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HI STORI CALCONTEXT GEORGI AN
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FEDERAL 17801820
GREEK REVI VAL
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GOTHI C REVI VAL 18301860
I NTERNATI ONAL STYLE I TALI ANI TE 18401880
BEAUXART 18901920
19201945
ARTDECO
19251940
POST MODERN 19751990
I NTRODUCTI ON LOCATI ON
Sout hwes t er nt i pof LowerManhat t anNewYor k POPULATI ON
Es t i mat i onof13, 400peopl e ARCHI TECT
Wal l ac eK. Har r i s on LANDSCAPEARCHI TECT
M. Paul Fr i edber g ESTI MATEDCOST
$230mi l l i on
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PRI NCI PLES
1. Subwayst at i on
Resi dent i al Commer ci al Connect edt oSubwaySer vi ces, Communi t yFaci l i t i es&Of f i ce I nvent or y WTCPl azaAccess
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3. Suf f i c i entf l ex i bi l i t yt o pr ov i dedev el opment
Cl oset osubways,t hepat h t er mi nalandot hermasst r ansi t .
Pr i mar yCi r c ul at i on Sec ondar yCi r c ul at i on T ax i
Theameni t yofa wat er f r ontl ocat i on.
Pr esenceofof f i ceempl oyees, shopper ,andvi si t or si nt he i mmedi at ear ea
I mmedi at eaccesst ot axi s,busesand ot hervehi cl esvi awestst r eet /west ways
4.
LAYOUTANDORI ENTATI ONSHOULDBEANEXTENSI ONOFLOWERMANHATTAN’ S 5. SYSTEM OFSTREETSANDBLOCKS
Nor t hAr ea Resi dent i al
Cent r al Ar ea Commer c i al Sout hAr ea Resi dent i al Wat er f r ont OpenSpace
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PEDESTRI ANACCESS TRAFFI CACCESS
7. Eachsect i onhi ghl i ght edyel l owhasauni que bui l df or m andgoodabi l i t i est oexpandi t sar ea f orr esi dent i al . Ther edar ea,t hespacei sl i mi t edbyt her oad boundar i es.
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PRI ORTO THEEXPANSI ONOFTHESI TE,I TI SPOSSI BLETHATBUI LDI NG ELEMENTS CANBERELOCATEDFORDI FFERENTPURPOSES.
LANDUSECONCEPT Nor t hAr ea Res i dent i al
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OPENSPACE
STREETANDBLOCK
PROS&BENEFI TS >I nc r eas et hes t r engt hsandqual i t i esoft hear ea wi t houthavi ngt osepar at ebot har eaapar t . >Ver yf l exi bl ei ns pac eex t ens i onandav ar i abl euni t >I mmedi at eac c es st ot axi ,buses,andot her vehi cl esv i at opaccessonwes ts t r eet >Bei nganext ensi onr at hert hanai ndi vi dual pr oj ect ,ex i s t i ngdev el oper swi l l beabl et ohol d c onf i denc ei nt oi nv es t i ngi nt ot heex t ens i on
CONS&SHORTCOMI NGS >Ov erc ompl i c at edbui l di ngpol i c i esf r om t he gov er nmentduet ol andshor t age. >Ar i gi dgr i ds y s t em bui l di nggr oundr est r i ct sa l oti nt hebui l di ngaest het i cst of ol l owi town f unc t i onandpur pos e. >Al ar ges c al emar k etf ordev el opmentmak esi t har dt obecer t ai norbei ngabl et opr edi ct aboutexpandi ngt hear eaf oras pec i f i cpur pos e >Ahi ghl andc os tmak esdev el oper si ni t i al l y r el uct antt oi nvesti nbegi nni ngpr oj ec t
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