Professor Darren Martin Ruddell at the USC Spatial Studies Institute is having the students in his spring semester “practicum” on spacial sciences focus on the urban planning issues involved with turning the Santa Monica Airport into a park. Two representatives of Airport2Park, Mike Salazar and Frank Gruber, met with Prof. Ruddell and his students at

This week marks a major milestone in the future 12-acre expansion of Santa Monica Airport Park with the removal of all of the airplanes that were previously parked on the southeast six acres of the Santa Monica Airport from the future park site. In a statement to the community, Nelson Hernandez, Senior Advisor to the

Gavin Scott, of Santa Monica’s park advocacy group Airport2Park, reports on the latest developments at Santa Monica Airport – including the departure of a major tenant and a heavy-handed threat to the city from the users of corporate jets. This is episode 2 of an ongoing series that will track progress in converting the first 12

The historic Berlin Tempelhof Airport was the site of early flying demonstrations by Orville Wright in 1909 and the 1948 Berlin Airlift. Today it is now seeing new life as a beloved new park known as Tempelhofer Feld. This transformation was the result of a May 2014 referendum vote by residents of Berlin to restrict

Just two days ago, we reported the the City had selected the design firm for the 12-acre expansion of the Santa Monica Airport Park.  We have a lot more good news to report since then. To get a sense of the City’s firm commitment to pressing ahead with the process of regaining local control of the airport and repurposing

City hires design firm Rios Clementi Hale For Airport Park Expansion Project

Tracking Progress on the new park. Video diary part 1.

Countywide Parks Needs – Community Meeting, Thursday, Jan. 21. 6pm Please attend!  This Thursday there will be a Community Meeting to assess Countywide Park Needs on January 21st, 6 – 8:30 pm in Santa Monica. L.A. County is now conducting an unprecedented study of park needs and YOUR voice is especially important. This is a great

Let’s Celebrate “Measure LC 1st Anniversary” Picnic & BBQ Fundraiser to benefit Santa Monica Airport2Park Foundation Sunday November 15, 2015 1PM – 4PM At the home of Frank Gruber and Janet Levin 2442 Beverly Avenue Santa Monica 90405 Your $35 donation will benefit the Santa Monica Airport2Park Foundation RSVP Today through Nov. 10 at: info@airport2park.org or send

People have asked us “what is going on with the new park at the airport?”, so we wanted to take this opportunity to bring you all up to date with progress. As you will no doubt remember, on July 1st, 2015 Airport2Park held an event at the existing Airport Park entitled “Start the Park!”, and