Residential Development Soil Drainage

Livingston Sports Fields

Livingston College Tract Kindergarten and Day Care

Physical Inventory Lot Capacity 2600 Commerical Park and Offices

Lot Capacity 125 Lot Capacity 86 There are several prominent physical characteristics of the Livingston Lot Capacity 550 Louis Brown Atheletic Center Site worth noting. First, it should be mentioned that it contains the highest Rutgers University Press geographical point on the campus outside of the nature preserve, which Livingston Theater cannot be built on. From these higher points visitors can gain a view of the Janice H Levin Building Visual Arts Building Watchung Mountains. Livingston Student Center Second there are almost no physical constraints that prevent from build- Day Care Center Beck Hall Lynton Residence Towers ing, the soils are both well drained and off er a moderate slope in the vast Livingston College Library majority of the site. There are no wetlands or environmentally protected ar- Lucy Stone Hall Tillett Hall eas within its bounds nor does it contain any existing structures other than Elevation several crumbling asphault roads used for maintence access and piles of Livingston Recreation Center rubble meant to block unwanted vehicles. The vegitation of the area is early successional plants including East- ern Cedars and invasive species such as Mulberry and Norway Maple, indi- Livingston Residence Units cating the relatively recent abandonment of the tract of land. The physical surroundings of the site are key in defi ning both its opportunities and character. Directly to the south is the core of Livingston campus including the amenities off ered by its student center and the as- sociated infrastructure. Parking facilities surround the south side of the tract off er 3320 spaces for students Rubble Piles Asphault Surface faculty and visitors. During Univeristy Football games the large lot to the east provides parking for fans of- fering a unique opportunity for cross over visitors.

Weedy Clearing

Slopes Mix of Eastern Cedar, Norway Maple, Mulberry, and Ailanthus

L Line

REX L Line

B Line

LX Line

Rutgers Stadium Steel Pipe Entry Gates Park and Ride Service Line To College Avenue and Cook Campuses

Fischetti. Miller. Zhang Rutgers bus service off ers students the ability to visit the site with ease along Landscape Architecture 550: 331 Fall 2007 with off ering opportunites for families to visit the New Jersey Revolutionary War Center and a Rutgers football game in the same day. GIS Data courtesy of Rutgers University, New Jersey Department of Environmen- tal Protection, and New Jersey Department of Transportation Instructors Tulloch and Knowlton All satelite photography courtesty of TerraServer www. terraserver.com Current Bounds of Livingston Campus and Ecological Preserve

Current Campus Core Proposed Site Proposed Site History The character of our site can be traced back to its In the scramble to fulfi ll these state mandated history as part of the U.S. Army Camp Kilmer. When quotas, the university quickly set to work devel- the camp’s usefulness waned after World War II, Camp oping its Kilmer Tract into Livingston Campus. Ini- Kilmer’s Lands were sold to the University in the Early tial proposals called for a dense inner campus and 1960’s. Simultaneously the University was undergo- the complete removal of the old army barracks. ing its own changes including its establishment as the Even today in 2007, these barracks have not State University of New Jersey, with this change came been completely razed from Livingston, a true a demand to both consolidate the New Brunswick testament to the endless debate and argument Aerial Photo from the Early Stages of Construction on Livingston 1965 campuses, including College Avenue, Cook College that has muddled the campus since its inception. Image courtesy of Rutgers University Special Collections Throughout the construction process of Livings- Model shows the proposed future campus core for Livingston and Douglass into a single cogent entity along with a College in the University’s Kilmer Area. ton’s fi rst buildings, planners found themselves December 12th 1964. Photography courtesy of Rutgers Univerisity Special Collections -- 1966 need to create a new campus that would be capable University President Mason W. Gross seels Analysis Map showing the existing conditions to supporting a six times increase in Rutgers’s student in a quagmire. Major voices within the university, the deed for Kilmer grounds to be trans- of Livingston College Campus after the fi rst ferred to Rutgers University. including an Ad-hoc committee of staff and facul- several buildings had been completed. De- population within ten years. Image Courtesy of Rutgers University Special Collections Map of Camp Kilmer circa 1960 cember, 1970 Image courtesy of Rutgers University Special Collections ty were calling for the preservation of the Kilmer Woods and the restoration of ecologically sensi- Concept Map showing Proposed Land Use for tive areas. Livingston Tract proceeding the fi rst stages of construction, December 1970 Scrapped 2003 Master Plan proposal for Courtesy of The Daily Targum The proposals have gone through many stag- Note College #2 Built on Current Proposed Site Livinstong Campus. The future of the site is again totally open to change. es and been worked over many times. In compari- Image courtesy of Rutgers University, 2003 Master Plan son to the present state of Livingston it is clear Proposed Site that none of the concepts ever reached fruition

