APA Central Coast, Santa Barbara Subsection will be leading a walking tour that features the State Street Undercrossing Project and other projects designed by Architect Jeff Shelton on Thursday May 29, 2025. 

Join fellow planners and transportation and architecture enthusiasts for a unique opportunity to learn about projects with a unique architectural style that shape Santa Barbara’s vibrant and charismatic downtown. The tour will feature the Vision Zero State Street Undercrossing Project, located at State Street and Highway 101. Speakers will include Jessica Grant, Supervising Transportation Planner for the City of Santa Barbara and Jeff Shelton, the project’s architectural consultant. We will learn about the undercrossing’s history, the project’s goals, and how the undercrossing has been transformed from a dim and dangerous corridor to a safer and brighter space that serves as Santa Barbara’s unofficial gateway. As time allows, we can also tour additional downtown building sites designed by Jeff.

Following the tour, participants have the option to attend a happy hour at Augie’s (also one of Jeff’s architecture projects!). Please let us know if you will be attending the happy hour in addition to the tour so that we can secure enough space.

Date: Thursday May 29, 2025

Time: 5pm – 6:15pm, Happy hour to follow

Starting Point: Santa Barbara Roasting Company – 321 Motor Way, Santa Barbara

End Point: Augie’s -700 State Street, Santa Barbara