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Genesee Valley Park West Master Plan GENESEE VALLEY PARK WEST MASTER PLAN 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND & THE HISTORIC EXISTING PARK PROGRAM, GUIDING ALTERNATIVE FINAL PARK MASTER PLAN CONTEXT LANDSCAPE CONDITIONS PRINCIPLES & CONCEPT PLANS MASTER PLAN SUMMARY RECOMMENDATIONS T.B.D. AT FINAL MASTER PLAN PHASE T.B.D. AT FINAL MASTER PLAN PHASE THE CITY & REGION 01 LOCAL CONTEXT 01 PARK FACILITIES & RECREATIONAL USE 01 PROGRAMMING INTRODUCTION 01 T.B.D. AT FINAL MASTER PLAN PHASE THE NEIGHBORHOOD & ITS DYNAMIC 01 STATE & NATIONAL CONTEXT 01 GENESEE VALLEY PARK WEST (MAP) 03 11 KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES 01 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES 02 NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY 01 OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES 04 CITY IDENTIFIED PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES 07 ADJACENT INSTITUTIONS 03 ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 02 GENESEE VALLEY SPORTS COMPLEX 07 PUBLIC MEETING COMMENTS 08 LAND OWNERSHIP 03 THE 1890 MASTER PLAN 04 FIELD HOUSE 09 BOATHOUSE BUILDING PROGRAM 09 DEMOGRAPHICS 04 1893 PLANTING PLAN 08 GENESEE WATERWAYS CENTER 11 PROPOSED SITE CHARACTER ZONES 10 DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY 06 1935 PARK SURVEY 16 WATERFRONT DOCK FACILITIES 14 PARK CHARACTER CONCEPTS 11 WELLNESS: THE FUTURE OF RECREATION 07 ESTABLISHING A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE 20 THE PARK’S VISUAL QUALITY 17 PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS 12 21ST CENTURY RECREATION 08 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS 21 VISUAL ANALYSIS & ISSUES 18 MAP: PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS 16 City of Rochester NATIONAL RECREATION TRENDS 08 PARK AREA TREATMENTS 22 CIRCULATION 24 WHAT DO WE DO IN PUBLIC PARKS? ALL RECREATION IN ROCHESTER 11 TOPOGRAPHY 30 HYDROLOGY & THE RIVER 31 TREES & VEGETATION 35 NATURAL COMMUNITIES 39 This document was prepared for the New York State Department of State, Division of Coastal UTILITIES 40 Resources, with funds provided under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund. JANUARY 2014 GENESEE VALLEY PARK WEST MASTER PLAN INVENTORY & ANALYSIS MODULE PROGRAM,05 GUIDING PROGRAM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES & RECOMMENDATIONS PROGRAMMING INTRODUCTION 01 11 KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES 01 CITY IDENTIFIED PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES 07 PRINCIPLES & PUBLIC MEETING COMMENTS 08 BOATHOUSE BUILDING PROGRAM 09 PROPOSED SITE CHARACTER ZONES 10 PARK CHARACTER CONCEPTS 11 PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS 12 MAP: PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS 16 WHAT DO WE DO IN PUBLIC PARKS? ALL RECOMMENDATIONS This document was prepared for the New York State Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources, with funds provided under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund. LaBella Associates Bero Architecture Moffatt & Nichol Dr. Charles Beveridge Programming 11 Key Guiding Principles Introduction for the Park Master Plan 05 The following guiding principles were developed and Park features and infrastructure should contribute to and reviewed by the project team based on the inventory and 1 enhance the park’s role as a multi-modal crossroads. analysis findings. The project committee determined these eleven principles as being critical to the future success of the park. They represent broad themes for the master Capitalize on the Canal: Erie Canalway Trail, Genesee plan to engage in and include further guidance on specific Valley Greenway, Genesee Riverway Trail. Canal trail has analysis or potential programming that would help execute an estimated 102,000 annual users alone. 75% are bike these concepts. riders. Need to enhance ability for canal through riders to take advantage of recreational opportunities, camping, The more formal and comprehensive list of master plan etc. recommendations found within this section has been based upon these guiding principles, input received Enhance Community Walking Infrastructure: Rate of from the Division of Youth and Recreation Services, input leisure walkers is very low. Relatively low neighborhood- received from public meetings, and also includes proposed level walking (walk to park), but rate of drive-to-park boathouse architectural programming developed with leisure walkers is high. Need to provide adequate multi- assistance from the Genesee Waterways Center. use trail network and adjacent connections to serve all types of users. Bikes and Boats: Circulation and trails, including blueways, are a major component of the park and perhaps the most significant, considering the lack of general connection to the broader city grid. Park design and infrastructure must be dedicated to biking as multi- modal option. Park also serves as a hand-carry boat epicenter, allowing access to multiple nearby waterways. Wayfinding: A number of trails converge in GVPW and wayfinding is a major issue for all