SYRACUSE
Near West Side Neighborhood Plan Prepared by
A CENTER FOR DESIGN / RESEARCH / REAL ESTATE
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
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CIRCULATION NETWORKS
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LIGHTING AND SECURITY
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ZONING AND LANDUSE
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SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING
INTRODUCTION Conceived as an alternative to the conventional master plan, The Near West Side Neighborhood Plan proposes contemporary solutions grounded in the local assets of a post-industrial, neighborhood on the edge of downtown Syracuse. This project stresses the importance of design and innovation in re-conceiving and rebuilding “Shrinking Cities” in general and the Near West Side of Syracuse specifically; it recognizes that the possibility of active urban life requires developing new design strategies that foreground the cultural, human, and infrastructural assets of a place. Through a series of proposals that combine design and planning moves at different physical and economic scales, we create a plan that can be implemented in succession, as resources and political initiative allow. Additionally it activates the neighborhood’s economic potential and conceives new strategies for workforce growth that are tied to new development.
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
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CIRCULATION NETWORKS
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LIGHTING AND SECURITY
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ZONING AND LANDUSE
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SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING
In order to gain as much impact as possible from every dollar spent, each plan proposal leverages dually functioning systems to create infrastructure and civic improvement with a single element. We rely on this refined system of components to improve the legibility of infrastructure itself, thereby elevating productive, necessary municipal basics, like stormwater catchments and street trees, to essential elements of civic pride.
PLAN
THE NEAR WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN: ELEVATING THE MUNICIPAL TO THE CIVIC
Project Location
Buffalo Pop 270,240 Metro 1,124,309 2009 Census Population
Flint Pop 124,943 Metro 443,883 2000 Census Population
Syracuse Pop 138,560 Metro 732,117 2009 Census Population
Detroit Pop 910,920 Metro 4,403,437 2009 Census Population
Toledo Pop 316,851 Metro 650,955 2007 Census Population Cleveland Pop 431,639 Metro 2,250,871 2009 Census Population
Dayton Pop 166,179 Metro 848,153 2000 Census Population
RUST BELT REGION ANALYSIS
Cincinnati Pop 333,013 Metro 2,155,137 2009 Census Population
Scranton Pop 71,944 Metro 549,430 2009 Census Population Youngstown Pop 72,925 Metro 570,704 2008 Census Population
Columbus Pop 754,885 Metro 1,773,120 2008 Census Population
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SYRACUSE, NY 27 SQUARE MILES
550 ACRES 8400 RESIDENTS 41% AFRICAN AMERICAN 37% WHITE 20% OTHER/MULTIRACIAL 2% NATIVE AMERICAN 26% HISPANIC/LATINO 50% BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 37% DISABILITIES
THE NEAR WEST SIDE
NEAR WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SALT DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS
191 ACRES 2160 RESIDENTS
THE SALT DISTRICT
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ONONDAGA CREEK
Neighborhood area Neighborhood population Neighborhood Population Density Watershed Watershed area Topography Main housing construction Total precipitation per year Average Snowfall Total area Total population
0.23 square miles (Salt District) 2160 14 people / acre Onondaga Creek 115 square miles Level Wood frame 40 Inches 121 Inches 0.86 SQMiles 8,400
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CONNECTIVE CORRIDOR DOWNTOWN
NWS SALT DISTRICT
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
NEAR WEST SIDE
DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
SALT DISTRICT
NEAR WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT / SALT DISTRICT OUTLINE / ANALYSIS
Building Fabric Historic/Removed Building Fabric 2011 Building Fabric
Existing Tree Inventory Street Trees Interior Block Trees *A Labor Day Storm Destroyed Many Trees on September 7, 1998
NEAR WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN
Lighting Typologies Cobra Street Light Building Light Pedestrian Light Porch Light Parking Light
Landuse Commercial Community Services Industrial Parking Parks
Residential Water Vacant Land Vacant Buildings
NWS LEED ND Neighborhood Development
Prepared for: The Syracuse Center of Excellence, in association with Home HeadQuarters and the Near Westside Initiative Prepared by: Raimi Associates An initial plan for the Near West Side called for significant new, large-scale construction, including the replacement of the Geddes Towers and other established housing in the neighborhood. This development would be conducted in concert with the LEED Neighborhood Development guidelines.
Proposed Neighborhood Conditions - Site Plan Image and design by Raimi Associates
NWS LEED ND PLANNING PREPARED BY RAIMI ASSOCIATES
Proposed Conditions overlaid on Existing Conditions - Site Plan Overlay image and Design by Raimi Associates
NWS LEED ND PLANNING PREPARED BY RAIMI ASSOCIATES
Background:
Studio Experts:
The Near West Side Neighborhood Plan grew out of a 2009 landscape-focused architecture studio that asked students to explore ways of developing urbanity in the post-industrial city.
Chris Reed Founding Partner, STOSS Landscape Urbanism Landscape Urbanism
Their analysis, coupled with input from a small group of internationally recognized professionals, local experts, city advisors, and neighborhood residents, helped us identify key planning issues and target outcomes to address in our design proposal. The plan's primary objective is to create an alternative approach to neighborhood planning that is landscape based, economically and environmentally regenerative, and scalable; this is accomplished through a framework of big and small moves organized around the following five categories:
Michael Bierut Partner, Pentagram Environmental Graphics Steve Benz Principal-in-charge of Sustainable Solutions, Sasaki Ecological Design
LIGHT LINES A lighting master plan that aims to define street lighting, nightscapes, nocturnal ambiences, and skiddy park in the Near Westside. Unlike Syracuse University campus, in the NWS there are no monuments or places that are very exceptional. LIGHT LINES highlights the ordinary...the everyday movement through the neighborhood at a pedestrian scale. It’s what happens when you go out of your building, when you go to school with children, when you take them to the park at night to play.
