Vision2020 Timeline in Photos *Updated*

Vision2020 Timeline in Photos *Updated*

vision-2020-hospital-renderingAn artist’s rendering of the new Loma Linda University children’s and adult hospital towers, which are slated for completion in the winter of 2020.

Before construction begins on parking structure P2 these three converted home/offices fronting Campus Street must be razed. 🔨

In July 2012, rebar caissons rise from the footings of what will be the seven-level P2 parking structure. 🔨

By the spring of 2013, parking structure P2 has reached level five and is being formed for level six. The iron rebar will support levels six and seven. 🔨

In October 2013, the parking structure P2 nears completion.

In the fall of 2014, the first span of the overhead pedestrian walkway linking P2 with the Medical Center campus was successfully lifted into place. 🔨

campus-st-walkway-2The completed overhead pedestrian walkway, which spans Campus Street and connects parking structure P2 and the Medical Center campus. 🔨

The site for parking structure P3, located on the corner of Barton Road and Campus Street, has been cleared by the winter of 2015
and general site preparation work is underway. Parking structure P2 and the overhead pedestrian walkway is in the upper right of the photo. 🔨

In preparation for the new entrance to the Medical Center, these “Mary M” apartments built on the corner of Anderson Street and Prospect Avenue
in the mid- to late-1950s are slated for demolition.🔨

In the late summer and early fall of 2015, interior demolition crews were in the units (after all of the utilities have been shut off)  stripping it bare of light fixtures, doors, pipes, glass, nails, and any and all other things recyclable.

In the early fall of 2015, while the “Mary M” apartments are being demolished, surveyors begin marking the asphalt and staking the median along Medical Center Drive—the entrance to the Medical Center. About the same time, a small flock of red barricades appeared. Soon, the word got out and the flock of red barricades grew
exponentially as the traffic was rerouted and the parking areas were closed for construction.

high-voltage-linesBefore the Medical Center Drive could be excavated, the high voltage electrical lines had to be rerouted.

The excavation of the area north of the Medical Center Drive, as seen from Camera 1. The
work is essential to reroute the entrance from Anderson Street to Prospect Avenue.

While work continued to the north of Medical Center Drive, Prospect Ave. had to have new underground water pipes installed, the street widened,
which included new sidewalks, gutters and asphalt paving.

A night shot of the newly completed parking structure P3. With the completion of this structure, patients parking
east of the Medical Center could be closed to allow for construction to commence on the new hospitals.
Prospect Avenue as viewed after the widening project completed and the new entrance opened.

The new hospital entrance as seen from LLUMC Camera 1, which is routed off of
the newly widened Prospect Avenue.

On April 12, 2016, the Anderson Street entrance to the Loma Linda University Medical Center officially closed. Traffic was redirected to the new
entrance off of Prospect Avenue. To say the least, the next few days were very confusing to visitors and patients who were not aware of the closure.

At the time parking structure P3 opened for visitors and patients, work was underway on parking structure P4. The photo provides a view, from the
new hospital site (paralleling Barton Road), of the first floor caissons rising above the foundation floor.

A view through the chainlink fence at what was, a few days before, an ever full hospital parking lot. On this day,
soon the site will be bulldozed, cleared, and prepared for the official groundbreaking ceremonies.

Scrapers, excavators, and other heavy equipment level the site in preparation the site excavation.

The official groundbreaking ceremonies were held on Sunday, May 29, 2016.

By early June 1916 photo, the outline of the project is visible.

A June 8, 2016, tower view from camera 1, clearly defines the construction site. Due to the angle, the western edge is not visible.

tower-view-camera-3-080316Rebar caissons rise (circa July 2012) from the footings of what will be a seven-level parking structure (P2).

As of August 9, 2016, the rectangular shape of the project was delineated by the first cutback (six feet below grade) on the north side and
the three levels below grade on the south side.

tower-view-camera-3-082416An excellent view (08/24/16) of the excavation process as the crew works on the fourth tier on the north side and the firs tier on the north side.

A September 8, 2016 photo of the pit. The north side is now twelve feet below grade and the south pit is at 24 feet below grade.

The excavation contines: On September 27, 2016, excavation on the south side continues as another layer (number six) is being cutback. The north
side has reached the third level and is in the shotcrete application process. Note that the dirt ramp was moved further south in this photo.

One more level to be excavated when this photo was taken on October 11, 2016. this photo the bottom (floor) of the pit is visible. For all practical

purposes the major excavation is complete. Now there will be trenching and filling as ducting (pipes) are laid underground.

In this photo the bottom (floor) of the pit is visible. For all practical purposes the major excavation is complete. Now there
will be trenching and filling as ducting is laid underground.

A November 16, 2016, view of the Patient Parking Structure 4 (P4), which is under construction south of Barton Road. When completed, the
structure will have six levels and will serve as the main parking structure for the construction workers.

On November 16, 2016, work continues in the pit, including but not limited to trenching, installing telecom and electrical ducting, preparing to
move the ramp to the northeast side of the pit, digging sump vault pits, and permanent grade cleanup.

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Dennis E. Park, MA
After graduate school Dennis accepted a position at Loma Linda University. He worked there for 42 years in the areas of administration and financial management, also teaching accounting and management to dietetic students at the School of Public Health. Through the years Dennis has chronicled the growth of the campus, including the construction of the Drayson Center and the Centennial Complex and the razing of Gentry Gym. He is the author of "The Mound City Chronicles: A Pictorial History of Loma Linda University, A Health Sciences Institution 1905 - 2005." dEp 09.30.2016 🔨