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COLORADO ESPLANADE | CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKAGE PWP LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94710 MAY 14, 2013 COLORADO ESPLANADE The Colorado Esplanade has been designed as a gateway to the heart of Santa Monica LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE and its major destinations. The Esplanade 739 ALLSTON WAY BERKELEY, CA 94710 THE SITE PLAN COORDINATES AND INCLUDES: will connect the new EXPO Station to points • A HIGHLY VISIBLE AND ICONIC INTEGRATED DESIGN OF UNIQUE ELEMENTS. North, South, East, and West, and will create • ONE-WAY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM 4TH STREET TO OCEAN AVENUE. a landmark identity for the city that will be • A WIDE PEDESTRIAN ZONE. seen by pedestrians, cyclists, drivers, and bus • INTEGRATED WAY FINDING. and light rail riders that approach it on city • ENHANCED, BALANCED, AND ACCESSIBLE MOVEMENT ROUTES FOR ALL MODES. streets, as well as from the freeway. SANTA MONICA PLACE CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY COLORADO ESPLANADE 2ND STREET PALISADES PARK PALISADES BANK OF PASEO DEL MAR 101 COLORADO PARKING STRUCTURE 8 BLOOMINGDALE’S THE WEST MIDAS AVENUE COLORADO AVENUE HOLIDAY INN GATEWAY TRIANGLE EXPO STATION PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY SEARS -BY OTHERS POTENTIAL TOD SITE OCEAN AVENUE 4TH STREET PALISADES GARDEN MAIN STREET WALK OVERALL SITE PLAN OVERALL 5TH STREET 2 CITY HALL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BERKELEY, CA 94710 CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY COLORADO ESPLANADE LOOKING WEST DOWN THE ESPLANADE DOWN LOOKING WEST VIEW LOOKING WEST FROM EXPO STATION 3 FRAMING THE VIEW LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Preserving the view to the Pier Sign BERKELEY, CA 94710 was a desire of all the constituents. As a new multi-model corridor, we thought it important that all modes of movement be able to participate in the view corridor to the Pier Sign. This space allocation diagram represents the framework for the Esplanade design and accomplishes all of these project goals. CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY COLORADO ESPLANADE AND VIEW FRAMING ALLOCATION SPACE DIAGRAM CONCEPT 4 ESPLANADE STREET TREE GOALS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY The Esplanade should be easily BERKELEY, CA 94710 identifi able and an iconic statement in the City of Santa Monica. A bold, yet simple planting strategy can help provide identity to this corridor. To meet the design goals, the framing tree should engage the spirit of Santa Monica TREE VISIBILITY FROM PCH DIAGRAM as arboretum, it should frame or A unique Esplanade Tree will give the Esplanade identity and visibility from highlight the Pier sign, it should adjacent locations strengthen the identity of the Esplanade, and it should provide modulation and dappled shade. We are currently reviewing a few CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY species that meet the goals with COLORADO ESPLANADE the city forester prior to making the fi nal selection. COLUMNAR OR PYRAMIDAL FORM TO PRESERVE VIEWS TO THE PIER SIGN The low shrub planting down the Esplanade will be bold, simple and hardy, maintaining a strong line which draws ones attention down the street towards the pier sign TREE FORM + OPEN CANOPY STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE and past many destinations along DAPPLED SHADE AND VIEWS EXISTING VIEW DOWN COLORADO TO THE BUILDINGS the way. Fragrant plants will be used in moderation along the way to highlight key moments in the design. CLEAR TRUNK ESPLANADE TREE PLANTING ESPLANADE VIEW DOWN COLORADO TREE FORM CRITERIA 5 EXISTING GINGKOS -TO REMAIN WIDENED SIDEWALK ON 4TH STREET LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY WAY FINDING COMPASS BERKELEY, CA 94710 4TH STREET STRING LIGHTS -POLE WITH INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS FRAMING TREE -IN ACCENT PAVING BLOOMINGDALE’S BANK OF THE WEST BIKE BUFFER ESPLANADE PAVING 4TH COURT COLORADO AVENUE END OF CYCLE TRACK + FUTURE INTERSECTION PLAZA MONICA OF SANTA CITY CONNECTION TO BROADWAY COLORADO ESPLANADE -BIKE CONTINUES THROUGH 4TH COURT CYCLE TRACK -BY OTHERS VINE OR ART WALL -BY OTHERS GRAND STAIRCASE -BY OTHERS TERRACED PLANTING WITH BOLD, FRAGRANT PLANTING -BY OTHERS EXPO VINE OR STATION ART WALL -BY OTHERS -BY OTHERS AVENUE AND COLORADO 4TH STREET 6 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BERKELEY, CA 94710 CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY COLORADO ESPLANADE VIEW OF METRO STATION PLAZA VIEW OF METRO STATION STATION PLAZA VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST 7 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SANTA MONICA 739 ALLSTON WAY PLACE BERKELEY, CA 94710 PARKING STRUCTURE 8 BLOOMINGDALE’S STRING LIGHTS -POLE WITH INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS FRAMING TREE -IN ACCENT PAVING BIKE BUFFER ESPLANADE PAVING CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY COLORADO ESPLANADE CROSSWALK TO SANTA MONICA CYCLE TRACK PLACE AND 3RD STREET -SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION - 70’ WIDE CROSSWALK PEDESTRIAN BUFFER GATEWAY LOW SHRUB PLANTING TRIANGLE WAY FINDING COMPASS SEARS INTERSECTION