Cobra Head
Air crosswalk
Light column
Recessed floor light
Porch/ Building light
Luminous paint
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vandalism & urban decay 12’
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It is about changing perception of safety through light; activating the urban space and strengthening connections between institutions of knowledge, recreational realms, and diverse modes of transportation.
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skiddy park: limited night visibility
lighting “kit of parts”
FIELDWORK
Terry Schwarz Senior Planner, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Shrinking Cities
sidewalks condition analysis
section at geddes + otisco street interface
cobra light re-distribution
Advisory Group: Andrew Maxwell Director of City Planning, City of Syracuse
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Maarten Jacobs Director, Near West Side Initiative Syracuse University
LIGHT MAP
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» green infrastructure » circulation networks » lighting + security » zoning+ landuse » signage + wayfinding
Margaret Newman Chief of Staff, NYC Dept Of Transportation Architecture
otisco + west street interface
skiddy park
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Paul Driscoll Director of Neighborhood & Business Development City of Syracuse
THE BLOCKS
AREAS OF OPERATION
THE BLOCKS ARE A SERIES OF LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS WITHIN SIXTEEN BLOCKS OF SYRACUSE’S NEAR WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD. EACH BLOCK
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RECONCEPTUALIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN SYRACUSE ARCHITECTURE AND THE FORMERLY URBAN STUDIO
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RECEIVES ITS OWN SPECIFIC INSTALLATION TO BE USED HOWEVER VISITORS AND RESIDENTS SEE FIT, THE IDEA OF “LIGHT” BEING THE ONLY COMMONALITY BETWEEN THESE OTHERWISE INDEPENDENT ARTIFACTS. THE PROGRAMMATIC POSSIBILITIES ARE LEFT UNDEFINED IN THE HOPES THAT THESE SPACES WILL BEGIN TO PROVOKE A WIDE RANGE OF “EVENTS” IN ORDER TO CREATE A THICKNESS OF ACTIVITIES AND INCIDENTS. FROM FAMILY PICNICS AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS TO MOVIE SCREENINGS AND ARTISTIC HAPPENINGS, THESE DENSITIES OF EVENTS WILL HELP BRING A CONDITION OF URBANITY BACK TO THIS FORMERLY URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED LIGHT WITHIN THESE DARK AND UNWELCOMING SYRACUSE BLOCKS.
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Ed Bogucz Executive Director, Syracuse Center of Excellence
LIMITED VISIBILITY DAYLIGHTING AREAS
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Steve Kearny Department of Economic Development, City of Syracuse
AREAS OF INTERVENTION
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE Green infrastructure elements are used to connect the productive and the necessary to the visual and the delightful, simultaneously foregrounding infrastructure as landscape and creating more city, and urbanity, with less building. Plan innovations include poured in place tree wells that form a stormwater collection and treatment system which doubles as custom street furniture.
SECTION 1 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
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Local Topography / Near West Side Neighborhood Near West Side Neighborhood Clinton RTF Sewershed
New York State 54,555 Sq. Miles
Onondaga Creek Watershed 115 Sq. Miles
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS CSO COMBINED SEWERSHED + REGIONAL WATERSHED
Syracuse 27 Sq. Miles
Salt District .23 Sq. Miles
1,383,096 ft² PAVED ASPHALT ROAD
18%
1,608,300 ft² BUILDING ROOFS
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2,324,242 ft² PARKING SURFACES
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2,289,019 ft² POROUS SURFACES
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7,604,657 ft² TOTAL AREA
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS IMPERVIOUS VERSUS PERVIOUS SURFACES
70% IMPERVIOUS SURFACES
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NWS EXISTING SOIL TYPOLOGY
REGIONAL URBAN DEVELOPMENT Vegetated Zones Urbanized Zones
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS SOIL TYPOLOGY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Urban Soils (Ub), unknown - mostly fill, will need to be field tested Palmyra Gravelly Loam (PgA), with slopes between 0% to 3%. This soil surrounds almost the entire downtown area. Palmyra gravelly loam is level or nearly level soil on tops of glacial outwash terraces in the major valleys. Individual areas are irregular in shape and range in size from less than 10 acres to several hundred acres. The soil has only slight limitations of accommodating community development, and moderate limitations of recreational development due to 15% to 35% coarse fragments on its surface. Its permeability ranges from 0.6 to 6 inch drop per hour, water Capacity between 9% & 13%, and has a low shrink-swell potential. Stratified gravel and sand are usually encountered below 31 inches; the seasonal high ground water level (as well as depth to bedrock) is greater than 3 feet below the original soil surface.
