My thesis final presentation

A THESIS

Major: Community and

Regional Planning

Professor. Gordon Scholz

Dr. Yunwoo Nam

Dr. Rodrigo Cantarero

History of Alleys

Early nineteen

century

• Water, police, gas, and electricity,

mass produced access, and access to

the rear

• Automobile (increase and bigger)

• Many thousands of lots (minimum

accesses and minimum utilities)

• Garbage (Unfavorable Places)

Late nineteen

century

Source: Site Unseen: Toronto Laneway

Architecture and Urbanism (2004)

Problem facing alleys

• Awareness of the

potential for

revitalization of

alleys

• Financial Costs

• Crime

• Land Use

• Maintenance

• Water treatment

Research Questions

• How cities can enliven human economic

and social activities by revitalizing

alleys

• How alleys could contribute to city life

• How strategies for alley revitalization

have been successfully implemented in

a number of cities

• How similar strategies could be

transferred to alleys in Lincoln

• How alleys in the City of Lincoln could

be improved and, therefore, how alleys

could contribute to city life

Research methodology

• Hypothesis (What will be the most influential on

the alley strategies)

• Types and Criteria (Frequency on case studies

and literature review)

• Case Study (collected by Online, Articles,

Reports, Journals, and Books)

• Analysis (Table and Sheets): Target of analysis

will be more than 6 cases on each hypothesis

• Analysis Results

• What is the most influential hypothesis on

each type and criterion

• Create the alley revitalization type

• Define Successful Alley (Case study and

literature review)

• Revitalization of Alleys in Lincoln (3

alternatives)

Case Study

36 cases of projects and 29 cases of individual alleys

List of Projects List of individual alleys

Sample of table

Types of Alley Project

• Green Infrastructure

• Retails

• Art

• Events

• Maintenance

Green Infrastructure (Project)

Green Infrastructure (Alley)

Frequency on case studies

Criteria of Project type

• Paving

• Lighting

• Canopies

• Opening

Façade

• Identity

• Furniture

• Bollard

• Water runoff

• On-site water

treatment

• Steps

• Colors

• Setback

• Building Height

• Lines

• Trash removal/enclosure

• Trees or Plants

• Banning motor vehicles

• Cultural Involvement

• Vendor

• Recycling

• Gathering places or

centers

• Network for pedestrians

and bicyclists

• Noise control

• Recycled materials

Paving (Project)

Paving (Alley)

Frequency on case studies and literature review

Case Study Analysis Result

• The green infrastructure and

maintenance types are individually

distinct; however, retail, events, and

art are sometimes collaborated

• Project in the U.S. are relatively

newer and are likely to focus on

sustainability due to the recent

trend (Green Infrastructure) and

variety of district, on the other hand,

projects in other countries are more

likely to focus on economic

development (retails)

