Roland Park Masterplan Baltimore Country Club N
KEY GREENSPACE GATEWAY PLAYGROUND NEIGHBORHOOD GATEWAY GREENSPACE PATH 200’
G BIG MEADOW
REFORESTATION ZONE
G LITTLE MEADOW
DOG PARK STREAM CLEANUP & REFORESTATION
TREE SWINGS
G
STEPPING STONES
PRESERVE OPEN SPACE
SHADE TREES W/ BENCHES
MAINTAIN EXISTING VIEWS REFORESTATION ZONE
PRACTICE PLAYING FIELD SCULPTURE GARDEN PLAYGROUND
P
NEW LANDSCAPING
*
TENNIS COMMUNITY GARDEN
PARKING
NEW LANDSCAPING
G
IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AT FALLS RD. & HILLSIDE
ORCHARD
G
100’
50’
0’
G P
*
P
P
G
G
P
G
G P
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G
G G
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KEY
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Open Space & Connections
N
BUMPOUT NODE
PLAYGROUND
GREENSPACE GATEWAY
NEIGHBORHOOD GATEWAY
EXISTING PATH
NEW PATH
BIKE PATH
PUBLIC PARK
SCHOOLS & INSTITUTIONS
0
COMMERCIAL SPACE
.25
P
G
*
MILES
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Cold Spring Lane Commercial Corridor N
KEY GREENSPACE GATEWAY NEIGHBORHOOD GATEWAY NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
G
*
BUS STOP GREENSPACE PATH 100’
50’
25’
OVERFLOW PARKING ON PERMEABLE PAVERS
0’
NY R STO UN
RELOCATE PARKING AT TRAIL
IL
TRA
BIKE RACKS AT TRAIL ENTRANCE
KESWICK RD
REPLACE SOLID RAILING W/ OPEN IRONWORK AT BRIDGE
S D L O C
*
F WICK
E N A L PRING
G
ON STREET PARKING
ORD RD
MINIMIZE CURB CUT WIDTH, TYPICAL RECONFIGURE PARKING & ACCESS SCREEN PARKING & OUTDOOR SEATING W/ LANDSCAPING BUMPOUTS & PAVING MATERIAL CHANGE AT CROSSWALK
SPECIAL PAVING
WIDEN & IMPROVE SIDEWALKS RECONFIGURE PARKING & ACCESS
LINKWOOD PARK
Roland Park Masterplan
TRUCK TURNING RADIUS
5100 Block N
KEY GREENSPACE GATEWAY NEIGHBORHOOD GATEWAY BUS STOP
G
*
TRUCK TURNING RADIUS
BIKE PATH 20’
10’
0’
DEEPDENE ROAD
40’
LANDSCAPED WALL
EXPANDED SIDEWALK
OUTDOOR CAFE SEATING PLANTERS W/ SEATING
PLANTERS
SPECIAL PAVING COORDINATE STREET FURNITURE
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO GARAGE
BUMPOUTS & PAVING MATERIAL CHANGE AT CROSSWALKS
NUE E V A BIOSWALES AND
BUS
ROL
LOW FENCE
BUS
BIKE RACKS
AT BUMPOUTS
T WYNDHURS
Roland Park Masterplan Wyndhurst Station N
KEY GREENSPACE GATEWAY NEIGHBORHOOD GATEWAY GREENSPACE PATH 50’
25’ 12.5’
*
0’
BUMPOUTS AT CROSSINGS
AVENUE
ROLAND PARK POOL
G
NUE E V A ALE
REORIENT PARKING AT POOL
D LAWN
*
PLAZA 68 TOTAL PARKING ON LAWNDALE NEW GREENSPACE AT POOL ENTRANCE
NEW TREES IN LANDSCAPED BERM
GATED & ENCLOSED DUMPSTER
STONY RUN
WALL AND OPEN SPACE FOR MOVIES & COMMUNITY EVENTS OVERLOOK
STEPPING STONES AT STREAM CROSSING
STONY RUN TRAIL
W WILMSLO
ROAD
NARROW TO 20’ NEW TREES
BIKE RACKS
G
Stony Run Park and Former Railroad Right-of-Way Block Lot Map Private Ownership
City Ownership Dept. of Rec. & Parks
Private Ownership w/ Easement
City Ownership Possible “Surplus” Dept. of Real Estate
PP = Neighborhood Parks Partnership
BRYN MAWR SCHOOL eet North Charles Str
West Northern Parkwa y
ue n ve A ld o w s t Co
GILMAN SCHOOL
Amberly Way
SCHOOL OF THE CATHEDRAL ROLAND PARK ES / MS
FRIENDS SCHOOL
DEEPDENE & COLORADO GATEWAY Path to be stabilized
Deepdene Road
Structural stabilization Colorado Avenue
WYNDHURST
Wimslow and Gladstone Improvements: New pervious path, New on-street path, Curb extensions at crosswalks
ue
Avenue
le Aven
Summit
Lawnda
St. Johns Road
nue Gladstone Ave
Lawndale to St Johns Improvements: Add grade stream crossing, Expand city park and stream buer, New on-street path
Roland Park Pool
WYNDHURST STATION GATEWAY
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Hawthorne
BLYTHEWOOD
ROLAND PARK Oakdale Road
OAKDALE ROAD GATEWAY
EVERGREEN Wilmslow Road
Keswick Road
Schenley Road
Maynadier Road
Hawthorne Road
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
