Design
Institute Recommendations
At
the end of the discussion on the "duplex city"
site, the Design Team members summarized the Homestead
Key Issues and Recommended Actions, listing them on
flip chart paper as follows:
Key
Issues:
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Solve “cultural / social”
issues with buildings, streets, parks
•
“Product type” (architecture
for a social context)
•
Financial
•
Image
Recommended
Actions:
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Beef up code enforcement
•
Provide density bonuses
•
Move utilities to alleyways
•
Disperse parks
•
Acquire railroad right-of-way
•
Reconnect streets across railroad tracks
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Consider community center at old hospital
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Encourage diverse housing types
•
Create / amend code to allow urban building types
•
Allow and encourage neighborhood commercial uses
•
Look at how the pattern developed – can be applied to
others
•
Expand CRA to include the
area
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