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City of Cleveland
West 25th Corridor / America's Byway Enhancement Plan
Plan Recommendations
Project Sponsors / Supporters
Project Team:
Abe Bruckman, AICP. LEED-AP.
Mark Duluk, AIA. LEED-AP.Arkinetics Architecture & Urban Design
Andrew BaquAtwell-Hicks Consultants
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West 25th Corridor / America's Byway Plan
as a Strategic Land Use Planning Process:
Helps Tell the Story: Survey of Cultural and HistoricAssets to Preserve.
Identifies and establishes future links (neighborhoodspurs) to the Towpath Trail.
Promotes streetscape improvement and frontageenhancement projects that support the Scenic Byway
Encourage upgrades of public transit use areas and thepedestrian realm at key sites
Suggests collaborative investment strategy withincatalytic project redevelopment areas.
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Why is this West 25th Corridor / Byway Plan important?
W. 25th is a commuter corridor and gateway into City.
Proposed action steps outlined in plan will improve the profileand image of the City of Cleveland.
Could benefit adjacent neighborhood areas. Improvements
on the corridor will help adjacent residential streets.
Fills a gap. This portion of 25th Street Corridor has not
experienced the same level of positive redevelopment as seen
to the north and south of Plan study area.
This is the one portion of the Scenic Byway System that has
not benefited from prior planning and adopted a program of
recommendations related to its status as a portion of the
Americas Byway System.
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The development of the Scenic
Byway System - the Towpath Trail,
neighborhood trail spurs, the
historic and cultural story that theByway weaves together, has now
been conceptually developed
except in the Plan area.
Image Source:
Canalway Ohio.
Plan area
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Recommendations in Plan
Corridor-length treatments to support andfoster W. 25th as one of Americas Byways.
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Current shot of W. 25th Streetscape, from MetroHealth looking north
Recommended use of streetscape enhancements that can serve as a visual compliment
and neutral element to in relation to both historic and contemporary architecture.Visual integration and relationship between neighborhood scale and City skyline is key.
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Recommendation: New street poles on both sides of street.
Enhance the view shed / approach into the city.
Reduce current number of existing styles of streetlamps (eight) to one.
New Vision - Making W. 25th Street A designated Scenic Byway Into one of Clevelands Great Gateway Streets. PlanningandDesign Solutions
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This is the first portion of the Byway System along W. 25th Street where the 21st
Century City skyline begins to loom above the neighborhood streetscape.
West 25th Street as a Designated Scenic Byway
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Streetscape view looking north
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New streetlights will reduce visual clutter and
help enhance the qualities of many buildings
along the corridor.
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The Big Sky over the Lake creates an ever
changing backdrop from which we can
regard our other growing regional asset
the evolving City skyline.
Introducing a single, consistent streetlampdesign will help visually connect this
portion of the Byway from Brooklyn Centre
to Ohio City and enhance the skyline view
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GREY TO GREENImprove approximately 2900 linear feet
(30% of the corridor within the Plan area) of current
streetscape frontage with new landscape enhancements.
Corridorlength strategies
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Frontage Landscape
Opportunity Sites Total - 2890 Linear Feet
GRAY TO GREEN( 2900 linear feet is 30% of streetscape)
Given the variety of building
types, one also has to look for
corridor-length treatments, to
help define the Byway.
There are many opportunity
sites some small and some
large, where enhancedlandscape treatments can add
up and collectively make a
significant difference
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A landscape architect was commissioned in 2005 to create a frontage-area
landscape plan that could work in a series of components or modules, so that
it could be introduced at opportunity sites along the Byway.
Enhanced Transit Waiting areas are among the best sites for implementation of
new landscape frontage treatments.
Landscape Plan for frontage area of Third Federal Plaza site.
Courtesy of McKnight & Associates.
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PlanningandDesign Solutions
1. After building demolitionand site prep, an existingGreater Cleveland Regional
Transit Authority bus stop was
relocated. The prior stop site
did not have space for a shelter.
2. Landscaped frontageproject introduced.
Streetscape amenities added to
help screen parking lot and
support introduction of
enhanced transit waiting area.
