Monday, June 18, 2012

URBAN REDEVELOPMENT VIA SPORTS ARENA -- CASE STUDY -- PART 8



THE ARENA DISTRICT: CONNECTIVITY IS KEY TO COLUMBUS’ DOWNTOWN URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The Arena District master plan followed the ideas of New Urbanism.
New Urbanism is a two decade-long movement by planners and architects to develop lasting, livable, traditional communities.
These walkable, mixed use communities contrast the sprawl that has been developed in the past 50 years.
“The initial sketch I did linked the Arena District to the waterfront with a park. The basic grid pattern I drew, with the park and mixed use on it, basically is the master plan for how the Arena District has been developed,’’ Myers said.
“The grid pattern connects the development to other parts of downtown,” he added. “You can drive through the Arena District. It is geared toward the pedestrian, but it isn’t a closed-to-traffic pedestrian mallway. It’s a functioning city neighborhood.”
Case Study continues tomorrow -- June 19

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