ENLARGEMENTS AVENUE AND COLORADO 3RD STREET 8 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY BERKELEY, CA 94710 CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY COLORADO ESPLANADE VIEW OF GATEWAY TRIANGLE AND TRIANGLE VIEW OF GATEWAY 3RD STREET TO WIDENED CROSSWALK VIEW FROM GATEWAY TRIANGLE TO 3RD STREET PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION 9 The one-way westbound traffi c allows for the realignment of Main Street and Second Street, which is an important LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY 101 COLORADO AVENUE BIKE CENTER PARKING STRUCTURE 8 move to ease the connection between BERKELEY, CA 94710 downtown and the Civic Center across the Freeway. Bike boxes allow for bikes to easily access the Bike Center and simplify the movements of bikes heading North and South off of the cycle track at this intersection. BIKE BUFFER PEDESTRIAN BUFFER ESPLANADE PAVING HOTEL MONICA OF SANTA CITY DRIVEWAY FRAMING TREE COLORADO ESPLANADE LOW SHRUB PLANTING GATEWAY TRIANGLE HOLIDAY INN STRING LIGHTS -POLE WITH INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS WAY FINDING COMPASS BOLLARD -AT EDGE OF HOLIDAY INN DRIVEWAY Appropriate design components will be incorporated into the Colorado Esplanade to provide for safe and effi cient vehicular ingress/egress and deliveries at the properties located on the south side of Colorado Avenue between Fourth Street and Ocean Avenue through the installation of bike box and stop bar striping, pedestrian bollards, and differentiated pavement treatment at driveways. In addition, the signal at Colorado/2nd/Main will INTERSECTION ENLARGEMENTS REALIGNMENT l SECOND STREET MAIN STREET AVENUE COLORADO AT include a combination of bicycle signal heads, vehicle signal heads, and pedestrian indications which will allow the fl exibility of signal operations to provide lead or lag protected/permissive left-turns for vehicles. 10 OCEAN AND COLORADO The Ocean Avenue and Colorado Avenue intersection is LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE TRAFFIC SIGNAL 739 ALLSTON WAY designed as a scramble intersection, BERKELEY, CA 94710 PASEO DEL MAR leading the pedestrian and bicyclist through the intersection both in the FRAMING TREE traditional right angle movement -IN ACCENT PAVING as well as diagonally, to encourage the connection between the new INTERSECTION PLAZA BIKE BUFFER Palisades Garden Walk and the PEDESTRIAN BUFFER existing historic Palisades Park, as ESPLANADE PAVING envisioned by the Civic Center Specifi c Plan. The intersection plaza includes LOW SHRUB PLANTING a special pattern for the intersection STRING LIGHTING -POLE WITH INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS that extends the lines of the City’s THE international-style crosswalk marking LOBSTER WAY FINDING COMPASS towards the interior of the intersection, PGW BENCH AND TRELLIS MONICA OF SANTA CITY creating a unique and artistic COLORADO ESPLANADE - WITH VINES - BY OTHERS geometry. The design accentuates the PGW PAVING diagonal pedestrian movement while - BY OTHERS also suggesting the complexity and integration of different modes at this multi-modal street plaza. OCEAN AVENUE PALISADES GARDEN WALK INTERSECTION ENLARGEMENTS AVENUES AND COLORADO OCEAN 11 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY BERKELEY, CA 94710 BLOOMINGDALE’S ESPLANADE PAVING STRING LIGHTS -POLE WITH INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS COLORADO AVENUE FRAMING TREE MONICA OF SANTA CITY -IN ACCENT PAVING COLORADO ESPLANADE BIKE BUFFER CYCLE TRACK WIDENED PEDESTRIAN ZONE WAY FINDING COMPASS PEDESTRIAN BUFFER LOW SHRUB PLANTING 4TH STREET ENLARGEMENT PLAN ENLARGEMENT PLAN TYPICAL 12 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY BERKELEY, CA 94710 FRAMING TREE CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY STRING LIGHTS COLORADO ESPLANADE STRING LIGHT POLE - WITH INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS - BEYOND PEDESTRIAN BUFFER BICYCLE BUFFER MCDONALDS HOLIDAY INN HOLIDAY PLANTING ZONE PEDESTRIAN ZONE BIKE ZONE VEHICULAR ZONE PLANTING AND PEDESTRIAN ZONE CROSS SECTION TYPICAL 13 GATEWAY TRIANGLE The Gateway Triangle design LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PARKING GARAGE 739 ALLSTON WAY creates a strong visual gateway BERKELEY, CA 94710 PARKING STRUCTURE 8 ENTRANCE AND EXIT to City Hall, the Civic Auditorium, and new Civic Center Parks. The design consists of a small plaza at the convergence of a pinwheel of pedestrian pathways that lead from COLORADO AVENUE the Esplanade to the Main Street Bridge through planting beds fi lled with simple, bold and aromatic landscape. ESPLANADE PAVING PEDESTRIAN BUFFER CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY BIKE BUFFER COLORADO ESPLANADE FRAMING TREE STRING LIGHTS -POLE WITH INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS GATEWAY TRIANGLE COLOR ROWS SCREENING SHRUB ACCENT TREE POSSIBLE ART LOCATION MAIN STREET SEARS ENLARGEMENT PLAN TRIANGLE GATEWAY 14 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY BERKELEY, CA 94710 CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF SANTA CITY COLORADO ESPLANADE VIEW OF GATEWAY TRIANGLE VIEW OF GATEWAY VIEW OF GATEWAY TRIANGLE 15 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 739 ALLSTON WAY BERKELEY, CA 94710 CITY OF SANTA MONICA OF