View of Onondaga Creek
COMBINED SEWER STORMWATER OVERFLOW DRAIN MAP Illustrating points where contaminated water is discharged into creek ecosystems
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS STORMWATER CONTAMINATION AND BIOFILTER PLANNING
Biofilter Sizing Chart
Historic storm sewer planning map
RAINGARDENS IN RIGHT OF WAY
Systems That Slow Water
BIOFILTER CURB EXTENSIONS
Systems That Slow + Treat Water
BIOFILTER WITHIN EXISTING CURB
Systems That Slow + Treat Water
RAIN WATER FEATURE
Systems That Slow, Treat + Recycle Water
Biofilter
BENEFITS: Reduces storm water loading on CSO High level of cleaning for heavy metals / petroleum Reduces crosswalk distances
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AT STREET LEVEL BIOFILTER CURB EXTENSIONS
Rain-Gardens 1. Systems That Slow Water Curb-Extension Bio-Filters 1. Systems That Slow + Treat Water 2. Reduces Walking Distances
Existing Curb Curb Extension Shortened Walking Distance Curb Extension Existing Curb
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RAINGARDENS IN RIGHT OF WAY BIOFILTER CURB EXTENSIONS BIOFILTER WITHIN EXISTING CURB
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BIO-FILTER CURB EXTENSIONS PLACEMENT AND DESIGN
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BIO-FILTER CURB EXTENSIONS PROPOSED LOCATIONS AT INTERSECTIONS
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Typical NWS Lot Curb Extensions
Precedents Water Flows Water Flows Water Flows Portland OR
Portland OR Typical Curb Extension Section
Typical Curb Extension Plan
BENEFITS: Reduces storm water loading on CSO High level of cleaning for heavy metals / petroleum Reduces crosswalk distances Portland OR
CURB EXTENSIONS TYPICAL DESIGN
Raingarden
RAINGARDEN WITHIN EXISTING CURB PROPOSED LOCATIONS
Water Flows
Water Flows
Typical Rain Garden Within Existing Curb
Precedents Water Flows
Portland OR
Portland OR
Typical Curb Extension Plan
Typical Curb Extension Section
Portland OR
RAINGARDEN WITHIN EXISTING CURB
REDUCES STORM WATER LOADING ON CSO
Biofilter Within Existing Curb
Typical NWS Bio-Filter Within Existing Curb
Precedents Water Flows
Water Flows
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Water Flows
Water Flows Portland OR
Typical Curb Extension Section
BIO-FILTER WITHIN EXISTING CURB - INDIVIDUAL TREE PIT
Typical Curb Extension Plan
REDUCES STORM WATER LOADING ON CSO HIGH LEVEL OF CLEANING FOR HEAVY METALS / PETROLEUM
Portland OR
Typical NWS Bio-Filter Within Existing Curb
Precedents
Water Flows
Portland OR
BIO-FILTER WITHIN EXISTING CURB - CONTINUOUS TREE PIT
Water Flows
Water Flows
Typical Curb Extension Section
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Typical Curb Extension Plan
REDUCES STORM WATER LOADING ON CSO HIGH LEVEL OF CLEANING FOR HEAVY METALS / PETROLEUM
Portland OR
Green roof planned for Case Warehouse complex
Rain Water Feature
Potential rain gardens at Nojaim’s grocery store
RAIN WATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND WATER FEATURE
FUTURE PROJECT AREA
WYOMING STREET RAINWATER FEATURE LOCATION PERSPECTIVE LOOKING NORTH
MARINE GRADE MOLDED PLYWOOD BENCH WITH STEEL MESH ENDS CURB AND DRAIN GRANITE EDGES C.I.P. CONCRETE PAVING BIOFILTER TREE WELL STRUCTURE C.I.P. BENCH FOUNDATION
Tree Pit Wells As Bench Foundations View North The Wyoming Street stormwater collection and treatment system doubles as civic space.
Rooftop Rainwater
Section Detail Aerial View
BENEFITS: Storm water collection reduces the load on the CSO system Local generation of clean, renewable wind power Enhanced public/park space for the local community
WYOMING STREET RAINWATER COLLECTOR 1 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE Near West Side Neighborhood Plan
Wind Turbine
Bench Connected to Rain Water Basin Infrastructure Wood Decking
P.I.P. Concrete Paving
Biofilter Tree Well Structure P.I.P.
Bio-Filter Tree Well Structure P.I.P. Benches Connected to Tree Well Structure
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Benches Illuminated at Night WYOMING STREET RAINWATER FEATURE WATER FLOWS, TREATMENT + STORAGE
Water Flows From Street to Tree Well to Rain Water Basin
WYOMING STREET RAINWATER FEATURE WATER FLOWS, TREATMENT + STORAGE
Water Flows From Street to Tree Well to Rain Water Basin
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EXISTING / 86 PARKING SPACES
NOJAIM PARKING LOT EXISTING AND PROPOSED
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PROPOSED / 76 PARKING SPACES ALL STORMWATER TREATED AND FILTERED ONSITE
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WIND TURBINE
MODULAR PAVING TRAFFIC CALMING THRESHOLD
#76 PERMEABLE PAVING PARKING SPACES
FRAME CANOPY
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STORMWATER COLLECTION FROM ROOF STORMWATER COLLECTION FROM P-LOT
STORMWATER COLLECTION FROM P-LOT FILTER PERMEABLE
GREEN SEDUM ROOF POROUS PAVING BIOFILTERS / DRAINAGE FOR SW
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NOJAIM PARKING LOT PROPOSAL DIAGRAMs
BENEFITS: On-site storm water retention and biofiltering, reducing load on sewer system Generation of on-site, clean wind energy Improved traffic flows and parking efficiency
FLOW IMPERMEABLE
DRIVE LANES FLOW INTO POROUS PARKING RUMBLE STRIP / MODULAR PAVING
SURFACE STORMWATER FLOWS SUB-SURFACE STORMWATER FLOWS
NOJAIM PARKING LOT PERSPECTIVE / WATERSHED AND EXISTING SITE PHOTO
CIRCULATION NETWORKS Circulation networks are redesigned to connect the neighborhood to cultural and economic resources while providing alternative transportation and workforce development opportunities. Plan innovations include: transforming low-functioning arterials, quickly and temporarily, through the use of paint, which will repurpose travel lanes for pedestrians and bikes while also creating an urban connector; and, repurposing the conventional boulevard median into 5,060 square meters of productive urban land where flax, jute, and kenaf will be farmed by the developing neighborhood workforce.
Firefighter’s Memorial Park
Forman Park SALT PEDESTRIAN ARTERIAL Armory Square CONNECTIVE CORRIDOR
Skiddy Park Blodgett Middle School
Fowler H.S.
