Thank you all for attending our second Community Workshop. We appreciate your time, energy and wide range of ideas, suggestions and questions. We learned a great deal and hopefully you have a better understanding of the trade-offs between the cost of community benefits and the density needed to pay for them. Below are the presentations and the results of the planning game.
Group 1
- Creates angles for views
- Highest height at the center of zone B
- Walking paths throughout
- Armory becomes a food/performance arts destination
- Add Central Green to zone C
- Boutique Hotel on the Water
Group 2
- Fair and affordable housing throughout
- Orient height for views to the water
- Park connects water and main on Zone C
Group 3
- Maintain beauty of the waterfront
- Not too much retail and restaurants on the water
- Density towards water treatment plant
- No projecting piers
- View corridor at inlet
- No armory
- No hotel
- Tallest on Main St; 8 stories
- Parking below ground or near the treatment plant
- Balance height on Main st and the water
Group 4
- Higher on Main st down to 2 to 3 stories on the water
- Parking on Le Fevres Ln.
- Parking underground for zone B
- Retail on Pratt and Main, as well as the cross streets
- Keep armory vault for market
- Rooftop bars – but watch out for noise
- So dense — needs a new school
Group 5
- Waterfront key for city but seldom viewed
- How many number of people?
- More natural waterfront; the “bump” becomes a ecological park
- View through out the site
- More affordability/ more rich people to pay
- 8 stories around main st.
Group 6
- Height on zone C to see over Salesian
- Retail around Main St. with higher height
- Hotel close to Echo corner
- Hotel with roof top bar
- Parking at water treatment plant
- Pier on the water
Leave a Reply