AKA: Downtown Plaza, Sacramento, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - department stores; built works - commercial buildings - shopping malls; built works - commercial buildings - stores; built works - settlements - cities

Designers: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), San Francisco, CA (firm); Edward Charles Bassett (architect); John Ogden Merrill (architect); Nathaniel Alexander Owings (architect); Louis Skidmore Sr. (architect)

Dates: [unspecified]

547 L Street
Sacramento, CA

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A site bounded by 3rd Street on the west and 7th street on the east. It reached four blocks wide from north to south, bounded by L Street on the south, J Street on the north.

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The project's first phase was to redevelop nine blocks downtown. The second phase called for the completion of a large downtown mall complex, anchored by a Macy's Department Store, and office building, and five, multi-floor parking garages.

PCAD id: 5992

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Publications

"Sacramento Commercial Area Ready for Bids", Architectural Record, 133: 3, 32-3 - 32-3, 03/1963.