orientation skill levels. A comprehensive wayfiding signage program should accompany circulation improvements. Greenway Incomplete: Current missing link south of park limits access to all points south (unsafe road riding not suitable for recreational users). Trail is outside city boundary and park, but NYS Parks/NYSDOT must fix missing link in order to complete Greenway link to City. Traditional Sports Bus Infrastructure: Many bus routes serve the park and provide good mobility, however, the integration of bus Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Football, Hockey, facilities into the park circulation is poor and negatively Baseball/Softball, Volleyball, Cricket, Rugby, effects park users. Redesign vehicular / bus circulation Soccer, Lacrosse to minimize conflict with other park users (includes UR buses) / remove “park & ride” distinction. What Do We Do In Public Parks? INVENTORY & ANALYSIS MODULE PROGRAM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES & RECOMMENDATIONS 1 Rethink spatial organization of park features that are Renew park ties with its significant history and re-establish 2 no longer constrained by past limitations. 3 visual ties between east and west. Constraints that No Longer Exist: Existing park layout Significant History: Defined as one of the six great Period of Significance: Period of significance is and circulation is a direct design result of constraints pastoral Olmsted parks. Distinction has irreplaceable determined to be wide ranging, from 1890 (Olmsted that no longer exist, including former buildings and the value. Cultural value will increase dramatically if work began in Rochester) to World War II when park railroad / canal. rehabilitated. Genesee Valley is potentially more management shifted to a more utilitarian approach. historically significant than much-loved Highland Park due Character of any new facilities should be clean, modern Circulation Links are Fragmentary: Facilities / parking to Olmsted’s desire to work on the river above all else. and appealing but reflect a style from the park’s major / recreation features have been added and removed for historic periods. Any and all treatments must consider more than 100 years, creating retrofitted linkages without Significant Funding: Park is on a national stage because the entire GVP context as the period of significance pre- comprehensive circulation design. of its history. Public and private funding available for dates the County/City east/west management division historic rehabilitation projects, and especially for Olmsted- Newly Contiguous Park Land: Park land has only been designed public landscapes. Resist Design Fashion in Infrastructure: Active contiguous since late 1970s (after previous master plan) recreation use of west side of river is potentially damaging and funding has never been in place to rethink the park Secretary of the Interior Standards: Rehabilitation to broader park experience without a long-range plan, as as a whole contiguous piece of land. is the preferred overall Secretary of the Interior recreation demands increased facilities turn-over and is standards treatment - over preservation, restoration easily subject to whims and design trends that may be Historic Attempts to Relocate Railroad: Attempts to and reconstruction. Some restoration, reconstruction incompatible with preservation goals. deal with design constraint of railroad began when park and preservation is appropriate on a feature/small-area was originally designed (1890) Additionally, the park was basis (bridge, trees). Few features remain from the park’s designed at a time when the automobile was not in mass- period of significance, but those that remain should be production / wide acceptance. treated appropriately. Preserve / reconstruct bridge is short-term high priority. Successful Use of Rail Corridor Since 1970s: City has successfully used rail corridor for trail development Rehabilitate the Concept, Not Condition: Rehabilitate since it has been abandoned (and expanded parking) but the park toward the historic concept, not the historic holistic circulation design has not been developed. condition. Preserve the visual character of the wide river plain by minimizing visual impact of facilities in the main Corridor Now Serves Utilities: Rail corridor now serves park area south of Elmwood. as major utility corridor which complicates reorganization of facilities. It is important to understand the new National Register / National Landmark Status: Park constraints of the utility corridor, which may impact (entire GVP) should be individually listed on the National feasibility of building locations or other major facilities. Register, with ultimate goal of National Landmark status for the entire Olmsted park system. Must be rehabilitated towards original concept to make a contribution towards and achieve national register / national landmark status. 2 PROGRAM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES & RECOMMENDATIONS GENESEE VALLEY PARK WEST MASTER PLAN Modernize building facilities to meet Re-prioritize and enhance sports fields, 4 current
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