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City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile

City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile

Released Monday, 3rd August 2020
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City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile

City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile

City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile

City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile

Monday, 3rd August 2020
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The restaurants on Santa Monica’s Main Street took a huge hit from the COVID-19 shutdown. So the city government, restaurant owners and nearby residents hatched a plan: get rid of parking and give over the space to diners. In doing so, they created European-style al fresco dining, and took on the primacy of the automobile in Los Angeles. They also presented restaurants with a design challenge: how do you make a patch of asphalt with heavy concrete barriers into an attractive destination?

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