SALT DISTRICT CONNECTION BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN ROUTES: SALT DISTRICT TO CONNECTIVE CORRIDOR
Crosswalks Neighborhood Connector Desire Paths Urban Connectors Street Typologies
STREET TYPOLOGIES STREETSCAPES AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORKS
Otisco Street Corridor West Street Corridor
Good Cond. Concrete Bad Cond. Concrete Good Cond. Asphalt Bad Cond. Asphalt Asphalt from Building Facade to Curb Concrete from Building Facade to Curb No Sidewalk
EXISTING SIDEWALK CONDITIONS
WEST STREET
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WEST STREET BIKE LANES ANALYSIS
Remaking iconic places through innovative use of roadpaint
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WEST STREET BIKE LANES AND CROSSWALK Dedicated Bike Lane to replace one Vehicular Travel Lane Both North and South
WEST STREET BIKE LANES AND CROSSWALK DEDICATED BIKE LANE TO REPLACE ONE VEHICULAR TRAVEL LANE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH
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WEST STREET BIKE LANES LOOKING NORTH DEDICATED BIKE LANE TO REPLACE ONE VEHICULAR TRAVEL LANE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH
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Existing Conditions - View of West Street’s 8 Traffic Lanes
WEST STREET AND OTISCO STREET CONNECTOR 2 CIRCULATION NETWORKS Near West Side Neighborhood Plan
NEW PED ACTIVATED CROSSWALK
OTISCO STREET RE-OPENED
‘FINGERS’ EXTENDING FROM NWS
Existing Conditions
WEST STREET BIKE LANES AND CROSSWALK - PROPOSED CROSSWALK AT OTISCO STREET
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BIOFILTER AND TREE PIT
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WYOMING STREET PERSPECTIVE - TYPICAL
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Wood Benches
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WYOMING STREET SECTION A-A TYPICAL
MARCELLUS STREET
MARCELLUS STREET LOCATOR
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MARCELLUS STREET PERSPECTIVE - TYPICAL
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RESIDENTIAL USE ADJACENCY
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OTISCO STREETSCAPE / EXISTING POST BLOCK BLITZ AND SIDEWALK INSTALLATION
Street trees with phosphorescent treestakes
OTISCO STREET
“FROM THE GROUND UP” HOMES
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OTISCO STREETSCAPE SECTION A-A PROPOSED COLORED TREE STAKES
Rain garden and street trees
Curb extensions
Rain garden and street trees
Enhanced pedestrian path
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OTISCO STREETSCAPE AUGUST 5TH 2010 BLOCK BLITZ
PUBLIC HOUSING BLOCK
PUBLIC HOUSING BLOCK LOCATOR
REMOVED 3 STRUCTURES OR 23 UNITS REMOVED 31 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES GAINED 12 NEW SINGLE FAMILY UNITS ON 40’-0” WIDE LOTS GAINED ON-STREET PARKING SPACES ALONG NIAGARA STREET
RE-LINKING NIAGARA STREET
Low cost, energy efficient, florescent light tubes mounted to the corner of neighborhood warehouses provide ambient street light while foregrounding the built environment and creating a neighborhood identity.
LIGHTING + SECURITY Utilizing the existing warehouses and private homes as a platform, energy efficient lighting systems create a scalable neighborhood lighting system that, without resorting to surveillance cameras, increases security, activates the street, and provides a unique identity for the neighborhood. Plan innovations include: attaching low cost, energy efficient, florescent light tubes to the corners of
neighborhood warehouses, both occupied and vacant, to provide ambient street light while foregrounding the extant built environment and creating a special identifier for the neighborhood; and, supplying an identical LED porch light to every home in the neighborhood in order to foster a “lights on� identity in the neighborhood.
Business
Housing
Residential
Warehouse
Pedestrian Street Lights
Street Furniture Lighting
#3 10’-0” Lights on Corner of Building Facade
T8 LED Fluorescent Tubes
NIGHT LIGHTING - WAREHOUSE
#1 8’-0” Lights Near Main Entrance
T8 LED Fluorescent Tubes
NIGHT LIGHTING - BUSINESS
Existing fixture
NIGHT LIGHTING - PUBLIC HOUSING
Existing Light on Porch To Be On At Night
Bega 8154,8159
NIGHT LIGHTING - PEDESTRIAN STREET LIGHTS
LED Lighting Embedded in Bench
NIGHT LIGHTING - SEATING
# Counts
Porch Light Mounted Near Front Entry
Burst Aluminum 8� High Round Outdoor Wall or Ceiling Light
NIGHT LIGHTING - RESIDENTIAL PORCHES
ZONING + LAND USE The Near West Side Neighborhood Plan offers the city of Syracuse a unique opportunity to test changes in their zoning code and landuse strategies. Plan innovations include: a vacant land management strategy that reduces setback and lot width requirements in order to redefine and hold the urban edge; and, a series of low-cost planting and paving strategies that prepare vacant lots for future private use, bio-remediation, and workforce development.
Existing On-street Parking Capacity
775 ON-STREET PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE EACH DAY
(On one side of the street at a time)
If every residentially-zoned property lacking a driveway was allotted 1.5 on-street parking spaces, the total would be 447 parking spaces There is a minimum suplus of on-street parking equaling 328 parking spaces These are preliminary estimates.
