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PRECEDENT STUDIESPRECEDENT STUDIESLARGER SCALE ENTRIES

The Olive Street Exit was replanned, and in doing so

identifies this sub-community of St. Louis through the

use of visuals such as pedestrian spaces, greenery, and

refinished masonry on the overpass itself. The approach

to the Butler Community through Highway 71 and 52

could be re-vitalized to provide visitors a sense of where

they are and the community they are entering into.

STREETSCAPE AND COMMUNITY

IDENTIFIERS

East-29th Avenue town center

revitalized city square in Denver

CO, consisting of mixed use

buildings from office, residen-

tial, restaraunts and apart-

ments. Through a re-designed

open space and architectural ele-

ments such as updated facades,

pedestrian buffer zone to seper-

ate vehicular traffic as well as

vegetaion, allow the transfor-

mation of the old space into a

entry between downtown

Denver and its surrounding

suburb communities. In result

this transformation has allowed

a seperate identity to be formed.

As, 29th Avenue, Town Center is

it’s own distinct place.

SIGNS AND IDENTIFIERS

Short North : Arts District has a historic

presence about the neigborhood as the

arches were designed in 1888 and was

re-vitalized in 2000.Columbus, Ohio set

out to make a statement by construct-

ing a series of arches throughout down-

town not only to light the streets but to

dazzle the visitors. Today, there are 17

high-tech arches spanning High Street,

which are the architectural signature of

the Short North.

“The arches now provide a mile-long

rainbow that has become the hallmark

of the district”

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