Gruninger Class of 1953 Baseball Complex and that the identity of the campus and, the pro-

Bauer Track and Field posed building site, is the result of ongoing inde- Complex

Louis Brown Athletic Center scision about the appropriate treatment for the

Levin Kilmer Visual Building Library Arts

Ernest Lynton Towers

Beck Hall campus. Recently the 2003 master plan for the

Livingston Lucy Student Stone Center Hall

Tillett Hall campus which specifi ed as Campus Village for our Livingston Recreation Quad 3 Center Residences Quad 1 Residences site was thrown out leaving the future open.

Quad 2 Recreation Residences Fields

Existing Rutgers Buildings

Proposed Rutgers Academic Buildings

Proposed Rutgers Parking Facilities

Proposed Rutgers Housing

Partnerships

Non-Rutgers Buildings

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Proposed Livingston Campus

Looking north over the site from the eighth fl oor of the Frank Lynton Towers within Livingston’s campus core. In the back- ground is Piscataway and the Watchung Mountains behind it. Looking west over parking lots toward the Watchung Mountains

Rubble and debris. Remnants of the site’s many years as a dumping ground for Livingston maintenence crews. Invasive species, including Ailanthus and Mulberry along with early successional plants such as Cedar cover the site, slowly growing into the few paved surfaces. They testify to the site’s abandonment and neglect.

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Landscape Architecture 550: 331 Fall 2007 GIS Data courtesy of Rutgers University, New Jersey Department of Environmental Visual Character Protection, and New Jersey Department of Transportation Instructors Tulloch and Knowlton All satelite photography courtesty of TerraServer www. terraserver.com Regional Population Density Local Roads and Access To Site Site Analysis

Regions visible from site based on digital elevation models, in- cluding the Watchung Mountain range

Viewshed Analysis

Site is visible from sur- Site is easily accessable from surrounding highways: travel time diff ers from less than 5 minutes rounding landmarks coming off Highway 287, to approximately 10 minutes coming off exit 9 of New Jersey Turnpike. including Washington Valley Park, Washington Rock, Vorhees Chapel Surrounding Revolutionary War Battles and Skirmishes and Buccleugh Park

Battle of Springfield 14.1 Miles

Interstate 287

Underlay courtesy of Road McNally Map Archives www.heritagemaps.com The physical aspects of clities with over three- thou- rail. Major population centers Lastly, the site is highly vis- Garden State Parkway the Livingston site off er sev- sand spaces in the im- including New York and Phila- able from diff erent parts of the eral ammenities for a future meadeate vacinity. delphia are both within an region, a view shed analysis in- New Jersey Revolutionary It sits within a mile of hour’s drive . dicates that our site is a visable Battle of Trenton 20.1 Miles

War Center and Memorial. several state and county Within a two mile radius areas from both the Watchung New Jersey Turnpike/ Interstate 95 Route 18 Princeton Battlefield 18.6 Miles Its location on Rutgers’ lands roads including 18 and 287 are over 20 schools, and two Mountains, and New Bruns- Monmouth Battlefield 19.1 Miles gives it an immeadeate as- making access to the site major hotels, contributing wick. sociation with the university, quick and easy. It is also both a healthy group of con- A new Revolutionary War NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line along with the opportunity within a half mile of NJ tinued visitors and the means center on this site off ers the to use existing infrastructure Transit’s Edison stop on the to accomodate those wishing opportunity to connect with including ample parking fa- North East Corridor regional to stay in the area. the identity of the region and Site is situated within miles of Washington’s retreat and central to many skirmishes and large its many inhabitants. battles sites including Princeton, Trenton, Springfi eld, and Monmouth. Washington’s retreat from New York Courtesy of Rutgers University http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu Fischetti. Miller. Zhang Landscape Architecture 550: 331 Fall 2007 GIS Data courtesy of Rutgers University, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and New Jersey Department of Transportation All satelite photography courtesty of TerraServer www. terraserver.com Instructors Tulloch and Knowlton Underlay courtesy of Road McNally Map Archives www.heritagemaps.com