The city of Anaheim is home to big-ticket draws such as Angel Stadium, the Grove arena, the Honda Center sports venue and, of course, Disneyland. Now, it is home to an iconic structure that heralds the arrival of a new age of transit in traditionally auto-centric Southern California. Located in an area called the Platinum Triangle-targeted for mixed-use redevelopment, with an emphasis on public transportation-the 120-ft-tall, 68,000-sq-ft Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) also will be the first of its kind to achieve LEED Platinum, say project officials. The goal of achieving an energy-efficient structure that also would serve as a gateway to the region-a city goal from the plan's inception-informed the painstaking design and construction efforts that belie the relatively modest $180-million cost.
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