W25 Corridor-America's Byway Enhancement Plan

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City of Cleveland

West 25th Corridor / America's Byway Enhancement Plan

Plan Recommendations

Project Sponsors / Supporters

Project Team:

Abe Bruckman, AICP. LEED-AP.

Mark Duluk, AIA. LEED-AP.Arkinetics Architecture & Urban Design

Andrew BaquAtwell-Hicks Consultants


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West 25th Corridor / America's Byway Plan

as a Strategic Land Use Planning Process:

Helps Tell the Story: Survey of Cultural and HistoricAssets to Preserve.

Identifies and establishes future links (neighborhoodspurs) to the Towpath Trail.

Promotes streetscape improvement and frontageenhancement projects that support the Scenic Byway

Encourage upgrades of public transit use areas and thepedestrian realm at key sites

Suggests collaborative investment strategy withincatalytic project redevelopment areas.


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Why is this West 25th Corridor / Byway Plan important?

W. 25th is a commuter corridor and gateway into City.

Proposed action steps outlined in plan will improve the profileand image of the City of Cleveland.

Could benefit adjacent neighborhood areas. Improvements

on the corridor will help adjacent residential streets.

Fills a gap. This portion of 25th Street Corridor has not

experienced the same level of positive redevelopment as seen

to the north and south of Plan study area.

This is the one portion of the Scenic Byway System that has

not benefited from prior planning and adopted a program of

recommendations related to its status as a portion of the

Americas Byway System.


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The development of the Scenic

Byway System - the Towpath Trail,

neighborhood trail spurs, the

historic and cultural story that theByway weaves together, has now

been conceptually developed

except in the Plan area.

Image Source:

Canalway Ohio.

Plan area


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Recommendations in Plan

Corridor-length treatments to support andfoster W. 25th as one of Americas Byways.


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Current shot of W. 25th Streetscape, from MetroHealth looking north

Recommended use of streetscape enhancements that can serve as a visual compliment

and neutral element to in relation to both historic and contemporary architecture.Visual integration and relationship between neighborhood scale and City skyline is key.


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Recommendation: New street poles on both sides of street.

Enhance the view shed / approach into the city.

Reduce current number of existing styles of streetlamps (eight) to one.

New Vision - Making W. 25th Street A designated Scenic Byway Into one of Clevelands Great Gateway Streets. PlanningandDesign Solutions


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This is the first portion of the Byway System along W. 25th Street where the 21st

Century City skyline begins to loom above the neighborhood streetscape.

West 25th Street as a Designated Scenic Byway


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Streetscape view looking north


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New streetlights will reduce visual clutter and

help enhance the qualities of many buildings

along the corridor.


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The Big Sky over the Lake creates an ever

changing backdrop from which we can

regard our other growing regional asset

the evolving City skyline.

Introducing a single, consistent streetlampdesign will help visually connect this

portion of the Byway from Brooklyn Centre

to Ohio City and enhance the skyline view


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GREY TO GREENImprove approximately 2900 linear feet

(30% of the corridor within the Plan area) of current

streetscape frontage with new landscape enhancements.

Corridorlength strategies


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Frontage Landscape

Opportunity Sites Total - 2890 Linear Feet

GRAY TO GREEN( 2900 linear feet is 30% of streetscape)

Given the variety of building

types, one also has to look for

corridor-length treatments, to

help define the Byway.

There are many opportunity

sites some small and some

large, where enhancedlandscape treatments can add

up and collectively make a

significant difference


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A landscape architect was commissioned in 2005 to create a frontage-area

landscape plan that could work in a series of components or modules, so that

it could be introduced at opportunity sites along the Byway.

Enhanced Transit Waiting areas are among the best sites for implementation of

new landscape frontage treatments.

Landscape Plan for frontage area of Third Federal Plaza site.

Courtesy of McKnight & Associates.


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PlanningandDesign Solutions

1. After building demolitionand site prep, an existingGreater Cleveland Regional

Transit Authority bus stop was

relocated. The prior stop site

did not have space for a shelter.

