District · Downtown

Third Street Promenade

Three car-free blocks of shopping, street performance, and public gathering between Wilshire and Broadway.

What we love

Why this place matters

  • A street built for people, not cars.
  • Buskers, dinosaur fountains, and unplanned encounters.
  • One of the few genuinely public gathering places in the region.
  • Room to experiment — markets, art, performance, pop-ups.

The area today

Current information

Blocks

3

Wilshire to Broadway

Ground-floor vacancies

Awaiting verified data

Statistics and city data are placeholders until verified sources are added.

Issues & challenges

What this place is working through

Opportunities

What could make it better

  • Rotating markets and maker fairs
  • Temporary use of vacant spaces for art and small business
  • Food and urban-agriculture demonstrations

Projects & ideas

What's being proposed

No projects or proposals have been added for Third Street Promenade yet. Community concepts, city projects, and experiments will appear here.

Community

Voices from this place

Resident stories

Local stories and memories will be collected here.

Photos

Community photo contributions are not open yet.

Ideas & polls

Idea submission and neighborhood polls are planned.

Events & organizations

Local groups and events will be listed here.

On the map

Where you are

Pacific OceanSanta Monica PierSanta Monica BeachDowntown Santa MonicaThird Street PromenadeMain StreetMontana AvenueSanta Monica Airport AreaSanta Monica CollegePalisades ParkReed ParkMemorial ParkVirginia Avenue ParkAirport ParkCivic CenterOcean ParkPico NeighborhoodMid-CityNorth of MontanaWilshire / MontanaSunset ParkNortheast Santa MonicaDowntown ResidentialMajor CorridorsE Line Stations

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