1. Lincoln Avenue Corridor Urban Design Plan & Design Guidelines “Tuesdays at APA” August 1, 2006 Mahender Vasandani Director, Planning & Urban Design Land Vision, Inc.

2. A Typical Commercial Strip 1

3. A Typical “Old” Approach 2

4. The Corridor Touhy Avenue Devon Avenue I-294 Lincoln Avenue Corridor 3

5. The Corridor 4 A Commercial Strip/Thoroughfare

6. The Issues  Outmoded Development Form  Can Not Exploit Full Potential  No Gathering Places  Lack of Pedestrian Access  Lack of Positive Identity  No Design Cohesiveness 5

7. The Goals  Allow New Development Form  Create Hubs of Activities/Mixed Uses  Create Gathering Places  Allow Convenient Pedestrian Access  Create In-fill Housing  Create Cohesive Image  Add Value to Properties 6

8. The Approach 1.Citizen Participation/Image Preference Survey 2.Existing Conditions Analysis a.Streetscape Elements and Condition b.Figure-Ground Analysis c.Redevelopment Potential Analysis 3.Redevelopment Strategy a.Create A New “Downtown” b.Allow Mixed-Uses c.Create Hubs d.Create In-Fill Housing 4.New Urbanist Development Form a. Building Locations b. Building Relations to Streets c. Traffic Calming/Pedestrian Activity d. Urban Streets/Livability 7

9. The Approach 5. Corridor Urban Design Plan 6. Urban Design Guidelines a.Public Domain b.Private Domain 7.Adopt Form-based Code 8.A New “Downtown” Plan 8

10. Citizen Participation/IPS 9 A MUST!

11. Existing Conditions Analysis Figure/Ground Analysis (Northern Half) 10

12. Redevelopment Strategy New Mixed-Use Hub: Retail & Residential Lincoln Avenue Touhy Avenue Pratt Avenue Crawford Avenue 4. Focal-point Monument Devon Avenue 1. New Downtown Hub: Retail, Office, Residential & Hotel 7. New Retail Hub 6. Residential Infill North 2. Focal-point Monument 5. Mixed-Use Hub: Retail & Residential Existing Village Hall 3. Focal-point Monument in Traffic Oval 11

13. New Urbanist Development Form 12

14. Redevelopment Potential Analysis 13

15. Redevelopment Potential Analysis 14

16. Corridor Urban Design Plan Northern Half 15

17. Southern Half 16 Corridor Urban Design Plan

18. Urban Design Guidelines Public Domain Guidelines : Near Properties Not to Be Redeveloped 17

19. Private Domain Guidelines : For Properties to Be Redeveloped B Maximum 3 Floors/ 38 Feet R.O.W. Line Sidewalk Line A Building Setback Line B Sidewalk Line B Building Setback Line C R.O.W. Line A “A”: Max. Building Setback: 5 feet “B”: Min. Distance to Sidewalk Edge: 15 feet “C” Min. Setback Above 3 Floors: 10 feet 18 Urban Design Guidelines Maximum Building Height in Corridor: 3 Storeys Max. Height in “Downtown”: 5 Storeys

20. Urban Design Guidelines 19 Required Building Line/Streetscape Private Domain Guidelines : For Properties to Be Redeveloped

21. Landscaping vs. “Dead” Walls Pocket Parks 20 Urban Design Guidelines Private Domain Guidelines : For Properties to Be Redeveloped Well-articulated Facades

22. Downtown Plan 1 2 3 4 21

23. Downtown Plan Phase I: Lincoln/Touhy Site Development Concept Floor Plans 22

24. Massing Study (View from Lincoln Avenue) 23 Downtown Plan Phase I: Lincoln/Touhy Site

25. Massing Study (View from Touhy Avenue) 24 Downtown Plan Phase I: Lincoln/Touhy Site

26. Development Program Analysis 25 Downtown Plan Phase I: Lincoln/Touhy Site

27. Concept Architecture/Urban Form (View from Touhy Avenue ) 26 Downtown Plan Phase I: Lincoln/Touhy Site

28. Concept Architecture/Urban Form (View from corner of Lincoln Avenue and Touhy Avenue) 27 Downtown Plan Phase I: Lincoln/Touhy Site

29. Study Conclusion  Land Vision Provided Detailed Design for Lincoln Avenue Corridor Plan  LATF Approved the Plan and Design Guidelines  Village Adopted the Corridor Plan and Updated Its Comprehensive Plan  Village Is Working on a Form-based Code 28

30. Lessons Learned 1.Public and Leadership Support for NU Is Critical 2.May Take Some Work to Gain Such Support 3.After the Initial Support, Need to Provide Creative Solutions…to Sustain Support 4.New Urbanism Will Provide Creative Solutions 5.With the Right Design Solutions:  Quality Projects  Economically Sustainable  Traffic Calming  Quality of Life  Successful Transformation of a Commercial Strip to a “Livable Urban Street” 29

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