2. Landscaped frontageproject introduced.

Streetscape amenities added to

help screen parking lot and

support introduction of

enhanced transit waiting area.

1. Example

2.


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Identify and establishes future links(neighborhood spurs) to the Towpath Trail.


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Connect local,

neighborhood &

corridor sites with

other regional

planning initiatives images courtesy of CuyahogaCounty Planning Commission,Cleveland Metroparks

Identify / Establish / Strengthen Connections to Towpath Trail.


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Foundry Hill

Plan Area

Base slide courtesy of City Planning Commission

The Towpath Trail (seen as a yellow dashed

line), and the potential Towpath Trail

neighborhood spur along the Train Avenue

Corridorcan connect to West 25th Street and

the Foundry Hill neighborhood via W. 30th

Street and Barber (red lines in Plan area).


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Base slide courtesy of

City Planning Commission

Proposed link

route fromTrain Avenue

spur Towpath

Trail spur to

West 25th

Street

train

tracks


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Promote a gateway treatment for a neighborhood connector

route - from West 25th Street to the Train Avenue Towpath

Trail neighborhood spur, via Barber Avenue and West 30th.


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West 30th Street, looking towards Train Avenue


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Proposed

Neighborhood spurs

and bike routes.

Interpretive

Signage

Directional

signage

Tremont,

Steelyard

Commons

Trail Marker

Interpretive

Signage Site

Scranton

Residential

areas

MetroHealth

Systems

Campus


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Detail of MetroHealth area neighborhoods:

Potential Towpath Trail

Neighborhood spur connections

By way of

1. Scranton Historic District SpurScranton Road to Scranton &

Connect to Towpath via Brooklyn Centre to

Harvard spur.

2. Brooklyn Center Spur

W. 25th Street / Scranton Road merge

Connect to Towpath via Brooklyn Centre to

Harvard spur.

3. Steelyard Spur

View Drive along boundary of Metro campus.

Converted lane of W. 14th flyover bridge

Connect to Towpath at Steelyard Commons.

1.

2.

3.

MetroHealth

Systems

Campus


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Install Signage

Station to help

mark trail and

help tell the story

of MetroHealth

neighborhood

sites and area.

Proposed Towpath Trail

neighborhood spurto connect Clark Metro /

MetroHealth area

neighborhoods to

Towpath Trail via

Brooklyn Centre and

Steelyard Commons

in Tremont.

Trinity

Jones Home

Next Steps: P blic realm enhancements at traffic gate a to camp s


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Next Steps: Public realm enhancements at traffic gateway to campus

MetroHealth

ODOT

Parcel

Jones Home

Trinity

Riverside Cemetery

Find new design solutions and funding to physically improve pedestrian realm in these important

transitional areas between Brooklyn Centre and the MetroHealth Neighborhood areas.

Pedestrian realm

improvement

areas

West32ndStr

eet

Brooklyn Centre Historic District

Brooklyn Centre Historic District


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Current conditions

The sidewalk area seen at right, and the crosswalk area at the entry ramp to Interstate 71,

are a critical juncture for the continuation of the Towpath Trail neighborhood spur to

connect the Brooklyn Centre and Clark Fulton areas, to permit another linkage via the MetroHospital and Scranton corridors to other parts of the Byway system.

A i d l d d f i t t t


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Current Condition

An improved landscape and fencing treatment

here would serve to support the status of W. 25th

as a scenic byway, and this area as a gateway to

the MetroHealth Neighborhoods and the Brooklyn

Centre Historic District. This is an ODOT owned

parcel. Repairing the fence and painting it are firststeps, small-scale fixes at minimal expense.


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Preserve cultural and historic assets. Tell theByways story.


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A survey and map was developed to

help group some 65 historic and

potentially significant buildings and

sites most of which are indicated on

this map.

Of those 65, some 39 could be

considered endangered (blighted and /

or vacant), and some of these

structures are unlikely to survive.