New pervious path
WEST COLD SPRING LANE GATEWAY
Road
Bridge improvements, Curb extensions and new crosswalks
Linkwood Road
Wingate
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KESWICK
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Keswick Road
Kittery Lane
Northfield Plac
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OVERHILL ROAD GATEWAY
KEY: September 09, 2011
STONY
RUN
NORTH
WA L K I N G
PAT H
Existing Main Path to be Enhanced (maximum 6 FT width path)
New Main Path (maximum 6 FT width path)
Connection Paths Recreational Areas Pedestrian Bridge
TRAFFICPark COUNTS Roland Masterplan
N
Cold SpringPRIMARY Lane Light Rail Connection (#)
AADT (Annual Average Daily TraямГc)*
(#)
SAFE PEDESTRIAN TREBUCHT MS 9 pt CROSSINGS SIDEWALK and STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS POTENTIAL TRAIL CONNECTION LIGHT RAIL
POLY / WESTERN
L PARK AND RIDE
Widen sidewalk width and improve streetscape on overpass
(#)
N
LIGHT RAIL
PARK AND RIDE
POTENTIAL TRAIL CONNECTION
L
SIDEWALK and STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS
AADT (Annual Average Daily TraямГc)*
SAFE PEDESTRIAN TREBUCHT MS 9 pt CROSSINGS
(#)
Cold SpringPRIMARY Lane Light Rail Connection
TRAFFICPark COUNTS Roland Masterplan
Widen sidewalk width and improve streetscape on overpass
POLY / WESTERN
Figure 5.1: Wyndhurst Avenue Culvert Figure 5.2: BGE Feeder Lines Serving Greater Roland Park
BGE map showing electrical lines. Solid lines are overhead; dashed lines are underground.
Figure 5.3: Aluminum Pole with Cobra Head Light Fixture and Figure 5.4: Wooden Pole with Cobra Head Light Fixture
Aluminum Pole with Cobra Head Fixture
Wooden Pole with Cobra Head Fixture
Figure 5.5: GE Luminaire and Figure 5.6: Victorian Acorn Light
GE Luminaire
Victorian Acorn
Figure 5.7: Pedestrian Bridge over Roland Avenue and Figure 5.8: Pedestrian Bridge over Stony Run
Figure 5.9: Failing Retaining Wall in Right‐of‐Way
A failing retaining wall within the right‐of‐way.
Figure 5.10: Parallel Grate – Not Bicycle‐Friendly Figure 5.11: Hybrid Grate – Not Bicycle‐Friendly Figure 5.12: Perpendicular Grate – Bicycle‐Friendly
Hybrid Grate – NOT Bicycle
Parallel Grate – NOT Bicycle
Perpendicular Grate – Bicycle
Appendix 5.A: Green Alley Cross‐section
Appendix 5.B: Public Street Lights Inventory
upstream (north) and downstream (south) portions of Stony Run. This culvert provides a “pinch‐point,” which could exacerbate flooding during rain events (a quantity problem). (See photograph, right.) Some flooding has been reported even after the restorations, possibly due to debris blockage at the upstream culvert. Recommendations Volunteer experts from Greater Roland Park should first locate and assess the condition of each outfall in the agreements among customers wanting underground service to their homes to reduce the price.
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D. Telecommunication and Information Technology: Over the past decade, advances in A. century architecture.
Aluminum Pole with Cobra Head Fixture
Wooden Pole with Cobra Head Fixture
Lighting serves a functional role by illuminating public rights‐of‐way to provide safe passage of vehicles and pedestrians. Light quality can also strongly affect the character of a community. Excessive or harsh light creates an environment that seems inhuman. Inadequate light creates an environment that feels unsafe. The size and scale of lights and light poles also affect the character of the streetscape. Light fixtures scaled to the
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GE Luminaire
Victorian Acorn
movement of cars suggest to pedestrians that they are in a car’s environment and may B. of travel for both.
