Ariel of Downtown Columbus:
The ariel along with the photographs from a previous posting illustrates the nature of the downtown area. The area consists of many open lots along with a riverfront that is not addressed by most buildings and landscaping. The city has begun addressing the riverfront by creating the "Scioto Mile" which will run along the river and reduce Civic Center Drive from 5 lanes of traffic to 3 lanes. The goal is to help attract people to the riverfront along with various festivals (i.e. art, music, etc). Additionally, this solution would help achieve a more pedestrian friendly environment - which is severly lacking.
Masterplan:
The masterplan is color coded to depict the different use groups and potential greenspaces throughout the city. The major component is to begin addressing the pedestrian environment, the plan begins to create boulevards and spaces that encourage walking to destinations - additionally the reliance on cars is somewhat minimized by relocating major roadways below ground and with the addition of a rail way system (transportation drawing to be posted later).
Large Scale Section:
Waterfront Perspective:
The main feature of the plan addresses the waterfront. By adding a pedestrian bridge that connects the downtown core to the Scioto Pennisula (approx 40 acre site) it adds possibilities of further connection/interaction with further development across the river. The bridge, which would sit just above the river could be used as a destination/place for leisure activities and festivals. In addition to the bridge, a large scale building would be added, to help add year-round activities at the riverfront (i.e. bars, clubs, resturants, markets, etc.). A walkway would run along side the river, containing several small scale cafe's/resturants to help invigorate the riverfront.
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