get them here now. See you online if you're watching the live broadcast. You can find the weekend schedule here.


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Japan's Princess Back In the Spotlight
Crown Princess Masako makes her first official overseas trip in 11 years. The WSJ's Jacob Schlesinger tells Mariko Sanchanta why Japan's Harvard-educated Princess has been out of the spotlight for so long – especially in contrast to Kate Middleton.
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Hammel 0-3 for A's after 4-1 loss to Rangers
ARLINGTON (AP) — Jason Hammel, the other pitcher the Oakland Athletics got in the trade with Jeff Samardzija , is still adjusting to his new team. And is still without a victory.
Hammel lost his third consecutive start since coming to the AL West-leading Athletics from the Chicago Cubs on July 5, allowing four runs in 5 2-3 innings in a 4-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
"The easiest thing here is to start getting down on myself, but I'm not going to do that," Hammel said. "I did a lot of good things tonight, save for a few hard-hit balls. Balls that fell in and a couple walks that pushed guys into scoring position. … Just got to make quality pitches. Make my misses down."
Working with a new catcher and seeing new lineups, Hammel (0-3) has a 7.11 ERA in three American League starts. The right-hander struck out three and walked two while giving up seven hits against the Rangers.
"I thought he looked better. He threw a better mix," manager Bob Melvin said. "After the first couple innings, it looked like the ball, he got the ball down, commanded his fastball better. Had a sharper slider."
Jerome Williams became the record 31st pitcher for Texas this season and Neftali Feliz was back in a familiar finishing role.
Williams pitched six solid innings in an unlikely start and Feliz got his first save in three seasons.
Feliz, the closer again after Joakim Soria was traded to Detroit earlier this week, got his first regular-season save since 2011. The former All-Star's last opportunity, before moving to the rotation and then getting hurt and needing Tommy John surgery, was a blown save in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series against St. Louis.
"He got it done. I'm more than certain the more he gets the ball, the easier it will probably come," manager Ron Washington said. "We'll just keep giving him the ball and see where it goes."
Elvis Andrus had a triple among his two hits and scored twice for the Rangers, who had lost their seven previous home games in July and were coming off a 2-5 road trip out of the All-Star break.
The Athletics still have the best record in the majors at 63-39, and they have a 22 1-2-game division lead over last-place Texas, which has won only six of its last 33 games
Yoenis Cespedes was back in Oakland's lineup after missing Thursday with a sprained right thumb. He had an RBI single in the sixth, but had some adventures in only his second start in center field this season.
Jim Adduci's double was hit to straightaway center over Cespedes in the second before he scored on a single by J.P. Arencibia.
An inning later, Andrus tripled on a ball that twice got past Cespedes, when he couldn't cut it off in the right-center gap and when it ricocheted off the wall. Andrus came home on a single by Alex Rios that made it 2-0.
Cespedes had an error in the sixth on a wide throw home after Adrian Beltre's RBI single. Rios and Beltre got an extra base, and Adduci followed with a sacrifice fly.
Melvin successfully challenged to have two safe calls at first base overturned on replay. Arencibia was initially ruled safe on a pickoff throw by Hammel in the fourth. Andrus was called safe on what would have been an infield single, but wound up the inning-ending out in the seventh.
The game ended on another close call, and Melvin came out when Derek Norris was called out on a close play at first base.
"I just go out there and do what they tell me," said Melvin, who didn't challenge, ending the game.
NOTES: Oakland DH John Jaso was thrown out trying to go from first to third on Cespedes' single to left in the sixth. "The outfield grass here, I guess, is a little faster than the Coliseum. I was out, but I thought it was close," Jaso said. Melvin said it was "probably a little aggressive. He knows that." … The A's have two 11-game winners for the rest of the series, Sonny Gray on Saturday and Scott Kazmir on Sunday.


