Another Plan Diagram of Design #05b

Robert Burle Marx- Landscape Architect

Some images of Burle-Marx's work from mid-20th century.
Can we get this sort of tone-ing into this project?

paving patterns

Scott: I've got a great idea for a pattern for the paving of the street.
These drawings show it too subtly. Look at the grays.
Can we get different tones (maybe dyes) of concrete color?
Can they make the concrete evenly colored all along the road? Cheaply?
I need some research done on this A.S.A.P.
We really should look for alternatives to historic character concrete stamping.
34th Street is smooth. You glide down it. It was never brick. It is an asphalt street.
They are going to ask for it to be replaced with a concrete road. That's great.
Let's get on top of what can be done in paving with concrete.

I washed my phone so email me about this when you have time.

Getting from Car to Store

From transalt.org:

Christopher DeWolf: "Traffic engineers want streets to act as traffic funnels; to them, pedestrians are mere nuisances. Instead of trying to force pedestrians to conform to streets designed primarily for cars, why not adapt them to the behavior of pedestrians?"

Dylan Reid, of the city-created Toronto Pedestrian Committee, suggests that narrowing lanes and widening sidewalks is a good way to encourage walking and slow down traffic. "The speed of traffic is not related to efficiency," he explains. Consistently slow traffic makes for streets that are less dangerous, less noisy and a lot more pleasant -- while still moving cars along at a steady pace.

Text In 34th St Ass'n Newsletter

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.