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# Downtown business leaders push for better lighting before public art
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/050205-story/
- Published: 2005-05-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:51:54.000Z
- Author: Ryan Hyatt
- Tags: Government & Politics, Downtown, #archive-import

DOWNTOWN — Business leaders who operate near the Third Street Promenade say better public lighting is needed before better public art.

Board members of the Bayside Business District — a nonprofit organization that manages downtown Santa Monica with City Hall — said Thursday that long-awaited lighting improvements slated for Second and Fourth streets are necessary before more artistic attempts are made to distinguish the downtown area from other shopping districts in the region.

Bayside board members met with urban designers from the Cliff Garten Studio on Thursday to determine how best to spend a $2.3 million grant earmarked to improve the sidewalks for eight

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 2, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)