Upper Niagara Street ProposalBlack Rock Neighborhood

Scajaquada Expressway to Ontario St

Devashree S. DesaiAyla Abiad

Sampada S. Pulekar

Anwesha SamantaAdnan Jevric

Carianne JohnsonCheng Cheng

Analysis Neighborhoods

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Analysis Context

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Analysis Location

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Analysis Connectivity

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Analysis Demographics

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Buffalo

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POPULATION DENSITY

DENSITY PER SQUARE MILE

Less than high schoolHigh school or equiv.

Less than 1 year of college1 or more years of college

Associate degreeBachelor's degree

Master's degreeProfessional school degree

Doctorate degree

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Buffalo BlackRock PERCENT OF POPULATION

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1999 to March 20001995 to 19981990 to 19941980 to 19891970 to 19791960 to 19691950 to 19591940 to 1949

1939 or earlier

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YEAR HOUSE BUILT

BuffaloBlack Rock

PERCENT OF HOUSING STOCK BLACK ROCK BUFFALO$0

$20,000

$40,000

$60,000

$80,000

$100,000

$120,000

$140,000

$160,000

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TRAFFIC VOLUME

12A – 6A 6A – 12P 12P – 6P 6P – 12A

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Analysis Land Use

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45%

24%

10%

6%9%

Landuse Distribution

Residential Commercial Industrial Community Service

Vacant

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Analysis Existing Proposals

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1. Black Rock Riverside, Good Neighbors Planning Alliance

Attention to public safety, low crime rates, affordable and well maintained housing stock and efficient city services.

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Analysis Existing Proposals

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3. Proposed New Canal Park 2. Proposed Multiuse trails

Analysis SWOTSTRENGTHS1. Views and direct access to the waterfront.2. Niagara St and Hertel Avenue which serves as great connectors to downtown and the commercial nodes along Hertel and Delaware Avenues. 3. Black Rock is a neighborhood has a great legacy of mixed uses. 5. Wide sidewalks.

WEAKNESS1. Although Niagara St is meant to be the home of a multi-use trail, the trails are not adequately maintained.2. The excessive amount of vacant properties along Niagara St makes it, an unwelcoming place. The streets are fairly empty, even on a weekend.3. The neighborhood has multiple rail crossings that block the view of the community and seemingly separate this community from the lower sections of Niagara Street. OPPORTUNITIES

1. Squaw Island Park can provide a host of educational and social activities.2. Few small businesses that can serve as a foundation to a number of newer community based commercial activity.3. Niagara Greenway Plan This section of Niagara St connects Riverside Park and Squaw Island Park and creating multi-modal options along this section will be an integral component to the Niagara Greenway Plan.4. Waterfront Marina

1. Reinvigorate the parks, make them more family friendly and attract more residents, businesses and visitors to the parks as well as the adjacent neighbourhoods.

2. Proximity to Tonawanda Street, Ontario Street and Amherst Street commercial corridor can attract business to the small commercial establishments on Niagara Street.

1. Niagara Greenway Plan can be the essential source of funding to revitalize and put in place the multiuse trails in the area.2. Encourage the development of urban design standards to maximize physical improvements that foster healthy and attractive business districts.3. Improve auto, pedestrian, boat, and bicycle access to parks.

S-O Strategies W-O Strategies

1. Improve the access to the waterfront by redesigning the Gateway nodes along the Niagara St and further connecting them to multiuse trails that are in place.

1. Promoting and maintaining multi use trails along the Niagara street to the waterfront will be great way to reestablish the connection between neighrourhood and the waterfront.

2. Reclaiming the vacant properties along Niagara St. and developing them for commercial or public uses would make the street alive.

S-T Strategies W-T StrategiesTHREATS1. This highway separates the community from

the waterfront and removes tourist traffic from the street. In the residential areas of the community, the noise the highway traffic is very distracting. The highway is also placed very close to the neighborhoods’ larger parks and disrupts the peaceful environment of the park

2. The excessive amount of vacant properties along Niagara St makes it, an unwelcoming place. The streets are fairly empty, even on a weekend.

SO StrategiesUse strengths to take advantage of opportunities.WO StrategiesOvercome weaknesses by taking advantage of Opportunities.ST StrategiesUse strengths to avoid threats.WT StrategiesMinimize weaknesses and avoid threats.

Analysis SWOTSTRENGTHS

• Views and direct access to the waterfront.

• Historic Buildings.

• Great connectors to downtown and the commercial nodes along Hertel and Delaware Avenues.

• Black Rock has a great legacy of mixed uses.

• Wide sidewalks.

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WEAKNESS• Home of a multi-use trail, but they are not adequately maintained.

• The excessive amount of vacant properties the Street makes it, an unwelcoming place.

• The neighborhood has multiple rail crossings that block the view of the community and seemingly separate this community from the lower sections of Niagara Street.

Analysis SWOT

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Analysis SWOT

OPPORTUNITIES• Squaw Island Park can provide a

host of educational and social activities

• Small businesses along the street.

• Niagara Greenway Plan.

• Waterfront Marina.

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Analysis SWOT

THREATS

• This highway separates the community from the waterfront and

removes tourist traffic from the street.

• The highway is also placed very close to the neighborhoods’ larger parks and disrupts the peaceful environment of the park.

• The excessive amount of vacant properties.

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• Reinvigorate the parks, make them more family friendly.

• Proximity to Tonawanda Street, Ontario Street and Amherst Street commercial corridor can attract business to the small commercial establishments on Niagara Street.

• Niagara Greenway Plan can be the essential source of funding to revitalize and put in place the multiuse trails in the area.

• Encourage the development of urban design standards to maximize physical improvements that foster healthy and attractive business districts.3. Improve auto, pedestrian, boat, and bicycle access to parks.

Analysis Case Studies

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MOBILITY

Analysis Case Studies

The Linear ParkwayMontgomery Street, Portland, USA

The Scenic Byway Binhai Road, Dalian, China

WATER

Analysis Case Studies

The Linear ParkwayMontgomery Street, Portland, USA

The Scenic Byway Binhai Road, Dalian, China

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

Analysis Case Studies

The Linear ParkwayMontgomery Street, Portland, USA

The Scenic Byway Binhai Road, Dalian, China

TRANSPORTATION

Analysis Case Studies

The Linear ParkwayMontgomery Street, Portland, USA

The Scenic Byway Binhai Road, Dalian, China

PAVING PATTERNS

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Design Concept

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Theme Walls along the street painted by various artists

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Design Implementation

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