NATIONAL WESTERN CENTER
Denver, Co
Transit Plaza Jeremy Johnson
Iowa State University
Denver International Airport
North Metro Northwest Rail Gold Line
41st & Fox Station
40th & Colorado 38th & Blake
City & County
West Corridor
Denver
I-225 Corridor
City Context Map National Western Center Globeville Elyria-Swansea Union Station
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WHO WILL USE THIS SPACE? From the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Master Plan
VIEWSHEDS From the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Master Plan
STREETSCAPES From the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Master Plan
GREENSPACE From the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Master Plan
RAIL CROSSINGS From the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Master Plan
NWC Master Plan’s Transit Plaza
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Hierarchy of paths “First Step Experience” Lack ofinterest towards Brighton Blvd. Separation of Expo Hall
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Community Plaza Event Field Transit Platform Catwalk Connection Retail - Restaurant Mural Historic Rail Landmark Lookout Tower Cottonwood Field Parking Access
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Land Use Diagram Destinations General Pedestrian Circulation Way-finding Pavement Vegetated Areas Vehicle Circulation Section Cut Lines
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Mountain Sentinel Aspen
Water Quality Improvements
Populus tremuloides ‘Mountain Sentinel’
Flagstone imbedded in turf Water runoff strainer leading to detention infrastructure Permeable pavers Native shrub vegetation: Twinberry Fruit Golden Currant
Tiling leads to Cottonwood Field
Wild Rose Western Chokecherry
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Community Plaza Event Field Transit Platform Catwalk Connection Retail - Restaurant Mural Historic Rail Landmark Lookout Tower Cottonwood Field Parking Access
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Event Field
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“The new NWC station is a key connection point for the entire neighborhood and NWC.�
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“The site will include larger pieces of signiture art anda mix of smaller installations...�
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Community Plaza Event Field Transit Platform Catwalk Connection Retail - Restaurant Mural Historic Rail Landmark Lookout Tower Cottonwood Field Parking Access
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Catwalk Elevator
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“...stepping into the West in a way that celebrates the past, but is modern and useable...�
Restaurant Balcony
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Western Mural
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Historic Rail Landmark
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Community Plaza Event Field Transit Platform Catwalk Connection Retail - Restaurant Mural Historic Rail Landmark Lookout Tower Cottonwood Field Parking Access
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Expo Hall
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Lookout Tower
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“...a setting that is urban and evokes its rural past.�
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Cottonwood Field
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NATIONAL WESTERN CENTER
Denver, Co
Transit Plaza Jeremy Johnson
Iowa State University