Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Pico Streetscape, Light Overhead

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City of Santa Monica

PICO STREETSCAPE, LIGHT OVERHEAD

Pico Streetscape, Lights Overhead
Pico Gateway
Date: 2001
Artist: Sheila Klein
Landscape Architect: Katherine Spitz and Associates
Location: Pico Boulevard at the Santa Monica Freeway Underpass
Elements: Sculptural lighting beneath freeway, painted surfaces

Artist Sheila Klein found inspiration in the architecture and arcades of the early beach hotels in Santa Monica when she created the Pico Gateway beneath the Santa Monica Freeway. Trees of light transform the bleak and dreary underpass into a sparkling and engaging demarcation between Santa Monica and Los Angeles. This gateway work grew out of a collaborative process between the artist, Sheila Klein, and the Pico Streetscape's landscape architecture team, Spitz and Associates.

Last updated: 9/15/2014

“Pursuing Green Office Certification”

To assist in the efforts of creating a sustainable city, Cultural Affairs not only recognizes the importance of incorporating the City’s sustainable design in its projects, but also values its role in creating a healthy work environment for staff that supports the City’s sustainability policies and models sustainable best practices for the office place.

Cultural Affairs is continuously working towards implementing sustainable practices that will provide staff with a greener and healthier workplace. We have implemented simple practices such as purchasing supplies that will have less impact on the environment, using less-toxic cleaning products, reducing waste, practicing water efficiency, and promoting green commuting by ride-sharing, walking and providing staff with a Bike@Work bicycle.

Cultural Affairs' Green Office Certification is modeled after the Santa Monica Green Business Certification Program, a free program that provides sustainability consultation services to businesses that operate in Santa Monica.