Conditions Today
30th Street Station Plaza Study Area
ARCH STREET
JFK BOULEVARD
30th STREET STATION
30th STREET JFK BOULEVARD
Schuylkill Avenue
MARKET STREET
Aerial Overview Aerial Looking North
Aerial Looking East Aerial Looking West
30th Street Station Plaza The 2016 District Plan 30th Street Station District Plan Skyline View from Center City
Station Plaza View from East
District Plan Plaza Principles
Honor the East-West Axes Create Seamless Access Visually Unify the Field Link to the River Program the Plaza to Serve Program and Design Each and the Historic Facade for All Modes and Design Customers, District, and City Side of the Plaza Uniquely for Flexibility
Station Plaza Schemes from District Plan Urban Canopy Mirror Plaza Ribbon Plaza
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Ribbon Plaza: Illustrative Plan Urban Canopy: Illustrative Plan Mirror Plaza: Illustrative Plan 1 Access to Market-Frankford Line 7 Upper Level Promenade 1 Access to Market-Frankford Line 6 East Portico Entrance 1 6 Headhouse and Bike Station East Portico Entrance 2 Skylight to Underground Concourse 8 Floating Park and Tidal Walk 2 Dining Bosque 7 Upper Level Promenade 2 7 Plaza Café Upper Level Promenade 3 West Portico Fountain and Lawns 9 Mound and Bike Station 3 Mist Fountain at West Portico 8 Floating Park and Tidal Walk 3 8 Mirror Fountain Floating Park and Tidal Walk 4 Amphitheater Seating and Green Wall 10 Café Terrace 4 Transit/Rideshare Waiting Area 9 Woodland Deck N 4 9 N N West Portico Entrance The Porch 3.0 5 Arch Street Entrance 11 South Plaza and Fountain 5 50’ 100’ 200’ 50’ 100’ 200’ Arch Street Entrance 5 Arch Street Entrance 6 East Portico Entrance 50’ 100’ 200’
DISTRICT PLAN REPORT | 30 TH STREET STATION 59 DISTRICT PLAN REPORT | 30 TH STREET STATION 61 DISTRICT PLAN REPORT | 30 TH STREET STATION 63 *The District Plan was completed in 2016 and is shown for reference purposes. Images courtesy SOM/ © Amtrak. 30th Street Station Plaza Conditions Today
Plan of Existing 30th Street Station & Station Plaza
• 50% of plaza area is for vehicular use • 40% of plaza area is non-vehicular use
Cira Tower • 10% of plaza area is unusable
Arch Street
Taxi Queue To W I-76
North Waiting
Main Concourse JFK BLVD. Taxi Pick Up Taxi Drop Off 30th Street
SchuylkillAvenue Short Term Parking
The Porch
Market Street N Pedestrian Realm Exterior Public Space Exterior Public Space Travel Direction Vehicle Driveway Pedestrian Space 0 25 50 100 Taxi Interior Public Space Interior Public Space Vehicle Drop O Vehicle Parking Vehicle Space Ride Share Back of House Back of House * Pedestrian Travel Disruption Private Car Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses
Short Term Parking Secure Bike Parking Primary Destinations SEPTA Lucy Amtrak Thruway Bus *
A - Least Crowded B C - Average Crowd Use Distribution Vehicle Circulation Pedestrian Access D E Pedestrian Realm Exterior Public Space Exterior PublicPedestrian Space Realm Travel DirectionExterior Public SpaceVehicle DrivewayExterior Public Space PedestrianTravel Space Direction Vehicle Driveway PedestrianPedestrian Realm Space Exterior Public Space Exterior Public Space Travel Direction Vehicle Driveway Pedestrian Space F - Most Crowded Taxi Interior Public Space Interior Public Space Vehicle Drop O Vehicle Space Taxi Interior Public Space Interior PublicTaxi Space Vehicle DropInterior O Public SpaceVehicle ParkingInterior Public Space Vehicle SpaceVehicle Drop O Vehicle Parking Vehicle Space Vehicle Parking Ride Share Back of House Back of House Pedestrian Travel Disruption Ride Share Back of House Back of HouseRide Share Back of House Pedestrian TravelBack Disruption of House Pedestrian Travel Disruption * * * Private Car Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Private Car Retail Retail Private Car Retail Pedestrian EntranceRetail Pedestrian Entrance Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses
Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses Station Concourses Short Term Parking Secure Bike Parking Primary Destinations Arch Street ArchSEPTA LucyStreet Arch Street Short Term Parking Secure Bike Parking Short Term Parking Secure Bike ParkingPrimary Destinations Primary Destinations Amtrak Thruway Bus * SEPTA Lucy SEPTA Lucy
To W I-76 To W I-76 To W I-76 Amtrak Thruway Bus Amtrak Thruway Bus * * A - Least Crowded B A - Least Crowded A - Least Crowded C - Average Crowd B B D C - Average Crowd C - Average Crowd E F - Most Crowded D D E E F - Most Crowded F - Most Crowded
JFK BLVD. JFK BLVD. JFK BLVD. 30th Street 30th Street 30th Street Schuylkill Avenue ** Schuylkill Avenue * Schuylkill Avenue
Market Street N Market Street N Market Street N 0 25 50 100 0 25 50 100 0 25 50 100
• Most intense vehicle usage compressed into east and • Vehicle circulation runs one-way around the station, • The station is currently an island, surrounded on all west portico forcing some vehicles to circle sides by vehicular drives • Taxi queuing occupies the full north plaza and taxi • Numerous curb cuts for entrances and exits slow • Pedestrian access to the station is interrupted on all pickup the full east plaza traffic, create backups sides by vehicle movement • Surface parking and inner circulation roads take up • Drop off and pickup areas at entrances are limited • Surface parking impedes pedestrian use of the plaza large areas of the plaza
30th Street Station Plaza Proposed Design: Site Organization
Plaza Level Concourse/Platform Level
Cira Tower
To W I-76 To
Arch Street UP 22 spaces North Concourse 26 cars 54 spaces Taxi Queue Taxi Queue Taxi DN Short Term Parking Short Term Amtrak Executive Parking
North Waiting BOH
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Retail Mech Retail
Main Concourse JFK BLVD. UP UP To Main Concourse
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Pedestrian Realm Exterior Public Space Exterior Public Space Travel Direction Vehicle Driveway Pedestrian Space DN To SEPTA Taxi Interior Public Space Interior Public Space Vehicle Drop O Vehicle Parking Vehicle Space Ride Share Back of House Back of House Pedestrian Travel Disruption * Market Street Private Car Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses
Short Term Parking Secure Bike Parking Primary Destinations SEPTA Lucy Amtrak Thruway Bus *
A - Least Crowded B C - Average Crowd D E Use Distribution Vehicle Circulation Pedestrian Access F - Most Crowded Pedestrian Realm Exterior Public Space Exterior Public SpacePedestrian RealmTravel DirectionExterior PublicVehicle Space Driveway Exterior Public SpacePedestrian SpaceTravel Direction Vehicle Driveway PedestrianPedestrian Realm Space Exterior Public Space Exterior Public Space Travel Direction Vehicle Driveway Pedestrian Space Taxi Interior Public Space Interior Public SpaceTaxi Vehicle Drop O Interior PublicVehicle Space Parking Interior Public SpaceVehicle SpaceVehicle Drop O Vehicle Parking TaxiVehicle Space Interior Public Space Interior Public Space Vehicle Drop O Vehicle Parking Vehicle Space Ride Share Back of House Back of House Pedestrian Travel Disruption Ride Share Back of House Back of House Ride Share Back of HousePedestrian Travel DisruptionBack of House Pedestrian Travel Disruption * * * Private Car Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Private Car Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Pedestrian Entrance Private Car Retail Retail Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses Amtrak Employee Bike Rack W I-76 To W I-76 To W I-76 To Station Concourses Short Term Parking Secure Bike Parking Primary Destinations SEPTA Lucy Short Term Parking Secure Bike Parking Short Term Parking Secure BikePrimary Parking Destinations Primary Destinations SEPTA Lucy SEPTA Lucy Amtrak Thruway Bus * Amtrak Thruway Bus Arch StreetAmtrak Thruway Bus Arch Street Arch Street * * A - Least Crowded B A - Least Crowded A - Least Crowded C - Average Crowd B B D C - Average Crowd C - Average Crowd E F - Most* Crowded D D E E F - Most Crowded F - Most Crowded * *
JFK BLVD. * JFK BLVD. JFK BLVD.
