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# When will downtown’s redevelopment end?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/when-will-downtowns-redevelopment-end/
- Published: 2002-10-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:48:26.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Downtown, #archive-import

Editor: I was flabbergasted to read that the revamping of the downtown district is still not done. Didn’t we just finish major changes (expenses) creating a transit mall, etc. and even celebrate the “new” downtown. Now, the city has spent $54,000 to have the downtown public spaces assessed by a New York consulting firm. Why do we need a New York perspective? What do they know about Santa Monica? Wasn’t there a csult-ing firm in Santa Monica or the Los Angeles area that could have done the assess-

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 22, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102202.pdf?ref=smdp.com)