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Neighborhood Character and a Sense of Place on Rice Street
June 2007, Ann Forsyth
Metropolitan Design Center
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Neighborhood Character
Contents
1. What gives a neighborhood its design character?
2. Rice Street in North End
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1. What Gives a Neighborhood its Design Character?
Physical Dimensions:• Natural features and
designed landscapes• Individual buildings • Settings or districts
Livability Dimensions (American Institute of Architects) include:
• Human scale• Transportation options• Activity choices• Public spaces• Identity
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2. A. Natural & Designed LandscapesGreen Streets and Plazas
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2. B. BuildingsVisual Interest, Variety, and Detail
Image ©2003 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. Used with the permission of Design Center for American Urban Landscape.
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Rice Street has many well-used 1 and 2 story buildings
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The area has many historic buildings of 2-3 stories
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Finally, are a number of larger buildings of to 3 or 4 stories or taller
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Rice Street includes a variety of housing types: apartments, lofts, duplexes, and single family
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2. C. Settings Settings form the immediate surroundings of a project
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2. LivabilityRice Street Has Many Assets
Livability Dimensions (American Institute of Architects) include:
• Human scale• Transportation
options• Activity choices• Public spaces• Identity
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Human scale, activity, choices, public spaces, identity
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2. LivabilityIdentity of Rice Street is From Signage
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2. LivabilityHuman-Scale Signage
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Physical Dimensions• Natural features and designed landscapes• Individual buildings • Settings or districts
Livability Dimensions• Human scale• Transportation options• Activity choices• Public spaces• Identity
Rice Street’s Neighborhood Character