1. Neighborhood Character and a Sense of Place on Rice Street June 2007, Ann Forsyth Metropolitan Design Center

2. Neighborhood Character Contents 1. What gives a neighborhood its design character? 2. Rice Street in North End

3. 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

4. 2. A. Natural & Designed Landscapes Green Streets and Plazas

5. 2. B. Buildings Visual 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.

6. Rice Street has many well-used 1 and 2 story buildings

7. The area has many historic buildings of 2-3 stories

8. Finally, are a number of larger buildings of to 3 or 4 stories or taller

9. Rice Street includes a variety of housing types: apartments, lofts, duplexes, and single family

10. 2. C. Settings Settings form the immediate surroundings of a project

11. 2. Livability Rice Street Has Many Assets Livability Dimensions (American Institute of Architects) include: Human scale Transportation options Activity choices Public spaces Identity

12. Human scale, activity, choices, public spaces, identity

13. 2. Livability Identity of Rice Street is From Signage

14. 2. Livability Human-Scale Signage

15. Physical Dimensions Natural features and designed landscapes Individual buildings Settings or districts Livability Dimensions Human scale Transportation options Activity choices Public spaces Identity Rice Streets Neighborhood Character