Main Street Appearance Project

Downtown Stakeholders Group October 29, 2019

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Streetscape Priorities

Today’s Agenda: Updates on Demonstration Projects and Long-Term

o May Challenge: Bicycle Racks and Corrals

o June Recap: Streetlights, Overhead Decorative Lighting

o July Challenge: Sidewalks, Crosswalks, Public Art, etc.

o August Challenge: Storefront Activation

o Main & Evergreen Pilot Project: The Quinn Rehabilitation Project

o What’s the long-term plan for Main Street Appearance improvements?

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May Challenge Update (Bicycle Rack Working Group) • “Bike Art Park on Main” • Submitted for a 2019 City Culture, Art, and Heritage Project Grant

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May Challenge Update (Bicycle Rack Working Group) “Bike Art Park on Main”

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May Challenge Update (Bicycle Rack Working Group)

“Bike Art Park on Main”

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May Challenge Update (Bicycle Rack Working Group)

“Bike Art Park on Main”

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June Recap: Streetlights

• Ornamental light post (black color) with single acorn globe

• Arms for street banners and flower baskets

• Electrical outlet • Irrigation for flower

baskets • Start with 3 as part of

The Quinn Rehabilitation Project

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• Proposal for decorative lighting that would span Main Street • Lighting will be purchased, installed and maintained by private property owner(s) • Single Block (6th - 7th) • Requires City Long Term ROW Permit

June Recap: Overhead Decorative Lighting

July Challenge Update (Sidewalks Working Group) • “12th & Main Artlet” • Submitted for a 2019 City Culture, Art, and Heritage Project Grant

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Aerial and Photos of Project Location

12th & Main Intersection N

Northwest and Northeast corners

Southwest corner (The Source Climbing Center)

Southeast corner (Menashe Building)

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Painted Bulb-Outs

Bismarck, ND (project by City of Bismarck and North Dakota Department of Transportation; photo from Downtown Business Association of Bismarck)

Austin, TX (project by City of Austin Transportation Department; photo from CityLab; https://www.citylab.com/design/2016/01/polka-dots-help-pedestrian-reclaim-space-in-austin/433749/)

Seattle, WA (project by City of Seattle Department of Transportation; photo from Seattle Right-of-Way Improvements Manual; https://streetsillustrated.seattle.gov/urban-design/adaptive-design/intersection-treatments/ )

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Painted Crosswalks Painted crosswalks have become an art form around the world over the past decade. Featured here is the work of three artists that have inspired our project team to include this element in the 12th & Main Artlet.

Artistic crosswalk in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. Part of an effort to make the neighborhood a more pedestrian-friendly cultural destination. MIAMI ART GUIDE 2013

Artistic crosswalk in Los Angeles’ Bunker Hill Arts and Culture District. Connects The Broad museum with the Museum of

Contemporary Art along Grand Avenue.

“Place Shamrock”: Known for his numerous street and crosswalk murals in Montreal introducing elements of wildlife and humor onto an asphalt canvas, artist Peter Gibson chose the name “Roadsworth” because, as he states, “Where Wordsworth is a poet of words, Roadsworth is a poet of roads.”

“Sexapus”: Artistic crosswalk in Montreal’s Promenade Ontario. Cleverly modifying the sidewalks, bike lanes and

street surfaces with paint to create a unified intersection; www.roadsworth.com

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Roadsworth, aka

Peter Gibson

Will Schlough Art Artistic and heritage crosswalk in Downtown

Seattle’s Denny Hill neighborhood. Combined with a utility box art wrap that spreads the art and

area’s history onto the sidewalk; https://www.willschlough.com/

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Parklets & Associated Public Art Features

“Schoolchild Umbrella” by artist Masanori Nishimura; displayed at the Shinjuku Creators Festa public art exhibition in Tokyo Japan KOJI SASAHARA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

“Ember” in San Francisco CA; interactive installation from 2016 Market St Prototyping Festival, an initiative to make Market Street a more vibrant, connected destination; explores community through a circle of wooden seats that

remember a visitor’s presence; http://marketstreetprototyping.org/2016-festival/projects/ember/ “Hopscoth Garden” in Covington KY; installed in 2016; intended for both kid & adult play; photo from Cincinnati Magazine; https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/citywiseblog/covington-parklets/

“Persia Triangle” in San Francisco’s Excelsior neighborhood; installed in 2016 to transform a key street corner into a hub of community life; photos from Ground Play; https://groundplaysf.org/projects/persia-triangle/

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Blank Wall/Garage Art Treatments

Menashe Building – site of potential art feature for 12th & Main Artlet (SE Corner of 12th & Main)

Painted mural by artist Roadsworth, aka Peter Gibson, Montreal, www.roadsworth.com

“Hybrid Infinity” painted mural by artist Frankie Cihi on CityPlace parking garage in West Palm Beach, FL; https://www.rosemarysquarewpb.com/hybridinfinity/

“Stay Curious” painted mural on

Poe Parking Garage in Downtown

Tampa FL Arts District; photo

courtesy of Visit Tampa Bay and

Amy Martz

Painted mural and decorative art screens on 5th Street and Silver Garage in Albuquerque, NM; photo courtesy of Flickr and CityLab; https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2012/10/16-parking-garages-worth-looking/3564/

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August Challenge Update (Storefronts Working Group) • Select one or two locations on Main Street that could benefit from storefront activation best practices • Locations and ideas under discussion; area narrowed from 5th to 9th streets • Update from working group representative

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Main & Evergreen Pilot Project • The Quinn Rehabilitation Project

Streetscape Improvements Proposed: • Replace sidewalks • Replant or replace street trees; add tree grates • Install new streetlights per selected design • New litter receptacle and bike rack • New in-sidewalk vault cover • Decorative, in-sidewalk art tiles

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Look Ahead to Long-Term Upgrade Main Street from 5th to 15th with New Streetscape Streetlights with power and irrigation Bike Corrals/Racks Litter Receptacles Street Trees with grates and power Overhead Decorative Lighting (select locations) Sidewalks with bulb-outs, accessible ramps, rain gardens, and

landscape planters Parking Pay Stations Street Paving (following sewer/water infrastructure upgrades) o Working with consultant HHPR on cost estimates o Working with City and VDA on funding options

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Typical Block Layout

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THANKS FOR A BUSY AND PROSPEROUS YEAR!

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