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
Residential District, Residential District, Commercial District, Commercial District, Industrial District Local Business Dstrt
Class AA Class B Class A Class B Class A Class A
(RAA) (RB) (CA) (CB) (IA) (BA)
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ARC 407_FORMALLY URBAN_PROBE 5_LAND USE AND ZONING:: OTS & BLOTS
JAMES CONLEY
NEAR WEST SIDE 2009
CURRENT (2009)
ARC 407_FORMALLY URBAN_PROBE 5_LAND USE AND ZONING:: OTS & BLOTS
JAMES CONLEY
EARLY 1900’S (PINK) UNDERNEATH CURRENT (GRAY) ARC 407_FORMALLY URBAN_PROBE 5_LAND USE AND ZONING:: OTS & BLOTS
NEAR WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD FABRIC COMPARISON STUDY
JAMES CONLEY
Existing Zoning Code, Residential AA
According to the applicable zoning codes, it is impossible to build single family residences on many of the lots in the Near West Side due to the following requirements: » Minimum lot width of 40 feet » Density requirements: lots sizes are required to exceed 4000 square feet » Parking requirement for a minimum of 1 car per dwelling » Structure Coverage Ratio: only 30% of a lot may be used, oftentimes leaving an area too small for a house.
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Existing Zoning code conflicts
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schiefer
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syracuse signal systems
irish gifts
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15 clayscapes 17
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azzam eagle fleet
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case supply showroom
4 quick stop express kind coffee company 10 salt of earth ministries / 5 ultraclean onandaga ppr + twine 9
16 usherwood 47 j.p. byrne
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45 on the go market hh restore
hillside
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lincoln supply
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el poeta auto tech
king+king
p.e.a.c.e.
northeast tech 7 joses auto nystate housing trust fund
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case supply
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oneida
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delevan art
feminine touch fab
computer center
37 auto dynamic upolhstry
syracuse golden glove
25 welcome inn
west side foods
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la iglasia church
35 22 le esperanza 23 best way market 21
iglesia pentacostal
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NEAR WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD Current Businesses
barber
26 st. lucy’s church 27 west side learning center 29 huntington family center 30 di marias 28 auditorium
fire station
34 gifford pharmacy 33 pats dry cleaners 32
key bank
31 no jaims
double vacant lots 219 33’ lots total
another dwg with 33’ lots next to vacant land- means that the owner can purchase the lot for a driveway
double vacant lots 219 33’ lots total
33’ lots lots next next to to vacant vacant landland- means means another dwg with 33’ purchase the the lot lot for for aa driveway driveway that the owner can purchase
58 33’ lots 15 lots next to vacant
58 58 33’ 33’ lots lots 15 lots on vacant land
58 33’ lots
tully st
tully st
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14 33’ lots
there are a total of 219 33’ lots in the NWSI Near West Side Neighborhood
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A higher number of double vacant lots means there is a higher potential to combine lots on that street. 33’
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Potential retention of density- 33’ lots
61 33’ lots 16 lots next to vacant
61 6133’ 33’lots lots 13 lots on vacant land
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6433’ 33’lots lots 64 14 lots on vacant land
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Highlighted Lots are 33’ Lots next to vacant land means that the owner can easily purchase the lot for a driveway
Tully Street
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reduced setbacks are more pedestrian oriented. Both Helping the sidewalk to feel contained and encouraging a stronger sense of community by shortening the distance between the front porch and the neighborhood circulation why are setbacks important
Tully Street
Marcellus Street
Density is linked to walkability, WITH more people in the neighborhood its likely that MORE SERVICES, RESTURAUNTS, AND BUSINESS WILL LOCATE THERE. More density also means less potential for gentrification why is density important
DISPLACING ON-SITE PARKING
MARCELLUS STREET
WYOMING STREET
As both residential and commercial development increases in the neighborhood current zoning code requires more on-site parking spaces than a development site can currently supply. If this is not changed it will lead to the creation of more surface parking lots and even less building stock.
Typical Parking Condition
MARCELLUS STREET
WYOMING STREET
parking demand
Distributed Parking Condition
Promote urbanity not just density Retain neighborhood character Create opportunities for growth Enable business development Protect environmental resources Allow creative use of vacant land
Purpose and Intent of a new overlay zone
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The proposed
SALT Overlay District
is a composite of
» traditional zoning » form-based code » incentive zoning combining the advantages and flexibility of each structure while limiting geographic specificity.
Traditional- typically based on the separation of uses, conventional zoning codes define everything from front yard setbacks, to density standards for each use, to building height maximums and parking minimums. Form Based- typically offered as an alternative to conventional zoning, these codes are adopted into city law to encourage higher density, walkability, and diversity of uses in a city or neighborhood. The Salt District Overlay does not focus on building form and aesthetic standards, but it does produce standards that promote a more walkable neighborhood, create more mixed-use and live/work uses, and in one target zone retain historic density Incentive- usually does not employ public funds; incentive zones include ‘bonus provisions’ for new development and entrepreneurs which typically allow higher density in exchange for public improvements such as parks, affordable housing, sidewalks or lighting. The Salt District is not a typical candidate for incentive zoning, so use of this strategy calls for a different take on what it means to incentivize improvements to the neighborhood. Rather than leverage higher density to avaricious developers the Salt District must identify its own unique forms of capital to entice growth. In fact, market trends in the NWS indicate a demand for de-densification. While thinning the building stock is not ubiquitously encouraged, capitalizing on the demand for the sake of public improvements could prove positive for the neighborhood. This way of identifying and leveraging local assets describes the intention behind three incentive based categories for the overlay zone. 1) Allow de-densification or parcel combination with the exchange of public benefit. 2) Enable easier access to use/occupancy permits on vacant land for creative use. 3) Create economic incentives through the establishment of a special Enterprise Zone to encourage business development and agglomeration.
Neighborhood Pattern 33’ Lots. Retain portions of the neighborhood’s historic building pattern. Building Frontage. Side Yard setback. Hold the edge. Building Scale. Building Density Regulations. Parcel Combination Regulations. Façade Alignment. Land Use Standards Incentives for SALT Business Development. (Business and Live/work zones) Public Space Standards ˖ Sidewalks ˖ Lighting ˖ Trees ˖ Property edge Vacant Land Management. ˖ Funding ˖ Access ˖ Programming.