1. Example
2.
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Recommendations in Plan
Corridor-length treatments to support andfoster W. 25th as one of Americas Byways.
Identify and establishes future links(neighborhood spurs) to the Towpath Trail.
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Connect local,
neighborhood &
corridor sites with
other regional
planning initiatives images courtesy of CuyahogaCounty Planning Commission,Cleveland Metroparks
Identify / Establish / Strengthen Connections to Towpath Trail.
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Foundry Hill
Plan Area
Base slide courtesy of City Planning Commission
The Towpath Trail (seen as a yellow dashed
line), and the potential Towpath Trail
neighborhood spur along the Train Avenue
Corridorcan connect to West 25th Street and
the Foundry Hill neighborhood via W. 30th
Street and Barber (red lines in Plan area).
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Base slide courtesy of
City Planning Commission
Proposed link
route fromTrain Avenue
spur Towpath
Trail spur to
West 25th
Street
train
tracks
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Promote a gateway treatment for a neighborhood connector
route - from West 25th Street to the Train Avenue Towpath
Trail neighborhood spur, via Barber Avenue and West 30th.
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West 30th Street, looking towards Train Avenue
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Proposed
Neighborhood spurs
and bike routes.
Interpretive
Signage
Directional
signage
Tremont,
Steelyard
Commons
Trail Marker
Interpretive
Signage Site
Scranton
Residential
areas
MetroHealth
Systems
Campus
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Detail of MetroHealth area neighborhoods:
Potential Towpath Trail
Neighborhood spur connections
By way of
1. Scranton Historic District SpurScranton Road to Scranton &
Connect to Towpath via Brooklyn Centre to
Harvard spur.
2. Brooklyn Center Spur
W. 25th Street / Scranton Road merge
Connect to Towpath via Brooklyn Centre to
Harvard spur.
3. Steelyard Spur
View Drive along boundary of Metro campus.
Converted lane of W. 14th flyover bridge
Connect to Towpath at Steelyard Commons.
1.
2.
3.
MetroHealth
Systems
Campus
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Install Signage
Station to help
mark trail and
help tell the story
of MetroHealth
neighborhood
sites and area.
Proposed Towpath Trail
neighborhood spurto connect Clark Metro /
MetroHealth area
neighborhoods to
Towpath Trail via
Brooklyn Centre and
Steelyard Commons
in Tremont.
Trinity
Jones Home
Next Steps: P blic realm enhancements at traffic gate a to camp s
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Next Steps: Public realm enhancements at traffic gateway to campus
MetroHealth
ODOT
Parcel
Jones Home
Trinity
Riverside Cemetery
Find new design solutions and funding to physically improve pedestrian realm in these important
transitional areas between Brooklyn Centre and the MetroHealth Neighborhood areas.
Pedestrian realm
improvement
areas
West32ndStr
eet
Brooklyn Centre Historic District
Brooklyn Centre Historic District
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Current conditions
The sidewalk area seen at right, and the crosswalk area at the entry ramp to Interstate 71,
are a critical juncture for the continuation of the Towpath Trail neighborhood spur to
connect the Brooklyn Centre and Clark Fulton areas, to permit another linkage via the MetroHospital and Scranton corridors to other parts of the Byway system.
A i d l d d f i t t t
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Current Condition
An improved landscape and fencing treatment
here would serve to support the status of W. 25th
as a scenic byway, and this area as a gateway to
the MetroHealth Neighborhoods and the Brooklyn
Centre Historic District. This is an ODOT owned
parcel. Repairing the fence and painting it are firststeps, small-scale fixes at minimal expense.
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Recommendations in Plan
Corridor-length treatments to support andfoster W. 25th as one of Americas Byways.
Identify and establishes future links(neighborhood spurs) to the Towpath Trail.
Preserve cultural and historic assets. Tell theByways story.
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A survey and map was developed to
help group some 65 historic and
potentially significant buildings and
sites most of which are indicated on
this map.
Of those 65, some 39 could be
considered endangered (blighted and /
or vacant), and some of these
structures are unlikely to survive.
