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<br />Excelsior Boulevard Corridor Study, <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota <br />Following participation in an intensive design "charrette," <br />Close landscape Architecture was retained to develop a <br />plan and "implementation workbook" for Excelsior <br />Boulevard as it passes through the West Calhoun neighborhood. <br />Attention focused on the interface of the public realm with a <br />major new commercial redevelopment site and established <br />surrounding neighborhoods. Recommendations were <br />developed for the creation of key linkages to civic and <br />recreational spaces in and near the community. <br /> <br />Design concepts centered on enhancing the overall quality <br />of the neighborhood, including strengthening connections to <br />the Minneapolis park system and lake Calhoun and improving <br />the character of the public realm. Strategies were explored <br />to upgrade the quality and safety of the sidewalk and to <br />calm traffic through this neighborhood "main street." The <br />goal of making the street livelier and more "urban" - rather <br />than developing a suburban, car-focused environment - was <br />deemed essential to making the area more pedestrian- <br />friendly and, ultimately, more livable. <br /> <br />Shepard-Davern Small Area Plan and Gateway <br />Saint Paul, Minnesota <br />Close Landscape Architecture teamed with A-Studio to <br />develop an urban design framework and "city gateway" plan <br />for the Shepard-Davern neighborhood, located directly <br />across the Mississippi River from Fort Snelling in Saint Paul's <br />west end district. The project included recommendations for <br />new land use, re-structuring existing roads and the development <br />of new ones, enhancing bridges with stone veneer, lighting <br />and ornamental iron railings, and installing a new city entry <br />sign, lighting and extensive landscaping. <br /> <br />Our work focused on the development of the public realm - <br />streets, sidewalks, parks and open space - from Fort Snelling <br />on the west to 1-35E on the east end of the study area. <br />Guidelines were developed for the freeway section of West <br />Seventh Street (Fort Road) as well as the more urban <br />commercial, residential and mixed-use areas. <br />Recommendations were developed to establish and improve <br />connections between the Highland Park neighborhood <br />above and the Mississippi River below this unique terraced <br />neighborhood in the city. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />_.....- <br />~..... <br />!. <br />/ <br />