La Cumbre Plaza Archives

A design board from the 2006 AIA Santa Barbara Outer State Street Charrette suggests new east-west streets between Calle Real on the south and State Street on the north.

Peter Hunt: La Cumbre Housing Plans Must Not Ignore Area’s Street Dreams

by Peter Hunt April 23, 2023 | 5:45 pmApril 23, 2023 | 6:13 pm

About 2,000 housing units are planned for Santa Barbara’s La Cumbre Plaza. This will add perhaps 4,000 or more people to the neighborhood with a resulting increase in vehicle traffic. In 2006, I, and other AIA Santa Barbara leaders, led an Outer State Street AIA Charrette at the old Grace Lutheran Church, where The Marc now […]