INC NEWS - FW: UnSprawl Case Study: Southside In Greensboro, N.C.

[pat carstensen]

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>From: Bill Fisk <fiskw at bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: North Carolina Chp Conservation Forum              
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>Subject: UnSprawl Case Study: Southside In Greensboro, N.C.
>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:15:04 -0400
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>I know some of you are on dial up and this is a picture intense post. The 
>summary is below or you can go to the link to see the whole article.
>http://www.terrain.org/unsprawl/
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>UnSprawl Case Study: Southside In Greensboro, N.C.
>Posted by: sbuntin
>Thanks to: Simmons Buntin
>
>18 July 2007 - 11:00am
>Greensboro's Southside neighborhood, a 10-acre revitalization project, 
>features restored historic homes, live-work units, corner retail, a central 
>transit stop, and a metamorphosis of the once-blighted neighborhood into a 
>vibrant community.
>
>Greensboro, North Carolina's Southside neighborhood, a 10-acre 
>revitalization project, is one of the city's first significant mixed-use 
>infill projects. Greensboro's Department of Housing and Community 
>Development developed a traditional neighborhood district ordinance-based 
>on the Southside Area Development Plan adopted by the Greensboro city 
>council in 1995-to assist Southside's redevelopment.
>
>In citing its 2003 award for Outstanding Planning: Implementation, the 
>American Planning Association noted that in creating the Area Development 
>Plan, "the importance of Southside could hardly be ignored. This blighted 
>downtown community connected five neighborhoods, served as the gateway to 
>the downtown business district, and was vital to enhancing residential 
>development in the downtown generally."
>
>The site is located immediately south of downtown Greensboro, one and a 
>half blocks from South Elm Street-Greensboro's historic main street. This 
>area has direct views of the downtown Greensboro skyline. Victorian homes 
>dominated the landscape a century ago until highway construction and urban 
>flight caused the neighborhood to go into decline. As part of the city's 
>contribution, a pedestrian-friendly streetscape design was implemented with 
>unique streetscape elements identifying the Southside neighborhood.
>
>A five-minute walk from the central business district, the development 
>includes 30 single-family homes, 10 two-family homes, 50 townhouses, 10 
>restored historic homes, and 20 live-work units where business owners live 
>upstairs from their shop or office. Some residences include studio 
>apartments above rear-detached garages, providing another housing or office 
>choice.
>
>Southside incorporates a square as the civic center of the neighborhood and 
>features a rotating schedule of public art. The neighborhood common, used 
>as a community park, retains a canopy of mature trees. Greensboro 
>contributed to the revitalization effort by installing new sidewalks, 
>historic streetlights, decorative brickwork, and landscaping such as street 
>trees.
>
>The master plan design includes a new public square created from a portion 
>of an existing block, a new internal block neighborhood common created from 
>aggregating the back yards of extra deep existing lots, and a pocket park 
>located on a close as a replacement for an existing cul-de-sac that was 
>built when a 1960s highway clipped the street. Southside is bisected by 
>Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard-the historic main spine radiating from 
>downtown to the southeastern side of the city.
>
>Source: Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, Jul 10, 
>2007
>Full Story: Terrain.org UnSprawl Case Study
>Related links:
>   a.. Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments
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