1. CIVIC DESIGN ASSOCIATES
Design Presentation
East End Master Plan and the
Improvements to the Navigation,
York, and Sampson Corridors
For The Greater East End Management District
Houston, Texas
19 April 2011

2. Public Planning Process
Thu. 9 Dec, Placemaking Workshop
Fri. 10 Dec, Streets as Places Workshop
Dec – April, Stakeholder Meetings
Wed. 9 Feb, 7:30 - Steering Committee Briefing
Wed. 9 Feb, 2:00 – 5:00 – Design Concept Workshop
Thu. 10 Feb, 4:00 – 6:30 - Public Open House
Follow-up Stakeholder Meetings
Tue. 19 April, Design Briefing

3. The East End Vision
The Greater East End will be a vibrant, mixed-use, multi-cultural, and sustainable model for the redevelopment of a historic and strategic Houston neighborhood.
The vision is sustainable on several levels: as urban infill development, as a transit oriented community, and as a green community.
Navigation Boulevard will serve as the East End’s “Main Street” and will become an active, green, pedestrian-oriented and transit-friendly boulevard.

4. The Master Plan Concepts

5. The Master Plan Principles
Navigation Boulevard should function as the East End’s Main Street.
Doing this will require thinking of the neighborhood street network in a comprehensive fashion: Sampson, York, Bastrop, Jensen, Bastrop, Canal, and Commerce, among others.
Street connectivity has to address vehicles as well as pedestrians, bicycles, and transit.

6. The Master Plan

7. Navigation Boulevard

8. Existing Conditions – Navigation
Wide ROW and median
Some mature landscaping
Vacant and available property
Existing visitor draws
Guadalupe Park

9. Primary Activity Nodes
Guadalupe Park/western gateway
Navigation Main Street restaurant row and esplanade
York/Sampson Cultural/Arts quarter
York transit station at Harrisburg

10. Navigation “Main Street” Pedestrian Promenade

11. Navigation “Main Street” Pedestrian Promenade

12. Navigation “Main Street” Phasing

13. Navigation “Main Street” Pedestrian Promenade
Block A - Merida

14. Navigation Boulevard Cross-Section

15. Santana Row, San Jose

16. Santana Row, San Jose

17. Navigation “Main Street” Pedestrian Promenade
Blocks B & C – Dona Maria/Ninfa’s

18. Navigation “Main Street” Pedestrian Promenade
Block D – Fire Station

19. Navigation “Main Street” Pedestrian Promenade
Blocks E & F – Villa Arcos

20. Navigation “Main Street” Pedestrian Promenade
Guadalupe Church

21. Navigation “Main Street” – 4 Lane Option

22. Navigation “Main Street” – 4 Lane Option

23. York/Sampson Corridors

24. Existing Conditions – Sampson and York
Substandard or missing sidewalks
Accessibility
Lack of shade
Overhead power

25. Concepts – Sampson and York
Need to function as primary north-south connectors for vehicles.
Also have to be a primary pedestrian/bike route to connect to light rail on Harrisburg.
Reduce pavement width to allow for a wider promenade on one side of the street.

26. York & Sampson Corridors
Sampson – Champ Burger Block

27. York & Sampson Corridors
Landscape Concepts

28. York & Sampson Corridors
Landscape Concepts

29. East End Improvements
Signature Elements

30. East End Improvements
Signature Elements

31. East End Improvements
Solar Lighting

32. East End Improvements
Wayfinding Concepts

33. East End Improvements
Wayfinding Concepts

34. East End Improvements
Wayfinding Concepts

35. The East End Vision Other Initiatives and Activities:
Harrisburg Light Rail Corridor
East End Mobility Study
Museum Feasibility Study
Trolley/circulator system study
Wayfinding and Graphics
Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone

36. The East End Vision
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