Glendale officials: downtown campus nearing substantial completion; work continues on plaza, amphitheater and utilities

City Architect Eddie Garcia provided an update on the Downtown Campus Reinvestment Project during the Glendale City Council workshop on Oct. 28, describing increased site activity and a schedule that leaves “a little less a little over 6 months to go till we get to substantial completion.”

The presentation highlighted several exterior and site items: curb and gutter work and a recently poured bus lane on Glendale Avenue that has reduced the street to one westbound lane, ongoing grading and site wall construction around the amphitheater bowl, and demolition activity in Murphy Park being conducted in quadrants. Garcia said benches, statues and other public art elements identified in earlier meetings have been removed and stored during…