Fulton Mall, Fulton Street between Tuolumne Street and Inyo Street, Fresno, Fresno County, CA

Significance: Fulton Mall was built in 1964 to revitalize Fresno's downtown retail core. It is significant as a work of landscape architecture and urban design, representative of modernist landscape design. It was designed by pioneering modernist landscape architect Garrett Eckbo. The Fulton Mall is also the fulfillment of one part of a larger plan for downtown Fresno created by architect and urban planner Victor Gruen. Fulton Mall was one of the earliest of many downtown pedestrian malls (only Kalamazoo, Michigan's is older) created in the 1960s and 1970s as part of urban renewal plans. Of approximately 200 downtown pedestrian malls created, Fulton Mall is one of only a few that has not been converted back to streets.

Fulton Mall is also a rare example of one of Garrett Eckbo's modernist landscape public spaces. The mall's organic forms, three dimensional elements, water features, and artworks are representative design elements of a 1960s modernist landscape.

The Fulton Mall Reconstruction Project will introduce two-way vehicle circulation and parking to Fulton. The project will result in the demolition of the existing Fulton Mall. Many elements of the existing Fulton Mall will be incorporated into the new project. Existing water features will be reconstructed near their original locations, and all existing artworks will be relocated into the new design.
Survey number: HALS CA-116
Building/structure dates: 1964 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 2015 Demolished