In this preliminary concept plan of the proposed Democracy Park and this satellite image of the seas of parking surrounding the county courthouse, one can see the way the city center is oriented to automobiles in the worst way.
The new state and county courts complex is designed to overlook a beautifully-remodeled and grandiose park with new monuments and interpretive features. Democracy Park is also intended to host forums and debates, as well as public demonstrations and memorials. And, the park, with its day-lighted streams and swales, will serve as the organizing feature for a complete neighborhood of rowhouses, live-work units, single-family detached houses, luxury apartments, retail, and professional offices, in addition to the new arterial greenway (with an ingenious deflection between Second and Third Streets) that will connect the 215 freeway with San Bernardino International Airport.
Some new live-work units and high-rise apartments already overlook the park, and some newly-constructed traditional neighborhoods are already located immediately adjacent to this open space. And, the Redlands Subdivision is located two to three blocks to the South.