Great Park

Festival of Flight Fun

Although I was only there for a short time, the Festival of Flight was a big success with what looked like a great turn out in the thousands. There was lots to see and do for the whole family, especially kids. Click "Continue reading..." for the full story and photos.

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Share your Great Park Photos

If you're attending the Festival of Flight event on Saturday, July 12th, we'd love to share your photos with our readers. We'll post links to interesting photos and also include them in our Flickr photo feeds (left side, scroll down a bit). So get clicking this weekend and have fun! [Photo courtesy of Daniel Miller]

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Architecture: The Conservatory Bridge

We took a closer look at the planned Conservatory Bridge. Using the Master Plan report and some fancy guesstimating we determined the bridge to be one of the more impressive structures of the Great Park.

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Great Park Festival of Flight Announced

The Orange County Great Park organization has announced the Festival of Flight for Saturday, July 12 from 11 am - 3 pm at the new Preview Park. Parking and admission are free.

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Balloon Flights Resume with Night Flights

Balloon flights are back. This time with night flights. I'm assuming the park won't be that interesting to look at during the night, but the outlying lights and summer sunsets should satisfy passengers.

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Great Park Named One of the Best Designs by LA Times

Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic has named the Great Park design as one of his picks for Best of 2007. “The emerging design by Smith, Mia Lehrer and others is cheeky and smart, inventive about sustainability and conservation but never naturalistic,” says Hawthorne. [Press Release PDF]

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