Plaza Granada Breaks Ground
By edhat staff
City officials broke ground last week for a new pedestrian pathway behind the Granada Theatre.
The 10,000 square-foot area is located behind the theatre at 1214 State Street and next to the parking garage on Victoria and Anacapa Streets.
Plaza Granada is described to be a "landscaped, well-lit space providing safe access to patrons, a limited number of parking spaces, and improved parking and drop-off facility for the backstage of the theater" replacing the current "crowded, unattractive area where cars, buses, and trucks share space with a constant flow of pedestrians," according to the Granada Theatre.
The new space will feature improved lighting and landscaping, trash and recycling enclosures, and an 8x150 foot mural by Santa Barbara muralists Tracy Lee Stum and Sayak Mitra.
The $2 million project will be paid through fundraising and is expected to be completed by June.
A rendering of the plaza will include parking spaces and drop-off facility for the backstage of the theater. (Photo: The Cearnal Collective)
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Mar 03, 2021 10:50 AMThis costs $2 million??
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Mar 04, 2021 08:56 AMOne tree in the drawing with a plant at its base in the parking area and what appears to be two plants in the front area. I know there's limited space, but is this the extent of the "landscaping?"
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Mar 03, 2021 11:40 AMLooks like a nice new alley for the bums to hang out.
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Mar 03, 2021 11:56 AMI didn’t want to be the first one to mention that. They need a plan to keep it from becoming a bum hangout. I don’t see any plans for benches, which might help somewhat.
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Mar 03, 2021 09:38 PMIt's a sad commentary that we were all thinking exactly the same thing: A new place for bums to hang out.
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Mar 03, 2021 02:59 PM2 million for that? nice waste of tax dollars (again) SB! Do we REALLY need this right now? No. I've been uptown several times last few weekends and....it's a ghost town from Vic to Carrillo. So why blow this money on something that is NOT needed right now and frankly wasn't needed to begin with. I really ....really REALLY hate the current city council and mayor...just awful
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Mar 03, 2021 03:26 PMThe article says it will be paid by fundraising (paragraph 5, just above the drawing).
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Mar 03, 2021 10:39 PMToo bad that people who have $2 million to give away won't donate it to something of value (and where they'd get a tax deduction --- or is this, providing resting and sleeping space for homeless, tax deductible?
Who will vet the mural? Since it's public art it should go before the arts advisory, unless of course it will follow the path of the murals at Ortega Park?
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Mar 04, 2021 06:48 AMI could not agree more! This council is the most USELESS, and WORTHLESS Council EVER!!!!!
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Mar 04, 2021 10:52 AMIt isn't tax dollars. This is private owners on private property. And landscaping is limited because the owners still need to provide for commercial parking and residential parking for the two condos on the top of the Granada.
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Mar 04, 2021 11:46 AMIt literally says it will be paid for through fundraising. learn to read before getting outraged!
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Mar 03, 2021 03:05 PMGlad to see lighting improved, and hopeful it will be safer to walk through at night. Pretty skanky place.
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Mar 03, 2021 03:36 PMYou must have a very low threshold for skanky.
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Mar 03, 2021 07:11 PMCan't disagree with other commenters at all. This makes no sense.
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Mar 03, 2021 09:26 PMNot a fan,,, unless we make the whole area a flooded water pool with running water that can be turned on and off. That would work.
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Mar 03, 2021 09:59 PMWho is doing the work? Or shall I guess?