A strategy for promoting historic

preservation has to be deftly merged

within the context of a larger

revitalization strategy.

Survey map: Chris Lucksay,

City of Cleveland

Planning Commission


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As the 21st Century skyline

of the City center continues

to grow, the presence of a

singular historic structureon a strategic site along a

high visibility corridor, as

seen here, can help tell the

story of West 25th Street in

a vivid way.

Historic Preservation and the Scenic Byway


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Preserve cultural and historic assets. Tell theByways story.

Support the introduction of additional

amenities that support the use of publictransit and improve the public realm.

West 25th Street as a Re-emerging Transit Oriented Development Corridor


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This enhanced transit waiting area was established

here to create safer conditions at this key

intersection, and to help support the potential future

introduction of additional public realm enhancement

projects that could help generate reinvestment.

West 25th Street as a Re emerging Transit Oriented Development Corridor

West 25th Street as a Re-emerging Transit Oriented Development Corridor


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Imagine a new plaza with an open space that can be

used as parking on some days and yet also be used

for open air markets and special events.

This kind of redevelopment program can be createdin phases over time.

ArkineticsArchitecture & Urban Design

est 5t St eet as a e e e g g a s t O e ted e e op e t Co do

W t 25th St t t ti l T it O i t d D l t C id


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MetroHealth

Campus

25th West St:

26,000 **

Cars / Day

Major Commuter

Route, CBD to

SW Suburbs.

MetroHealth

6000+ Employees

RTA:1,636,000*Riders / Year.

8th largest routeof 48 main routes inRTA system.

*RTA 2003 report

Highway Access:

I-176 I-71 I-90

** Source: Burges & Niple.

West 25th Street as a potential Transit Oriented Development Corridor

WEST 25TH STREET A RE EMERGING TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR


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Opportunity sites for new uses inproximity to convenient transit routes:

WEST 25TH STREET: A RE-EMERGING TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR.

1/4 mile pedestrian shed the

range of convenient walking distance

to public transit stops around W.

25th Street and Clark Avenue.

Proposed:

4 New Enhanced Transit Waiting

Environments2 on existing sites

2 in tandem with future projects

MetroHealth

Campus

Proposed Enhanced Transit

Waiting Environment

Proposed new transit waiting


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Existing GCRTA stop, above and in map view.

Large numbers of Lincoln West High School

students, and visitors to a nearby medial services

center use this stop.

The convenience store is a stable business in a

mid-corridor location.

Public realm enhancements here, in tandem with

RTA shelter amenities, would improve streetscape

conditions and help adjacent property owners,some of whom have had long-term vacancies.

The former Aragon Ballroom, a vacant cultural

landmark with an uncertain future, is nearby. It

has no parking and future redevelopment could be

facilitated by the presence of enhanced transit

amenities.

Lincoln West

High School

1,500 students

Medical

services

Center

Jays

Market

Proposed new transit waiting

environment site:

West 25th Street and

Holmden Avenue

Jays

Market


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West 25th Street as a potential Transit Oriented Development Corridor

Proposed enhanced transit waiting environment site at W. 25th and

Holmden (arrow) as seen from a drivers point of view.

Landscape / frontage treatments at this site would also support the

Grey to Green strategy of improving the Scenic Byway through aseries of small site projects that add up to corridor-length improvements.

Proposed Enhanced

Transit Waiting

Environments


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Existing EnhancedTransit Waiting

Environment

Proposed Enhanced

Transit Waiting

Environments

Relocate existing

RTA stop on west

side of street, nowadjacent to car

wash facility,

to new site.

Facilitates new,

enhanced waiting

environment.

Current Bus Stop


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City of Cleveland - West 25th Street CorridorStrategic Land Use Plan

Plan Recommendations

Project Sponsors / Supporters

Project Team:

Abe Bruckman, AICP. LEED-AP.

Mark Duluk, AIA. LEED-AP.Arkinetics Architecture & Urban Design

Andrew BaquAtwell-Hicks Consultants

W25 Corridor-America's Byway Enhancement Plan

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