Islands for Cleveland
A Second Emerald Necklace and Multimodal Transit Hub Gavin Sharp, Dan O’Neill, Daryl Di’Iorio, Isaiah Zuercher
Topography
Building Footprints
Parking
Parks
Points of Interest
Religious Sites
Sight Lines
Landmarks
Nodes
Natural Corridors
Auto Corridors
Combined
Major Highway Corridors
Park and River Corridors
Combined
Corridor Overlap
Light Rail
Trolley
Airports
Rail Usage
Rail Stations
Rail Ownership
Ethnicity
Redlining
Education
Income
Poverty
Native American Sites
Bicycle Paths
Regional Bus
Streetcar
Light rail
The Emerald Necklace
Regional Transit Proposal
Urban Layers
Proposed Bicycle Infrastructure
Proposed Regional Bus Network
Reinstituted Streetcar Network
Proposed Light Rail System Extensions
Proposed Transit Network
Natural Corridors + Income
Ethnicity + Division
Schools + Transit
Grocery Access + Poverty
Transit Deadzones
Railroads + Redlining
Existing Transit
Streetcar Map + Railroad Frequency
PAST FIGURE GROUND
PRESENT FIGURE GROUND
FUTURE FIGURE GROUND
DUNES
BOULEVARD
RESIDENTIAL
AGRICULTURE ISLAND
TYP. COMPLETE STREET
DESIGN INTERVENTIONS FOR THE URBAN CORE 0
500
2000
1000
TYP. EXPANDED COMPLETE STREET PLAN 0
TERMINAL TOWER SITE 0
150
300
10
20
40
LAKEFRONT SITE 0
600
150
300
600
BOULEVARD EXPANDED 0
200
400
TYP. COMPLETE STREET 0
600
10
20
INTERBELT SECTION 0
40
10
20
40
PLANTS EVERGREEN TREES, DECIDUOUS TREES
EASTERN WHITE PINE
ARBORVITAE
EASTERN REDCEDAR
JAPANESE LILAC
FLOWERING CRABAPPLE
GOLDENRAIN
EASTERN REDBUD
JAPANESE ZELKOVA
MAGNOLIA
PAPERBARK MAPLE
BUTTONBUSH
RED CHOKEBERRY
WILD HYDRANGEA
SWEET PEPPER
SUMAC
NINEBARK
ELDERBERRY
DOGWOOD
HAWTHORN
BOXWOOD
BLACK EYED SUSAN
BLUE FALSE INDIGO
BLUE FLAG
BLUE VERVAIN
BUTTERFLY WEED
CARDINAL FLOWER
COLUMBINE
GAYFEATHER
GOLDENROD
WETLAND
GRASSLAND
MEADOW
DECIDUOUS FOREST
LAWN
SEDUM
COLLARD
PLAZA TABLES
BUS SHELTERS
PUBIC BATHROOMS
WATER FOUNTAINS
PET WASTE STATIONS
TRASH AND RECYCLING BINS
SAFETY SIGNAGE
VIRGINIA PINE
FLOWERING DOGWOOD
TRIDENT MAPLE
FIELD MAPLE
EUROPEAN HORNBEAM
HACKBERRY
PERSIAN IRONWOOD
SMALL-LEAFED LINDEN
RIVER BIRCH
HONEY LOCUST
SILVER LINDEN
AMERICAN ELM
RED BUCKEYE
RED OAK
JAPANESE STEWARTIA
AMERICAN SYCAMORE
SASSAFRAS
AMERICAN BASSWOOD
BOXELDER
TULIPTREE
MOUNTAIN ASH
JAPANESE SNOWDROP
PAW-PAW
RED MULBERRY
SHRUBS AND GRASSES
SWEETSPIRE
HAZEL TREE
CREPE MYRTLE
FORSYTHIA
PRIVET
WEIGELA
SPIREA
LILAC BUSH
MOUNTAIN LAUREL
ROSEMARY
HOSTA
ARROWWOOD
HEPTACODIUM
PRAIRIE DROPSEED
FERN
BLUE OAT
FEATHER REEDGRASS
BLUE FESCUE
MAIDENGRASS
SEDGE
BLOODROOT
WATER LOTUS
CONEFLOWER
BLUET
BLUE-EYED MARY
VIOLET
DWARF CRESTED IRIS
JACOB’S LADDER
MIAMI MIST
VIRGINIA WATERLEAF
WILD HYACINTH
FIRE PINK
SPRING BEAUTY
TOAD SHADE
WILD BLUE PHLOX
WOOD BETONY
GOLDEN RAGWORT
YELLOW DOWNY VIOLET
WOOD POPPY
CANADA MAYFLOWER
GREEN BEANS
EGGPLANT
KALE
ROADS
HISTORIC ROADS
PERMEABLE WALKWAYS
PERMEABLE PAVERS
MULCH
RECYCLED PATHWAYS
RECYCLED PLAYSCAPES
STEPPING STONES
SIDING
CONCRETE
STONE
SHINGLES
WOOD
GLASS
STUCCO
METAL
FIBER CEMENT SIDING
COMPOSITE DECKING
SHADING SYSTEMS
STRING LIGHTS
FOUNTAINS
SPLASH PAD
PARKING METERS
MANHOLE COVERS
CURBS
OUTDOOR DINING
RECYCLED PLAYSCAPES
SIDWALK MENUS
MURALS
SCULPTURES
MONUMENTS
STATUES
PAYHPONES
ATMS
FARMER’S MARKETS
STREET VENDORS
FOOD TRUCKS
SWINGS
BAYBERRY
COCKSPUR HAWTHORN
RHIODODENDRON
GREY OWL JUNIPER
ASTER
GERANIUM
SALT AND PEPPER
LADY SLIPPER
SPINACH
TOMATOES
PEPPERS
CARROTS
BICYCLE PARKING
STREET AND PARK LIGHTING
BOLLARDS
STREET PLANTERS
PERENNIALS
BEE BALM
TEXTURES NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL
FRESHWATER
SAND
FIXTURES STREETS, PARKS, AND PATHWAYS
BENCHES
PICNIC TABLES
FIRE HYDRANT