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Market Street Market Street Market Street
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• Significant increase in area for pedestrian use and • Vehicle circulation can become two-way in long term, • Fewer pedestrian-vehicular conflicts, while pedestrian access to station but also works as one-way maintaining vehicle access on three sides • Vehicle access is consolidated the northwest • Curb cuts and internal roads are consolidated for • Pedestrian access to all sides of the station, with corner, in the east portico, and along the new north vehicular efficiency and to promote pedestrian areas for other activities concourse movement
30th Street Station Plaza Proposed Design: Pedestrian Flow
Arrival in West Portico from Concourse Level & SEPTA N 2 1934 Plan Showing Stair in West Portico CONFIDENTIAL: FOR PROJECT TEAM USE ONLY TEAM USE PROJECT FOR CONFIDENTIAL: First oor plan, 30th Street Station, as illustrated in Architecure Magazine (September, 1934). (September, Magazine Architecure in as illustrated Station, 30th Street oor plan, First APPENDIX B. ORIGINAL FLOOR PLANS FLOOR ORIGINAL B. APPENDIX , 2015 AUGUST 12 ,
West Portico Section
WEST PORTICO MAIN CONCOURSE
30TH STREET
AMTRAK PLATFORMS UNDERGROUND RETAIL CONCOURSE
Pedestrian Realm Exterior Public Space Exterior Public Space Travel Direction Vehicle Driveway Pedestrian Space Taxi Interior Public Space Interior Public Space Vehicle Drop O Vehicle Parking Vehicle Space Ride Share Back of House Back of House * Pedestrian Travel Disruption Existing Private Car Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses Short Term Parking Secure Bike Parking Cira Tower Cira Tower Primary Destinations Plaza Plan Pedestrian & Vehicular Areas PedestrianSEPTA Lucy Flow Density* Amtrak Thruway Bus *
Pedestrian Realm Exterior Public Space Exterior Public Space Travel Direction Vehicle Driveway Pedestrian Space A - Least Crowded Maximum crowding at Taxi Interior Public Space Interior Public Space Vehicle Drop O Vehicle Space Vehicle Parking B Ride Share Back of House Back of House Pedestrian Travel Disruption 30' minute morning peak * C - Average Crowd Private CarArch Street Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Arch Street Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses D
Short TermTaxi Parking Queue Secure Bike Parking To W I-76 Primary Destinations E To W I-76 SEPTA Lucy F - Most Crowded Amtrak Thruway Bus *
A - Least Crowded B C - Average Crowd D E F - Most Crowded
North Waiting North Waiting
Main Concourse JFK BLVD. JFK BLVD. Taxi Pick Up Taxi Drop Off 30th Street
SchuylkillAvenue
30th Street SchuylkillAvenue Short Term Parking
Amtrak Employee Parking Rental Car Parking The Porch The Porch
Pedestrian Realm Exterior Public Space Exterior Public Space Travel Direction Vehicle Driveway Pedestrian Space Market Street N Market Street N Amtrak Thruway & 0 25 50 100 Taxi Interior Public Space Interior Public Space Vehicle Drop O 0 25Vehicle50 Parking100 Vehicle Space Charter Bus Ride Share Back of House Back of House * Pedestrian Travel Disruption Proposed Private Car Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Amtrak Employee Bike Rack Station Concourses Cira Tower Cira Tower Short Term Parking Secure Bike Parking Ride Share Staging Primary Destinations SEPTA Lucy Plaza Plan Amtrak Thurway - interim Pedestrian & Vehicular Areas PedestrianAmtrak Thruway Bus Flow Density* *
Canopy Above W I-76 To W I-76 To Pedestrian Realm Exterior Public Space Exterior Public Space Travel Direction Vehicle Driveway Pedestrian Space A - Least Crowded Maximum crowding at Taxi Interior Public Space Interior Public Space Vehicle Drop O Vehicle Parking Vehicle Space B Ride Share Back of House Back of House Pedestrian Travel Disruption 30' minute morning peak Arch Street * C - Average Crowd Arch Street Private Car Retail Retail Pedestrian Entrance Amtrak Employee Pick up/Drop OffBike Rack Station Concourses D
Short Term ParkingCanopy Above Secure Bike Parking Primary Destinations E SEPTA Lucy F - Most Crowded DN AmtrakNorth Thruway Concourse Bus *
A - Least Crowded Maitenance B C - Average Crowd UP D Amtrak Police Taxi Queue Taxi
Taxi Pick Up Taxi Pick Up Taxi E
Late Night Bypass F - Most Crowded Bike Parking Pedestrian Taxi Queue Pedestrian Taxi
North Waiting Canopy Above DN DN
Main Concourse JFK BLVD. JFK BLVD. Drop Off Drop Off
30th Street 29th Street 30th Street SchuylkillAvenue
Market Street Market Street
N *All pedestrian flow modeling is for flow representation only and is not meant to be a full analysis of the quantity of pedestrians. 0 25 50 100 30th Street Station Plaza Establishing 30th Street Station Plaza
Plaza design reflects Drawing from the energy of the building grid & Market Street to activate these 30th Street Station was never properly “grounded” track layout corners into Philadelphia’s urban fabric
Station building based on grid derived from tracks below
A magnificent station deserves a spectacular plaza Track layout Views to the river and the city
30th Street Station Plaza
West Portico Taxi Zone
East Portico Taxi Zone
Market Street
West Portico Plaza
Panoramic Elevated Planters with Pavilion Integrated Skylights 30th Street
Schuylkill Avenue
Skylight and Cafe Seating Area Water Feature
Food Truck Staging Retail Concourse and Area SEPTA entrance
N Market Street
0 20’ 40’
30th Street Station Plaza An Integrated Civic Space
Bird’s eye overview looking North West from Market Street and Schuylkill Avenue
East-West section looking North
30th Street Schuylkill Avenue
Retail Concourse
Amtrak Platforms
30th Street Station Plaza Unified, Functioning, and Flexible View from Market Street looking North toward West Portico Plaza
View from Market Street looking West
30th Street Station Plaza
Scale Comparisons:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Bird’s eye view at 30th Street looking toward West Portico Plaza Fitler Square
Dilworth Park
Rittenhouse Square
30th Street Station Plaza