Zoning overlay Outline
Natural Resource Standards Wildlife and Waterways ˖ Wildlife Habitat zone around Onondaga Creek ˖ Flood plain standards around the creek Green Infrastructure Standards˖ Public Right of Way ˖ Private lots Parking lot Standards Warehouse Rim Parking Lots Internal Parking Lots Residential and Commercial water retention strategies Parking Standards Reduction. Assets. Allow on street parking in space calculations Alternatives. Off street residential parking. Develop options that are not dependant on a larger lot width.
Neighborhood Pattern Residential AA Zoning Regulations Applied to a 33' Lot
33’ Lots. Retain portions of the neighborhood’s historic building pattern. Applicable to all properties on Otisco Street, from South Geddes Street to West Street. Lots currently 33’ wide shall maintain the historic 33’ lot width. Properties wider than 33’ shall maintain their current lot width. Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope
Side Yard Setback: 0'
Front Yard Setback: 30'
10'
Residential AA Zoning Regulations Applied to a 33' Lot
Zoning Envelope
Building Frontage. Define a Max front yard setback for all new construction in the District. The Maximum front yard setback shall be 10’ from the ROW. Where the average Historic front yard setback on any block is less than the Max, new construction shall align with the existing condition.
Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope
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33' Lot Side Yard Setback: 0'
Side Yard Setback: 4'
Front Yard Setback: 30'
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Residential AA Zoning Regulations Applied to a 33' Lot Existing set back
Existing
Proposed
Façade Alignment. Applicable to all properties in the SALT District. All building main entrances shall be parallel to the street and no more than 5’ from the relevant yard setback.
Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope
110'
Side Yard Setback: 0'
Residential AA Zoning Regulations Applied to a 33' Lot Side Yard Setback: 4'
Side Yard Setback: 0'
Front Yard Setback: 30'
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Entrance
Side Yard setback. Typical side yard setback shall be 4’ unless new construction provides a X hour fire wall on side partition then side yard set back may be 0’.
Existing set back
Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope
110'
Zoning Envelope
Zoning Envelope
Side Yard Setback: 0'
Front Yard Setback: 30'
Side Yard Setback: 4'
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Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards 20'
Existing set back
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Side Yard Setback: 4'
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Neighborhood Pattern RETAINING THE EDGE Existing Building Stock Infill Building Stock Edge Strategy
SHALLOW
Hold the edge. Applicable to vacant properties and or
Green Wall Fence
occupied properties whose front faรงade is set back further than the SALT District defined front yard setback. This can be achieved through financial and/or tax incentives, with unique policies developed for:
Bench
DEEP Perenial Mini Field Additional Flax Production Mobile Vendor Lot instalation- tubes, lights, ...
Combo
1950
2010
historic
TERRITORY Potentially Available Territory; Tax Delinquent: Vacant lots; Vacant Structures; Partner Owned; Parks
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(1) parking lots, (2) residential parcels (3) commercial parcels.
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2035
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stabalize
grow
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Wood Bench
Wood Bench
Graffiti Wall
Indigenous Plantings
Wood Fence
Rain Garden Biofilter
Rain Garden
Rain Garden
RESIDENTIAL USE ADJACENCY PARKING LOT ADJACENCY
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards Vacant Lot Holding Strategies / Maintaining the Urban Edge
VACANT LOT ADJACENCY
Neighborhood Pattern Building Scale. Define 2 height requirement zones of the SALT District. Zone 1: Warehouse Ring- Properties in the Warehouse ring shall have a height restriction of 60’ Zone 2: Core- Properties in the Residential Core shall have a height restriction of 30’ Building Density Regulations. Current residential – min 4000sf/ dwelling. CHANGE/reduce
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Neighborhood Pattern Parcel Combination Regulations. parcels outside the 33’ zone may be combined only if a combination of the following occurs: » The owner provides a Public Asset with at least 15% of the new total land area (see vacant land use for accepted uses) » The owner provides funding for neighborhood maintenance » The owner agrees to volunteering annually towards neighborhood maintenance » The parcel is 100% self sufficient and is removed from the power grid.
40'
NEW DEVELOPMENT: 2 40' sides 19' 19' 40'
40'
Leaves a permanent 19’ Lot
NEW DEVELOPMENT: 40' 26' 40' 26' 1 side Leaves a permanent 26’ Lot
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FLOWERS: Garden FLOWERS: Garden
Future
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
Land Use Standards Incentives for SALT Business Development. Designated business and Live/work zones will have the following incentives for new business creation and existing business expansion. (Paid for byCity, NWSI through grants, National Grid, Time Warner) Live-work space: A structure or portion of a structure combining a dwelling unit or rooming unit with an integrated work space principally used by one (1) or more of the residents.
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Real Estate Tax Frees (for a period of 7-10 years) Investment Tax Credit Utility Discounts (National Grid, Time Warner, Verizon, City, etc) for a period of 10 years WiFi hot spot grants (Verizon and Time Warner) Property tax credit based on a business’s increase in employment.
Zone 1
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Land Use Standards Public Space Standards Sidewalks » Establish a standard material and width throughout the neighborhood Lighting » Usage of the Neighborhood Plan Lighting + Security standards Trees » Location of trees at the Property edge » Usage of the Neighborhood Plan Signage + Wayfinding standards on tree species
Zoning Envelope
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Rear Yard Setback: 20' 20' OR 15% of the total lot depth, whichever is greater
Zoning Envelope
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Building Coverage Ratio: 30% 1287 sf
Front Yard Setback: 30'
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Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
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Land Use Standards Vacant Land Management Funding » Develop a Seed Grant program in conjunction with the Near West Side Initiative » Grants for sustainable uses from the Center of Excellence (CoE) such as alternative energy production, tree harvesting, building material salvaging, community gardens. » Federal youth job-skills training funds to fulfill need of current NWS programs for land for training, planting and working. Vacant properties become job training sites. » Some profit making projects may be eligible for ‘micro’ tax increment financing or micro municipal revenue bonds through an agreement with a corporate bank. Access » Streamline a use/occupancy permitting process for residents.