A strategy for promoting historic
preservation has to be deftly merged
within the context of a larger
revitalization strategy.
Survey map: Chris Lucksay,
City of Cleveland
Planning Commission
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As the 21st Century skyline
of the City center continues
to grow, the presence of a
singular historic structureon a strategic site along a
high visibility corridor, as
seen here, can help tell the
story of West 25th Street in
a vivid way.
Historic Preservation and the Scenic Byway
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Recommendations in Plan
Corridor-length treatments to support andfoster W. 25th as one of Americas Byways.
Identify and establishes future links(neighborhood spurs) to the Towpath Trail.
Preserve cultural and historic assets. Tell theByways story.
Support the introduction of additional
amenities that support the use of publictransit and improve the public realm.
West 25th Street as a Re-emerging Transit Oriented Development Corridor
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This enhanced transit waiting area was established
here to create safer conditions at this key
intersection, and to help support the potential future
introduction of additional public realm enhancement
projects that could help generate reinvestment.
West 25th Street as a Re emerging Transit Oriented Development Corridor
West 25th Street as a Re-emerging Transit Oriented Development Corridor
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Imagine a new plaza with an open space that can be
used as parking on some days and yet also be used
for open air markets and special events.
This kind of redevelopment program can be createdin phases over time.
ArkineticsArchitecture & Urban Design
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W t 25th St t t ti l T it O i t d D l t C id
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MetroHealth
Campus
25th West St:
26,000 **
Cars / Day
Major Commuter
Route, CBD to
SW Suburbs.
MetroHealth
6000+ Employees
RTA:1,636,000*Riders / Year.
8th largest routeof 48 main routes inRTA system.
*RTA 2003 report
Highway Access:
I-176 I-71 I-90
** Source: Burges & Niple.
West 25th Street as a potential Transit Oriented Development Corridor
WEST 25TH STREET A RE EMERGING TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR
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Opportunity sites for new uses inproximity to convenient transit routes:
WEST 25TH STREET: A RE-EMERGING TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR.
1/4 mile pedestrian shed the
range of convenient walking distance
to public transit stops around W.
25th Street and Clark Avenue.
Proposed:
4 New Enhanced Transit Waiting
Environments2 on existing sites
2 in tandem with future projects
MetroHealth
Campus
Proposed Enhanced Transit
Waiting Environment
Proposed new transit waiting
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Existing GCRTA stop, above and in map view.
Large numbers of Lincoln West High School
students, and visitors to a nearby medial services
center use this stop.
The convenience store is a stable business in a
mid-corridor location.
Public realm enhancements here, in tandem with
RTA shelter amenities, would improve streetscape
conditions and help adjacent property owners,some of whom have had long-term vacancies.
The former Aragon Ballroom, a vacant cultural
landmark with an uncertain future, is nearby. It
has no parking and future redevelopment could be
facilitated by the presence of enhanced transit
amenities.
Lincoln West
High School
1,500 students
Medical
services
Center
Jays
Market
Proposed new transit waiting
environment site:
West 25th Street and
Holmden Avenue
Jays
Market
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West 25th Street as a potential Transit Oriented Development Corridor
Proposed enhanced transit waiting environment site at W. 25th and
Holmden (arrow) as seen from a drivers point of view.
Landscape / frontage treatments at this site would also support the
Grey to Green strategy of improving the Scenic Byway through aseries of small site projects that add up to corridor-length improvements.
Proposed Enhanced
Transit Waiting
Environments
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Existing EnhancedTransit Waiting
Environment
Proposed Enhanced
Transit Waiting
Environments
Relocate existing
RTA stop on west
side of street, nowadjacent to car
wash facility,
to new site.
Facilitates new,
enhanced waiting
environment.
Current Bus Stop
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City of Cleveland - West 25th Street CorridorStrategic Land Use Plan
Plan Recommendations
Project Sponsors / Supporters
Project Team:
Abe Bruckman, AICP. LEED-AP.
Mark Duluk, AIA. LEED-AP.Arkinetics Architecture & Urban Design
Andrew BaquAtwell-Hicks Consultants