OLD TOWN / CHINATOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PART 3 OF 3 - APPENDIX B)
ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 1999 APPENDIX B
Appendix B Steering Committee designated the following areas for detailed Urban Design: PHYSICAL PLANNING The Third and Fourth Corridor. This area was chosen because it is the heart of the dis- Following the identification of issues during trict. Third Avenue is where Old Town and Phase I, the second phase of the Development Chinatown meet, and it engages the proposed Plan effort focused on physical planning. This Chinese Classical Garden. phase was primarily an urban design exercise, identifying opportunity sites, and addressing public investments intended to spur redevel- The Trailways Blocks. Development of the opment. Note that some of the recommenda- three blocks east of the bus terminal and tions and design concepts from Phase II were south of Union Station was the one major modified during the subsequent phases of the goal identified in the Central City 2000 vision Development Plan, so that the recommended process which has not been accomplished. action plan does not always correspond The open lots represent a major opportunity directly to the Phase II findings. to bring new energy to the streets of the district.