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
Land Use Standards
SPROUT VEGETABLE + FRUIT BIOMASS SUPER GRAPHICS FLOWERS ORCHARD TREES JOIN BIRD HABITAT CIVIC SPACE DESIRE PATHS GATHER SUN WIND WATER RE-CREATE SPORT COURTS OBJECT PLAY GROUNDSCAPE PLAY
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
Vacant Land Management An emphasis on programming: Temporary and semi-permanent based on ownership and agreements. A few possible programs are identified below. Vacant land uses are open to interpretation, however, proposals should cultivate community, permeability, and an openness to creative use of the space.
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City - official uses, infrastructural maintenance needs Home Head Quarters - new homes, stockpiling salvage Private - gardens, pools, playgrounds, private recreation Food Production Program 1. Allow vacant or tax-delinquent land and the Right of Way to be used either temporarily or permanently for food production. 2. Establish a local micro-farming program, to encourage residents to get involved in producing food and repairing their neighborhood. In such a program, residents would sell the crops they grow to local restaurants or grocers in exchange for credit on a meal card. This program could also be tied to a contaminated soil fund if soil conditions are not suitable for crop growth, in conjunction with federalor state-level environmental programs. The program could also be supported by a tax-increment financing program, if production occurs on otherwise vacant land. In effect, the benefits of the program are enabled by borrowing against a percentage of the future increase in taxes from brining vacant parcels back online.)
Land Use Standards
SPROUT VEGETABLE + FRUIT BIOMASS SUPER GRAPHICS FLOWERS ORCHARD TREES JOIN BIRD HABITAT CIVIC SPACE DESIRE PATHS
VEGETABLE + FRUIT Food Production
BIOMASS Material for Manufacturing
SUPER GRAPHICS Promotion
GATHER SUN WIND WATER
JOIN BIRD HABITAT CIVIC SPACE DESIRE PATHS
BIRD HABITAT Park for Birds
GATHER SUN WIND WATER
RE-CREATE SPORT COURTS OBJECT PLAY GROUNDSCAPE PLAY
RE-CREATE SPORT COURTS OBJECT PLAY GROUNDSCAPE PLAY
FLOWERS Garden
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
SPROUT VEGETABLE + FRUIT BIOMASS SUPER GRAPHICS FLOWERS ORCHARD TREES
ORCHARD TREES Tree Systems
DESIRE PATHS Formalizing Existing Desire Paths
CIVIC SPACE Park for People
Land Use Standards
SPROUT VEGETABLE + FRUIT BIOMASS SUPER GRAPHICS FLOWERS ORCHARD TREES
SPROUT VEGETABLE + FRUIT BIOMASS SUPER GRAPHICS FLOWERS ORCHARD TREES
JOIN BIRD HABITAT CIVIC SPACE DESIRE PATHS
JOIN BIRD HABITAT CIVIC SPACE DESIRE PATHS
SUN Canopy / Energy Production
WIND Energy Production
GATHER SUN WIND WATER
GATHER SUN WIND WATER
RE-CREATE SPORT COURTS OBJECT PLAY GROUNDSCAPE PLAY
RE-CREATE SPORT COURTS OBJECT PLAY GROUNDSCAPE PLAY
WATER Reduce Site Run-off
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
SPORTS COURTS Half Court BBall
GROUNDSCAPE PLAY Surface Topography for Play
OBJECT PLAY Extruded Elements for Play
Natural Resource Standards Wildlife and Waterways Establish a Wildlife Habitat Zone in the areas bordering Onondaga Creek, which will be developed in collaboration with an urban wildlife expert. Requirement: native vegetation which serves as cover and food for targeted native species shall be planted as part of the development or redevelopment of parcels over 2 acres in a .5 mile radius of the creek, and that construction on those parcels not occur during nesting seasons. Performance zoning: All new development near drainage ways or wooded areas and within a .5 mile radius of the creek must earn a designated number of points through wildlife sensitive design in order to proceed with development. density bonuses or other incentives may be offered to those who earn more than the minimum number of points. Examples: o designating and buffering significant habitat areas o preserving existing vegetation o Preventing nighttime glare onto stands of trees or buffer areas -Institute flood plain standards for areas bordering the creek: » Designate ‘no-build’ zones » Require all paved areas to be designed with pervious pavement » Encourage public uses exclusively
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
Natural Resource Standards WAREHOUSE RIM LOTS
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19 parking lots in the warehouse L 576,800 square feet
INTERNAL LOTS
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21 parking lots in the interior of the NWS 160,000 square feet
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
Parking Standards Reduce. Establish a parking MAX based on use and SF OR (incentive based) allow businesses to reduce the parking MIN and increase buildable area with public transit options/ bike racks car sharing programs public space creation
290 CURRENTLY occupied Residential Lots
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290 residential lots 86 Live/Work on Marcellus
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Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
488 total lots. res or small business 290 residential lots 86 Live/Work on Marcellus
Parking Standards Provide Alternatives. Off street residential parking. Develop options that are not dependant on a larger lot width. House width to accommodate driveway Park in front of house? Shared driveways on combined lots Block parking lot
ON SITE PARKING
ON SITE PARKING-shared space
ON SITE PARKING-shared space-
SHARED NEIGHBORHOOD ON- SITE
OFF SITE PARKING
parallel parking
PARKING LOT
Zoning Overlay- Basic Standards
LOCAL BUSINESSES
SIGNAGE + WAYFINDING Using temporary and permanent wayfinding devices in non-traditional ways activates space and adds to neighborhood identity. Plan innovations include: “temporal tagging� consisting of stenciled signs on the roadway that point out newly developed assets as they come on-line, and that, with time, fade and eventually disappear altogether, indicating
timeframes and the assimilation of new ideas into the existing fabric of the neighborhood; and, using the principals of diversity with uniformity, the street tree strategy is hybridized to foreground the original alignment of the neighborhood, revealing that all north-south streets are named after Central New York counties and all east-west streets are named after its towns.
