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. Liberty Station (formerly Naval Training Center) San Diego, California The Naval Training Center (NTe) trained members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve for 70 years. Almost 550 acres in size, me included 624 buildings, many in the Mission Revival style, with nearly 3 million square feet of space. Using many of these historic buildings and the base's prime location on San Diego Bay, the city has turned the training center into a beautiful redevel- opment, restoring waterfront access to the public for the first time in 80 years, creating new parks, and establishing creative arts facilities. . After the 1993 BRAC round slated NTC for closure, the Navy closed the facility incrementally_ As the mc closed, the city and the Navy reached an agreement in 1995 that gave the city interim use of 67 acres of the site (the agreement was later expanded). The city subleased buildings to nonprofit organizations, crty departments, and small businesses. This interim leasing allowed the city to keep the buildings and landscape areas in good shape while the Navy decreased its funding.)Q<j The Navy officiaf/y closed NTC in 1997 and transferred the me to the city of San Diego through a no-cost economic devel- opment conveyance. Liberty Station, the name for the redeveloped NTC. encompasses 361 acres and severaf distinct districts. On the north shore of San Diego Bay, just a few min- t.otes from dov..rnto\.-m .and the -airport. the communfty will have 125 acres aT parks and open space, induding a waterfront path that leads all the way to downtown; a nine-hole golf course (constructed in 1925 and considered a national historic resource): Shopping villages and restaurants; a 28-acre civic, arts, and cultura! district called NTC Promenade; two hotels; a seven-building office distri<.1; 349 homes in 3 neighborhoods; and a 22-acre educational campus including seven schools. Because of the way the military buildings were clustered, liberty Station has separate districts for homes, offices, shops, and cultural activitie..<; rather than blending these uses together. As the development is only about 1 mile from end to end, and all of the facilities are connected by landscaped walkways, walking from one district to another is easy_ About 94 acres will be new construction, and another 95 acres will make up the histor;c district, which indudes more than 50 historic structures to be preserved, as well as the USS Recruit, a landlocked ship buih: in 1949 and used in training for many years.""" . After the base closing was announced, the city held hundreds of communrty meetings, design charrettes, and public workshops. Thousands of people, not only neighbors but also retired Navy officers who still lived nearby, participated in the process. The public had not had access to this section of the waterfront since the base opened in 1923, and regaining acces.<> was one of the main de-- "We've worked for more than a decade now to transform the former Naval Training Center into a resource all San Diegans can use, while reflecting the rich maritime his- tory our city enjoys. We're one step closer to the vision of NTc. ultimately as a destina- tion for residents and visitors alike; a place surrounded by green, bordered by water and centered on history." Hank Cunningham, assistant executive director of the San Diego Redevelopment Agency""Oii A landscaped promenade creates a pleasant walking environment for residents. 111111 31