The entrance to the Battleship USS Iowa Museum at the Port of Los Angeles is getting a makeover, under plans recently adopted by the Board of Harbor Commissioners.

The project, reviewed as an addendum to the Berth 87 USS Iowa Project's 2011 environmental impact report, calls for reducing the size of the ship's existing visitor center by approximately 50 percent to just over 17,000 square feet. That would leave space for 50,000 square feet of park space at the entrance to the retired battleship, including public art, garden areas, a plaza, and event space. Plans also call for space for a bike share station and a bus drop-off zone.

Site plan for new green spaceSWA

SWA is designing the space, according to plans included with the project's environmental study.

Construction of the project is projected to occur over a roughly 15-month period, although a start date is not specified in the study.

The project follows other recent efforts to build open space along the waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles, including a new promenade adjacent to the West Harbor development and multiple parks in Wilmington.

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