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Urban Plazas 2 Dr. Lou Mills LARC4401 – Urban Design

Aspects of Urban Life - Methodologies for Urban Analysis ► Edges, Nodes, Landmarks, Alleys (Kevin Lynch) ► Category of Urban Spaces- (Grady Clay) ► Townscapes (Gordon Cullen)- place, occupied territory, possession in movement, advantage, enclaves, enclosures, focal points, precincts, etc. ► The Last Landscape, Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, City: Rediscovering the Center (William H. Whyte

What makes a Great Urban Plaza? ► Diversity of uses, rhythm, movement ► Appropriate and Optimal Geometry ► Pedestrian Scale and priority ► Adjacent Density of Land use and users ► Historical Sense of place ► Tremendous views from and to site ► Water ► Food, Fun, Work, Study options ► Colors, Noise, Smells ► Multitude of different types of space- public, semi-private, private ► Ample seating, shade and facilities ► Adjacent Transportation Links

Special Places ► Baltimore – Inner Harbor ► Camden Yards Baseball Field ► Philadelphia- Constitution Hall Plaza ► Washington, D.C. –  Pennsylvania Avenue  Vietnam Wall Memorial  Capital Park  Georgetown

Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

Baltimore Camden Yard

Philadelphia Independence Hall National Historic Park- Constitution Park

Washington, DC Pennsylvania Avenue Navy Memorial

Vietnam Memorial

South Eastern USA Plazas ► Peachtree Plaza- Olympic Park ► Jacksonville Landing ► City of Miami Waterfront ► South Beach / Miami Beach ► New Orleans – Mississippi Landing/Aquarium

Atlanta- Peachtree Plaza

Miami- Miami and South Beach

Jacksonville Landing (Fla.)

New Orleans- Aquarium of the Americas

New Orleans – Mississippi Waterfront

Western Plazas ► Ghiaradelli Square ► Fisherman’s Wharf ► Embarcadero Plaza ► Portland ► Getty Museum ► San Diego Shopping Center ► Santa Barbara

Texas Plazas ► Fort Worth- Sundance Square ► San Antonio River Walk ► Fountain Place, Dallas ► Pioneer Square, Dallas ► Fort Worth Art Museum District ► American Airlines Sports Complex ► Corpus Christi Waterfront ► University of Texas, Capital Mall- Austin

Outdoor Amphitheatre Specs ► Where possible build into natural bowl ► Face away from late afternoon sun ► Aisles should be 5’wide with 30’ between aisles ► Backstage for set up ► Platform is about 18 “ off ground and min 125 sq.ft. About 10-20’ from first seating row ► Angle of seats from stage- between 60 & 90 Degrees ► Provide for physically handicapped access