Downtown Vallejo

Temple Art Lofts is a mixed-use development in the heart of Downtown Vallejo’s burgeoning Arts and Entertainment District. This community of artists grew out of the historic preservation and adaptive reuse of the 1917 Masonic Temple and the 1872 original City Hall.  Completed in 2013, the project has been honored with a number of awards, including a Preservation Design Award from the California Preservation Foundation.

Alleys are very old features of American cities that today are usually only used as places for dumpsters or excess parking. Cities are now repurposing these spaces as a strategy for revitalization that integrates the city’s history. While alleys tend to be underused spaces, simple changes that make them attractive to pedestrians can help ensure they become active areas and viewed as social spaces to be used, rather than avoided.