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Joseph Selvaggio Initiative Public Realm Improvements, Minneapolis, Minnesota The Joseph Selvaggio Initiative is an urban revitalization pro- ject involving an eight block area in the Phillips Neighborhood. The purpose of the initiative is to improve the quality of life for both the residents of the area, and the employees and visitors of area businesses. Working closely with a neighborhood advisory committee, Close Landscape Architecture completed a master plan of the area and developed a palette of public realm elements to be installed throughout the 8 block area. These elements included stone walls, traffic calming bump outs, fencing, planting and more. a central spine converted 27th Avenue into a "green street" that will link the front doors of two major institutions in the area and provide a park-like street in this densely urban neighborhood. Franklin Avenue Redevelopment Minneapolis, Minnesota Our office was retained by Seward Redesign, the development arm of the Seward Neighborhood Group, as a first step toward their goal of "reclaiming" Franklin Avenue as a community Main Street as it passes through Seward from Cedar and Minnehaha Avenues on the west to the Mississippi River on the east. Our work focused on the western end of the thoroughfare, studying the options for developing a "gateway" into the community. The project also made specific recommendations for improving the complicated intersection at Cedar and Franklin through an aggressive planting and pavement project, opportunities for traffic-calming, boulevard planting and improved lighting along this mixed-use corridor. 11 .,.,;:; '., t-~'Y"'-,,: I "'''i 'l"'.fr?'r""".,....:-4'"'r"'"'><~~~'" ~ > %".., . . ,..~'h ',..,' d "l-l-~' " ~, tftj ."" ,:. " . ~L~_ ~., , , R/ : j . , l~l~ fj~i!%t ~ < '