METROPOLITAN DESIGN CENTER
DISCOVERING THE FUTURE OF
GRANARY CORRIDOR The urge to preserve certain cities, or certain buildings and streets within them, has something in it of the instinct to preserve family records...[Cities] are live, changing things--not hard artifacts in need of petrification and calculated revision. Cities are never still; they resist efforts to make neat sense of them. We need to respect their rhythms and to recognize that the life of the city form must lie loosely somewhere between total control and total freedom of action.
COLLEGE OF DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Re-forming the “Missing Link�: Connecting Granary Corridor to St. Anthony Main
St. Anthony Main
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Pedestrian Surface & Activities Stair & Ramp to site
Two-way Car Route w/ parking
River Activities Flat
Gathering Area Service Route
Pedestrian Surface & Activities On-site Car Route
Commercial Node Service Route
Site Analysis
Re-forming the “Missing Link�: Connecting Granary Corridor to St. Anthony Main
Re-forming Granary Road as a Greenway Corridor
Existing Conditions in the Dinkytown District
Proposed Design Plan
trolley shelter trolley recreation path + permeable paving system emergency vehicle access
recreation path + trolley entrance plaza entrance alley or sidewalk entrance
new building plaza + ramps walls - existing + proposed trees
pedestrian-oriented streets district landmark building plaza + ramp connection
Re-forming Granary Road as a Greenway Corridor
Re-forming Granary Road as a Greenway Corridor
Re-forming the SEMI District
Re-forming the SEMI District
Re-forming the SEMI District
This work was the end result of a graduate Urban Design studio at the University of Minnesota College of Design by Professor Ignacio San Martin. Collaborating students included: Tep Piseth Re-forming the “Missing Link”: Connecting Granary Corridor to Main Street Allison Verdoorn, Stacy Hanley Reforming Granary Road as a Greenway Corridor Jason Lord, Nathan Roisen Re-forming the SEMI District
A SPECIAL THANKS Funding for this effort was provided, in part, through generous support from the McKnight Foundation, and the Dayton Hudson Endowment.
For additional information contact METROPOLITAN DESIGN CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN University of Minnesota 1 Ralph Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
smartin@umn.edu