Alley Project Type

• Residential

District

• Commercial

District

• Art,

Cultural/Historica

l District

• Mixed Use

District

• Multiple Alleys

• Parking Alley

• Temporary Idea

• Originally

Arranged Alley

Residential District

Commercial District Mixed Use District

Art, Cultural/Historical

District District

Alley Project Type

• Residential

District

• Commercial

District

• Art,

Cultural/Historica

l District

• Mixed Use

District

• Multiple Alleys

• Parking Alley

• Temporary Idea

• Originally

Arranged Alley

Originally Arranged Alley

Temporary Idea

Multiple Alley

Potential Benefits

• Walkability

• Accessibility

• Economic development

• More beautiful cities

• Reduction of crime rate

• Additional Store Frontages

• Places for Children, Elderly,

and Community

• Events and Cultural

Activities

• Protection of Sun, Rain, and

Snow

• Escape from City

• Sustainability

• Unique Experience

Walkability

Successful Alleys

• Involve communities

• Consider characteristics of alleys such as

human Scale and less access of automobiles

• Try to achieve some of urban design purposes

such as economic development, international,

development, environmental sustainability, and

fecund urban environment

• Decide purposes and goals

• Must not over design

• Make the place unique with history of

utilization

• Make it stimulus to other goals and other

projects

Alley Project in Lincoln

Lincoln

• Demographics

• Walkscore

• Hot Spot of

Crime in Lincoln

Walkscore


Downtown

• Projects around Downtown

Area

• Grid Pattern

• Borders of Downtown

Lincoln

• Zoning/Land Use

• Traffic Volume

• Mean of Transportation

• Crime

• Building Use

• Building Condition

• Width of Alley

• Open Spaces in Downtown

Lincoln

Width of Alley

Project around Downtown Area


Field Study

Buildings in Downtown

• Building Materials

• Building Height

Alleys in Downtown

• Existence of Business

• Existence of Parking

• Steepness of Slope

• Existence of Graphics

• Existence of Drains

• Existence of Canopies

• Existence of Furniture

• Existence of Plant Life

• Number of Garage

Doors

• Number of Doors

• Existence of Trash

Containers

• Number of Utility Pole

• Number of Lights

• Number of Windows

• Alley Paving Materials

• Alley Paving Condition


Comprehensive Analysis of Downtown Lincoln

Proposal Area

Alley located between 14th

and Centennial Mall and between O and P Street


Eight adjacent blocks and proposal area

• Building Uses in the

Adjacent Eight Blocks

and Proposal Area

• Parcel Owners in the

Eight Adjacent Block

and Proposal Area

• Street and Site View at

the Edges of Each

Block

• Entrance View of Each

Alley in the Eight

Adjacent Block and

Proposal Area

Building Uses in the Adjacent Eight Blocks

and Proposal Area

Entrance View of Each Alley in the

Eight Adjacent Block and Proposal Area


Comprehensive Analysis of Eight adjacent blocks and proposal area

Proposal Area

Existing Condition of the proposal Area

Entrance of the Alley (From

14th

Street)

Entrance of the Alley (From Centennial

Mall)

Entrance of the Smaller

Open Space (From Alley)

Entrance of the Smaller

Open Space (From P Street)

East side of Alley

Smaller Open Space Bigger Open Space

Proposal

• It is important to attract diversity of people into the

alley since it is a public space

• It works as connections of areas, people, and

activities

• It is an initiative alley revitalization project, therefore,

it needs to show the potential of alleys

• It restricts vehicle accesses for the a pedestrian

friendly space and enhanced community, and also to

create less damage on the alley

• It consider the connection to the west side due to

there is the Barrymore’s alley and the adjacent street

located to the west side of the alley (no alley at east

side) is much more lively with more pedestrians and

vehicles than the east side of alley

• It prepares few alternatives due to alternatives seeks

more possibility and it should involve communities

there

Alternative 1 (Asian Block)

Economic Development and

Community Enhancement

Demographics

• There is quick population growth in

the Lancaster county

• Asians live mostly around Downtown

• The highest Asian population in

Lancaster County is 20 to 29 which is

students and young professionals)

Location

• Around the area is concentrated by

food services and bars

• Near University of Nebraska Lincoln

needs more food service such as

grocery stores

• There are many projects going on

around the area

Type

• Commercial District is likely to adopt

the retail type of alley revitalization

strategy


• One of the issues

here is how public

space could

contribute to private

business

• The solution should

be beneficial to both

enterprises and the

city

• The price of rent of

the public space for

enterprises will be

decided by the

distance from the

facade


Time Schedule(Control Vehicle Accesses)


Ground Plan

P Street

O Street

Ce

nte

nn

ia

l M

all

14

th

S

tre

et


Cross Section

Vendor Area Retail Area Out dining

Event Area


Smaller Open Space


Smaller Open Space (Existing Condition)


Smaller Open Space (Proposal)

Alley



Alley (Existing Condition)


Alley (Proposal)


Alley (Existing

Condition)


Alley (Proposal)

Bigger Open Space



Bigger Open Space (Existing Condition)


Bigger Open Space

Alternative 2 (Lincoln Alley)

Economic Development and

Community Enhancement

Location

• In the area, there is a studio

• The proposal area has the museum,

Nebraska History museum, in the

block, and the Children’s museum, in

the adjacent block

Art Activity in Lincoln

• Lincoln has put its effort to activate

art in Downtown Lincoln area such

as art council activities, Downtown

association activities, the

concentration of public art

Type

• Commercial District sometimes

collaborate with art type of alley

revitalization strategy to attract

pedestrians


• Public Art in

Lincoln


Time Schedule (Control Vehicle Accesses)


Ground Plan

P Street

O Street

14

th

S

tre

et

Ce

nte

nn

ia

l M

all


Cross Section

Exhibition Art

Area Art Area Event Area

Smaller Open Space







Alley




• Alley (Proposal)

Bigger Open Space





Bigger Open Space (Proposal)

Alternative 3 (Green River)

Community Enhancement and

Sustainability

Case Study: Trend and feasibility

• Green Infrastructure is the

most common type of alley

revitalization among the newer

projects such as projects after

2010, especially in the U.S.

• Green Infrastructure has wide

range of feasibility

Type

• Green Infrastructure is less

likely to specify district

• Even commercial district

sometimes adopts this alley

strategy if the alley is going

to be repaved


Time Schedule (Control Vehicle Accesses)

Ground Plan


14

th

S

tre

et

Ce

nte

nn

ia

l M

all

P Street

O Street


Cross Section

Kids

Playground

Area

Green Area

Sittable

Relaxation

Area

Smaller Open Space






Alley





• Alley (Proposal)

Bigger Open Space





Bigger Open Space (Proposal)

Design

My thesis final presentation