{"id":8665,"date":"2011-09-17T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T21:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=8665"},"modified":"2011-10-28T12:53:58","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T19:53:58","slug":"plaza-de-panama-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/17\/plaza-de-panama-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaza de Panama Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Attended what was supposed to be an hour long walking tour starting at the Museum of Man in Balboa Park, but which turned into a two and a half hour tour, of the\u00a0Plaza de Panama Project<\/a> proposed redevelopment of certain areas of Balboa Park<\/a> before the centennial celebration in 2015. It was led by four members of the redevelopment planning team including David Marshall<\/a>, President and Senior Principal\u00a0of Heritage Architecture and Planning<\/a>,\u00a0Gordon Kovtun<\/a>, Principal of the KCM Group<\/a> and Kristen McDade Byrne<\/a>, Vice President of MJE Marketing Services<\/a>.\u00a0Their proposal plans on returning a large section of the park to pedestrian and tram only traffic, removing cars and relocating parking. It was a very informative guided tour with stops at specific locations to illustrate proposed changes. There were a few people on the tour who kept asking opposition questions. They were the ones who made the tour last as long as it did.<\/p>\n

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Attended what was supposed to be an hour long walking tour starting at the Museum of Man in Balboa Park, but which turned into a two and a half hour tour, of the\u00a0Plaza de Panama Project proposed redevelopment of certain areas of Balboa Park before the centennial celebration in 2015. It was led by four … <\/p>\n

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