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Since September many of you have taken time to visit with the architecture students loitering outside your businesses. For them your willingness to visit with them about 34th Street has been a wonderful “real world”. They were 70 sophomores in the TTU / College of Architecture’s “Site Planning” class. We used 34th Street to teach about building sites and we used the students to get some site design done for 34th Street. The semester ended with an open house at Sunset Church of Christ to present the studies and ideas.
I’ve hired a very focused student from that class, Scott Stewart, to work with me as we draw up more concrete ideas for how you all can:
a) manage parking and signage,
b) make a case for sidewalk sales and events that complement the parade,
c) calm traffic and increase business visibility,
d) meet the council’s challenge for an alternative to last year’s master plan.
We’re not creating another master plan. We’re building up a “menu” of ideas for improvement that work individually and together in a variety of combinations. The city is going to “redo” 34th Street somehow. Many of the things we propose are not about you spending money but are designed to redirect the impending paving project to improve your business surroundings. We really look forward to more of your feedback as this develops. We’re always eager to talk about 34th Street’s future.