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Project Implementation

THUR-FS-05: A Window to the Waterfront: Exploring Wilmington’s New Waterfront Promenade

Thursday, September 17, 2026
12:45 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Ticket Purchase Required
2.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL
Ticket Price: $95 per person

Wilmington Waterfront Promenade

Wilmington Waterfront Promenade/ Millicent Harvey


Explore how a once-inaccessible industrial waterfront has been transformed into a vibrant 9-acre park on the LA Harbor. This tour highlights how community engagement informed built details, how a working waterfront can also serve as an ecological resource, and the essential keys to maintaining this unique coastal park.

Includes transportation. Moderate walking.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Discuss how years of community engagement informed project programming, design decisions, and details seen in the park today.
  • Evaluate how traditional coastal shoreline protection was re-conceived to be a visually inviting, ecologically rich, and regionally unique amenity for the community.
  • Analyze how coastal planting within an industrial context has fared after two years of growth. Learn what drove design decisions, the planting palette, and the integration with green infrastructure facilities.
  • Assess the impacts of ongoing maintenance and hear directly from the project owner about how their team maintains a nine-acre coastal park amid a sea of industrial activity.