STATUS REPORT
Crystal City Business Improvement District Urban Design Recommendations CRYSTAL CITY BID
BOARD MEETING | 15 MAY 2007
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TIMELINE
Step 1: Data Collection Conducted January 2007 Step 2: Visioning Session Conducted 23 February 2007 Step 3: Recommendations Presented 20 April 2007 Step 4: Board Presentation Presented 15 May 2007 CRYSTAL CITY BID
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GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY
GOAL
To create in Arlington County’s downtown, one of the nation’s most renowned places to work, live, shop, invest and enjoy.
OBJECTIVES
• Enhance the appearance, functionality and vitality of the space to support current users, new programs and expanded activity. • Create programs and activities that promote Crystal City, draw increased participation from its wide range of current users, and attract new users. • Extend the increased functionality and urbanity of Crystal City downtown to all areas of the CCBID.
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SITE SURVEYS & EXISTING CONDITIONS
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Every part of Crystal City was surveyed on foot and by car. Streetscape conditions were inventoried, and activities were observed both day and night, weekday and weekend.
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URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS The following principles of urban design are the cornerstones of our recommendations: • Animation • Accessibility • Legibility
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• Structure • Function • Complementary Mixed Use
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URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
ANIMATION Designing to stimulate public activity. • Create unique animation through light. • Welcome “street life” activities with benches, tables, shade structures, lighting, signage, parks equipment, etc.
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URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
ACCESSIBILITY Ease, safety and choice of movement to and through the BID. • Enhance east west pedestrian connectivity by lighting underpasses, improving 23rd St tunnel appearance, marking crosswalks and expanding wayfinding. • Engage people so that they experience more of Crystal City as they arrive or pass by.
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URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
LEGIBILITY A common sense of design and overall branded experience. • Establish a wayfinding program for the entire CCBID. • Identify primary gateways with signage, lighting and landscaping. • Establish the unifying thread of lighting and animation, public art and murals. • Maintain the dense formalized plantings and green lawns. • Apply new logo to signage, streetscape elements, promotional materials.
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URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
STRUCTURE Composition for sense of place and hierarchy of its components • Establish a clear identity from all main points of arrival (by car, Metro, train and bike) to ends and edges. • Use common streetscape elements: signage, furniture and landscaping. • Reinforce 23rd St., Crystal Drive and 18th Street as the primary “hot zone” of concentrated activities that expands through the BID.
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URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
FUNCTION Supporting activities and intended uses. • Use trailblazers, banners and/or signage to promote special events and guide users from gateways into Crystal City. • Extend 2-way circulation along Crystal Drive. • Improve southbound access at 15th Street to Crystal Drive.
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URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
COMPLEMENTARY MIXED USE Extend variety and types of activities including entertainment, retail, restaurants and services. • Promote street level retail near gateways, hot zone, hotels and residences. • Increase connectivity between street level activities and Crystal City Shops. • Maintain and enhance visibility of existing parks and green spaces. • Add recreation options for kids (e.g. PBS Kids park) and dogs.
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OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS
TIMELINE Individual recommendations were also developed for each sector according to these timeframes. Short-Term (FY 2008) • Band-aid, quick corrections with big benefits. • Focus on areas where there are large groups of people to affect with simple changes. • Program changes, public relations campaign and wayfinding. • • • •
Mid-Term (1 - 5 years) Support for new marketing and public relations programs. Areas that need more coordination time for planning, design, approval and budgets. Rollout of branding. Development of guidelines for future projects.
Long-Term (5 years +) • Projects to be developed in the future or projects with a very long planning, design and construction schedules. • Will require infrastructure changes and county approvals. • Maturity of programs that are supported by BID. CRYSTAL CITY BID
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OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS
SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS: HIGHER PRIORITY IMPLEMENTED BY: (B) = BID, (D) = DEVELOPER, (J) = JOINT
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Lighting & Landscaping Light and improve all underpasses. (B) Implement a seasonal light program. (B) Use dramatic lighting as a signature environmental artform. (D) Soften hotel facades with landscaping. (D)
Wayfinding • Enlarge Metro signage on existing directional signage poles. (B) • Add trailblazers for special programs like “Art-O-Matic” from Metro, VRE, and other points of entry. (B) • Extend wayfinding program (like Vornado/Charles E. Smith system) throughout entire BID. (J) Branding • Gently and boldly apply new logo to entire BID area. (B) • Brand bridges (pedestrian/vehicular & building overhangs) over main streets with Crystal City signage. (B) CRYSTAL CITY BID
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OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS
SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS: LOWER PRIORITY IMPLEMENTED BY: (B) = BID, (D) = DEVELOPER, (J) = JOINT
• Create landscaping and treescaping guidelines for developers that consider sustainability. (B) • Create one common flowering plant color scheme each year. (J) • Consider an artist competition to design/beautify the retaining walls. (J) • Animate the entire area with recreational activities for kids and dogs. (J)
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OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS
MID-TERM AND LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS IMPLEMENTED BY: (B) = BID, (D) = DEVELOPER, (J) = JOINT
Mid-Term • Complete development of primary and secondary gateways. (B) • Establish urban design guidelines for streetscape to reinforce identity of BID. (J) • Encourage developers to provide “green” incentives for tenants including: green roofs, sustainable landscaping and LED lighting. (J) Long-Term • Reinforce the dominance of Crystal Drive as the “main street” of the BID. (B)
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