Two pedestrian bridges were built in 2002—one across Roland Avenue between Roland forms of vandalism as needed. C. Walls: There are retaining walls of varying heights and materials throughout Greater Roland Park. They vary from small modular block walls used to level tree wells on a sloped surface, to large engineered, anchored walls, like the one adjacent to the Roland Avenue pedestrian bridge. Retaining walls could also include gabion baskets used as erosion control in restrictive cross‐ sections of Stony Run, such as at culvert or bridge openings.
A failing retaining wall within the right‐of‐way.
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Retaining walls prevent downslope movement or erosion, provide support for vertical or near‐vertical grade changes, and conform to existing topography to maintain the character of Greater Roland Park. Due Storm Drain Inlets: Storm drain inlets on Greater Roland Park’s streets and lanes collect surface run-off and transmit it into the stormwater management system. Some inlets are built into curbs and feature a gap at the curb-road junction that allows water to drain (see Figure 5.?), but many others are flush with the road surface. The flush inlets have grates that prevent large debris from entering the stormwater management system. The grates with slots that are parallel to the road can trap bicycle wheels and cause accidents. Those with perpendicular slots are “bicycle
Parallel Grate – NOT Bicycle Friendly
Hybrid Grate – NOT Bicycle Friendly
Perpendicular Grate – Bicycle Friendly
friendly.” Recommendations Greater Roland Park should encourage the City to replace parallel slotted grates with.
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Exhibit A
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Figure 7.1: Right‐of‐Way and Private Property Planting on Slopes
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Figure 7.2: Roland Avenue and University Parkway Planting Typology
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Figure 7.3: Commercial Area Typology
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Figure 7.4: Recommended Street and Pedestrian Lights
Figure 7.5: Recommended Tree Guard and Grate
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Figure 7.6: Recommended Benches
Figure 7.7: Recommended Newspaper Rack Enclosure, Bus Shelter and Trash Receptacle
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Figure 7.8: Recommended Prototype Gateway Sign
Figure 7.9: Recommended Pathway Sign
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APPENDIX A: RECOMMENDED PLANT LIST FOR STREETSCAPE AND RESIDENTIAL FRONTAGE STREETSCAPE PLANT RECOMMENDATIONS Acceptable Street Trees for Wide Strips Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’, ‘Red Sunset’ Fraxinus americana ‘Urbanite’ Fraxinus pensylvanica ‘Patmore’, ‘Marshall’ Liriodendron tulipifera Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Rotundiloba’ Quercus cocinea Quercus rubra Ulmus americana ‘Valley Forge’, ‘New Harmony’
Red Maple Green Ash White Ash Tulip Poplar Fruitless Sweetgum Scarlet Oak Red Oak New American Elm
Acceptable Street Trees for Narrow Strips Quercus phellos
Willow Oak
Ornamental Trees (for yards only) Aesculus pavia Amelanchier arborea* Betula nigra Carpinus caroliniana* Cercis Canadensis Chionanthus virginicus Cladastrus lutea* Cornus florida* Nyssa sylvatica Ostrya virginiana Oxydendron arboretum Quercus palustrus
Red Horsechestnut Shadbush River Birch Ironwood Redbud Fringe Tree Yellowwood Flowering Dogwood Blackgum Hornbeam Sourwood Pin Oak
*Trees listed by BGE as acceptable for planting under power lines Evergreen Trees for Yards (not in the verge) Ilex opaca Juniperus virginiana Magnolia grandiflora Rhododendron maxima
American Holly Eastern Red Cedar Southern Magnolia Rosebay Rhododendron
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Hedging Materials Taxus baccata Ilex crenata Buxus sp Prunus laurocerasus
Yew Japanese Holly Boxwood Cherry Laurel
Groundcovers (native varieties only): Ferns Sedges Asarum canadense Pachysandra procumbens Chrysogonum virginiana Geranium maculatum Phlox stolonifera Sedum ternatum Silene caroliniana Tiarella cordifolia
Wild‐ginger Allegheny Pachysandra Green‐and‐gold Wild Geranium Creeping Phlox Wild Stonecrop Wild Pink Foamflower
Islands Amelanchier arborea Ilex opaca Rhododendron maxima Viburnum spp Hamamelis virginiana Ilex verticillata
Shadbush American Holly Rose Bay Rhododendron Viburnums Witchhazel Winterberry
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