Plaza Granada

The plan for PLAZA GRANADA has come to fruition. Over the past few years, business owners, city officials, patrons of the arts, and local residents collaborated to create an attractive renovation. What was once a crowded, unattractive area where cars, buses, and trucks shared space with a constant flow of pedestrians has been transformed into a landscaped, well-lit space that provides safe access to patrons, a limited number of parking spaces, and an improved parking and drop-off facility for the backstage of the theater. The plan met the need to improve the circulation, safety, parking and maintenance.

The project covered a physically small area, yet it was complex given the needs of business owners, property lines, and government requirements. The new PLAZA GRANADA features attractive landscaping, vastly improved lighting for nighttime passage, much-improved surface treatments, enclosures for trash and recycling, and new architectural features that include a stunning mural by local Santa Barbara muralists, Tracy Lee Stum and Sayak Mitra.