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Children play in yard of Ruston, Washington home, while Tacoma Smelter stack showers area with arsenic and lead residue: photo by Gene Daniels, August 1972
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The Atlas Chemical Company belches smoke across pasture land in foreground, Marshall, Texas. The plant Is referred to as "Old Darky" in the community because black soot from the plant covers everything near-by. One farmer claims he lost several cows due to soot and chemicals from Atlas: photo by Marc St. Gil, June 1972
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Wabash Trio Competes on National Stageby Brent Harris • February 27, 2014 Share:
Two current Wabash runners and a former Little Giant legend experienced competition at the top national level as part of the USA Track and Field Championship and International Qualifying series.
Mason McKinney and Cordell Lewis traveled to Boulder, Colorado to compete at the 2014 USA Cross Country Championships held February 15. Two-time national champion Jake Waterman raced last weekend at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
McKinney and Lewis raced as part of a field of 55 athletes in the junior division. McKinney finished 22nd with a time of 26:59 while Lewis took 39th place after crossing the line in 28:14. Sean McGorty won the race with a time of 24:44.
"Coach (Roger) Busch wanted to reward a couple of freshmen that were able to compete at the varsity level and performed well during the cross country season, so I was thrilled to be selected," McKinney said. "We were racing against some amazing athletes. There was one kid there from Stanford who ran a 23:50 as a freshman. That's a pretty crazy time. I liked the idea of competing against someone like that. I just wanted to go out and see what I could do.
"The course was muddy and sloppy and I think that led to some slow times. I felt like I placed well competing against other freshmen from around the country, so I feel I can use that to build my confidence over the next three years."
"This was a completely new experience for me," Lewis added. "There was some unbelievable competition out there. I just enjoyed being out there and racing against that field. I wanted to do a little bit better, but it was a great experience I'll carry with me through track and field season and into training this summer for cross country."
Waterman raced in the 800-meter run, an event he claimed both outdoor and indoor NCAA national titles while competing at Wabash. His training with Busch is now preparing for a possible professional racing career. Waterman finished in 1:50.61 in the prelims for 16th place against a field that included Nick Symmonds, a seven-time NCAA DIII champion from Willamette University as well as a two-time Olympic qualifier. Erik Sowinski won the finals of the 800 meters by finishing in 1:47.86.
"Jake is used to running four laps around the track as fast as he can," Busch said. "The biggest change for Jake was that against the runners in his group he was running more towards the back instead of up front as he had at the NCAA national championship events. He does have that big-meet experience which was helpful. What was exciting was to see him competing against Olympians, US national champions, NCAA Division I national champions. It was his first time racing at an elite level as one of the youngest competitors in the field as a 22-year-old young man. I told him to go in with his eyes open, absorb a lot of it, and get some experience to prepare for the outdoor national championships in June."
Busch believes Waterman's professional path can be similar to his collegiate advancement. Waterman qualified for the 800 at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championship meet as a freshman, finishing seventh to earn All-America honors for the first — but certainly not the last — time. He went on to finish national runner-up in the indoor 800 in 2011 and 2012 before leading wire to wire to claim an NCAA title in 2013. He also won the outdoor 800 NCAA Division III championship in 2012 after a sixth-place finish in 2011.
"College was a four-year schedule of running, but a professional running career can last 8-10 years," Busch said. "He has to decide at what commitment level he wants to dive into the sport. He progressed by about 2-1/2 seconds through his college career, which is very good. If he could continue to do that over the next three or four years we might see him as one of the top five or ten half-milers in the country."
"This is the next level," Waterman said. "These are guys who have raced in Olympics, International Championships and are very respected in the running community. In some ways it is a bit intimidating, but one of the benefits of running here at Wabash is that I do have a lot of experience running at championship-level events. That has prepared me to know what to go through in your mind, what to expect and how to go through the process of getting through prelims to advance to the finals.
"I know I'm competing against Nick Symmonds and other world-class runners, but it's comforting to know I've been in situations like that before during my time at Wabash."


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Disaster decision making starts before disasters strike, says Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist.
"Insurance does not protect against a bad thing from happening; it protects against putting the family business in jeopardy if a bad thing does happen," Hurt says. "The tendency is for younger people, who are less able to withstand a loss, to need more insurance coverage. Farmers who are more financially established can try to reduce their insurance costs if the feel they can cover a portion of the loss themselves."
Low crop yield and price are the top two farmer concerns, Hurt notes. As a result, revenue protection is the main protection that farmers want from government.
"Crop revenue protection programs are much more popular than ordinary crop yield insurance programs, but overall farmers like to have alternative choices," Hurt says. "The record-high cost of putting the seed in the ground is the main reason crop revenue insurance is attractive. Without crop revenue protection, the dollar investment involved in a single crop makes many farm families vulnerable to total financial ruin in one year."
Liability insurance important
Liability insurance is another profit-protection product that farmers should consider, Hurt advises. "Liability insurance can protect your farm from very large law suits," he says. "Nowadays, it is really a necessity, especially if you don't have casualty insurance."
Hurt advises farmers to review the different farm insurance policy coverage options and look for either blanket coverage or breaks in premiums at certain levels that make them more affordable. "Compare the coverage you can receive and their costs with different insurance companies," he says. "Also, check with farmers who have suffered loss and find out how their insurance company performed for them after a disaster."
Crop insurance remains the foundation of risk management for most farmers, Hurt says. Farmers can still supplement with additional weather protection coverage with private companies where it makes sense, he adds.
Weather-related insurance
"After last year's widespread drought, 2013 will be a big year for all weather-related insurance programs and other management programs that could help to reduce the impact of bad weather," Hurt says. "I'd encourage farmers to look into new risk management opportunities and see if they make sense for your farm. Weather insurance might be worth looking into, particularly on high risk areas like flood-prone fields or soils that are highly prone to yield loss."
However, weather, hail or rain insurance policies are offered by private insurance companies with private policies, Hurt points out. "You need to know their financial integrity," he says. "Does the company have the financial ability to cover the costs from a big disaster and still stay in business?"
Hurt adds another note of caution: "This type of insurance is not subsidized or administered by the government," he says. "You'll pay the full premium, plus the cost for the company to administer it."


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Urban Design, Santa Monica, Public Place Development
Urban Design and Planning
The ambition of an urban concept such as this is not solely on the development of underused site but also provision of urban elements and improvements that will widely benefit the whole area. A development that is not self-serving and self-centered but morphed into serving the larger urban ecosystem- an urban symbiosis.
Santa Monica's Pacific beach and its famed pier has been the city's prime representation since it was developed during the 1875. As its success nurtures its own unique Ecological environment (of culture, people, time and activities), there remains an arbitrary disconnection between the beach populace and the rest of the city.
Ten years ago, the redesign of the Third Street Promenade, improvements of the Santa Monica Pier, the Beach, Palisades Park further demonstrated efforts to develop adjacent underutilized lands within the area. This led for the city government to make use of one of its prime lots, converting it to a public space
The site is a goverment-acquired lot located right in the middle of the said landmarks and was primarily intended to be developed as a park. We ought to assimilate critical thinking, reinvestigate the disconnectivities in the urban fabric and arrive with the most viable solution concurrent to the urban issues that surrounds the site.
The given circumstances and program allow greater flexibility in design and opportunities. As the imperatives seem to be limitless, the concept has resorted to an organic approach/ natural selection of the better combination of solutions.
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