Time has taken it's toll, we need to find way to save it.

Beauty in the downtown part of a city is a necessity, not a luxury. People will always respond to beauty if we make it intimate and personal and related to the charter and integrity of the city. This was how Millard Sheets summed up his philosophy for the design of the Pomona Mall shortly after it opened in 1962.

When it opened in 1962, this "was hailed as one of the first pedestrian malls in the United States and nationally recognized asa blueprint for urban revitalization" (it was originally part of a master plan that would've covered most of the city). The project closed off nine blocks and added trees, benches, art, and fountains (with "plenty of nearby parking"). In 1977, five of the block were reopened to cars; the closed east end has since been swalloed by the Western University of Health Sciences campus. Meanwhile, though, several pieces by Sheets, Arthur and Jean Ames, Betty Davenport Ford, and John Svenson are still in place.