LASN is a photographically oriented, professional journal featuring topics of concern and state-of-the-art projects designed or influenced by registered Landscape Architects.
Issue link: https://landscapearchitect.epubxp.com/i/120967
from the Convention Center east on Convention Way, and is closed to vehicles at the traffic circle at Hotel Way; 2) North Palm Court was completed as part of the Convention Center expansion in 2000; 3) South Palm Court, which mirrors North Palm Court, is a transition area between the Grand Plaza and the Transit Plaza; and 4) Transit Plaza, located on the south side of the Convention Center with connection to West Street where bus, taxi and delivery service to the Convention Center and the Marriott Hotel is available, creates a more efficient transportation flow. The design concept for the Anaheim Convention Center Grand Plaza is based on the historic evolution of Anaheim. Fifty Bavarian families settled here in 1857. These were farmers and wine-making immigrants who considered the area their ���home by the river.��� ���Ana��� is a reference to the Santa Ana River; ���Heim��� means ���home��� in German. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors already established here, the settlement was known as Campo Alem��n, i.e., ���German field.��� When insect infestations destroyed the grape crops in the 1880s, the Germans shifted their focus to walnuts and citrus, most notable orange trees, for which the county was named. When Los Angeles and Orange County became connected to the continental railroad in 1886, Southern California oranges became a prized national cash crop. The blue, meandering pavement pattern that connects the fountains at each end of the plaza is a metaphor for the Santa Ana River, flowing from the mountains to the sea. The ���River of Light��� paving pattern simulates the flow of water and the sparkle of light reflecting off its surface. Almost 300 individually controlled in-grade luminaires along the length of the plaza pulsate in sequence between each of the three fountain elements for a dazzling Top LED pedestrian pole lights illuminate the paver walkway that flows between the parking garages, hotel and the Convention Center Building (right). The interlocking Acker-Stone ���holland Stone��� green and charcoal pavers (3-15/16��� x 7-7/8��� x 3-1/8���) in a herringbone pattern were installed during a previous Convention Center building expansion. Bottom Low-level bollard lights and retractable bollards add safety to the traffic circle. April 2013 39