New + Old Assets Using environmentally safe paint, assets are tagged within the streetscape as orienting devices. These will fade away after a few months.
Template + Paint
New Assets
TEMPORAL TAGGING NEW ASSETS 5 SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING Near West Side Neighborhood Plan
Old Assets
Tagging Lincoln Supply Renovation
Neighborhood Block Blitz And Tree Planting August 26, 2010
Strands Red Fall Color North / South Oriented Streets Named After Central New York Counties
Strands Yellow Fall Color East/West Oriented Streets Named After Central New York Towns. SIZE X-Z
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FRUIT
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BARK
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BURR OAK Quercus macrocarpa
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HOMESTEAD ELM Ulmus parvifolia
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HEDGE MAPLE Acer campestre
FORM
FRUIT
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CENTURION CRABAPPLE Malus Centurion
SPRING
LONDON PLANE Platanas x acerfolia
35’
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LEAF
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ACCOLADE CHERRY
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RED OAK Quercus rubra
BARK
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FREEMAN MAPLE Acer x freemanil
75’
LEAF
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VILLAGE GREEN NELKOVA Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green’
FORM
75’
20’
SPRING
20’
THORNLESS HAWTHORNE Crataegus crusgalli
FALL
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BARK
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SUGAR TYME CRABAPPLE Malus Suga Tyme
LEAF
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AMUR MAPLE Acer ginnala KENTUCKY COFFEE Koelreuteria paniculata
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IVORY SILK TREE LILAC Syringa reticulata
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CALLERY PEAR Pyrus calleryana
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CANADA RED CHERRY Prunus virginiana ‘schubert’
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SERVICEBERRY Amelanchier canadensis
GINKGO Ginkgo biloba
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ARBOREAL ORIENTATION + STREET TREE PLANTING SYSTEMS 5 SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING Near West Side Neighborhood Plan
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CANOPY TREE SPECIES
CALLERY PEAR Pyrus calleryana
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RED OAK Quercus rubra
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GOLDENRAIN Koelreuteria paniculata
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HACKBERRY Celtis occidentallis
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GINKGO Ginkgo biloba
FREEMAN MAPLE Acer x freemanil
75’
KENTUCKY COFFEE Koelreuteria paniculata
75’
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VILLAGE GREEN NELKOVA Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green’
75’
HOMESTEAD ELM Ulmus parvifolia
80’
FALL
90’
BURR OAK Quercus macrocarpa
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BARK
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LONDON PLANE Platanas x acerfolia
LEAF
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BARK
FALL
SIZE X-Z
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20’
HEDGE MAPLE Acer campestre
25’
35’
IVORY SILK TREE LILAC Syringa reticulata
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SERVICEBERRY Amelanchier canadensis
25’
25’
SUGAR TYME CRABAPPLE Malus Suga Tyme
25’
25’
THORNLESS HAWTHORNE Crataegus crusgalli
25’
25’
AMUR MAPLE Acer ginnala
20’
20’
CANADA RED CHERRY Prunus virginiana ‘schubert’
20’
20’
REDBUD Cercis canadensis
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20’
ACCOLADE CHERRY
CENTURION CRABAPPLE Malus Centurion
FORM
LEAF
LOW canopy TREE SPECIES FOR AREAS UNDER POWER LINES * ALL TREE RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY OF SYRACUSE
BARK
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SPRING
FRUIT
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GOLDENRAIN Koelreuteria paniculata
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50’
HACKBERRY Celtis occidentallis
75’
75’
GINKGO Ginkgo biloba
80’
75’
KENTUCKY COFFEE Koelreuteria paniculata
80’
75’
HOMESTEAD ELM Ulmus parvifolia
FALL
90’
BURR OAK Quercus macrocarpa
BARK
100’
LONDON PLANE Platanas x acerfolia
LEAF
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HEDGE MAPLE Acer campestre
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IVORY SILK TREE LILAC Syringa reticulata
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SERVICEBERRY Amelanchier canadensis
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25’
ACCOLADE CHERRY
CENTURION CRABAPPLE Malus Centurion
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LEAF
BARK
FALL
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CALLERY PEAR Pyrus calleryana
FALL
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RED OAK Quercus rubra
BARK
75’
FREEMAN MAPLE Acer x freemanil
LEAF
75’
VILLAGE GREEN NELKOVA Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green’
FORM
STRANDS - HIGH CANOPY STRANDS - LOW CANOPY SIZE X-Z
25’
25’
THORNLESS HAWTHORNE Crataegus crusgalli
25’
25’
AMUR MAPLE Acer ginnala
20’
20’
CANADA RED CHERRY Prunus virginiana ‘schubert’
20’
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REDBUD Cercis canadensis
20’
SPRING
FRUIT
20’
W
SUGAR TYME CRABAPPLE Malus Suga Tyme
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AR AG NI A
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* ALL TREE RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY OF SYRACUSE
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STRANDS - NORTH SOUTH STREETS TAKE THEIR NAME FROM CENTRAL/WESTERN NEW YORK counties
EG W OS
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UNDERSTORY TREES
CA NE
SE
R TA ON
CANOPY TREES
GROUNDCOVER PLANTING