Montclair is typical of the Los Angeles post-war suburb, composed mostly of tract houses and apartments with a district of auto-oriented retail businesses clustered around a regional shopping mall. Virtually no building predates the 1940s and there is no historic downtown. The specific plan establishes a framework and development strategy for a pedestrian-oriented retail and residential district surrounding the city’s regional transit center, focusing on the 100 acres of vacant lots, strip malls, and other marginal land uses located between the mall and the transit center, served by rail and local buses. The plan proposes housing at various densities, commercial office and retail spaces, structured parking and the transformation of the existing malls into a compact mixed-use pedestrian-friendly village, addressing the full range of traffic, economic and environmental issues. Images > 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Recognition > Links