Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan and Summary
Prepared for the City of Salem Prepared by The Cecil Group, Inc. Final Report-September15, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates ii LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates iii INTRODUCTION
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates v 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Figure 2. Fort Pickering Lighthouse
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 5 Figure 3. Plan of Winter Island by Charles A. Putnam, January 6, 1870
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 6 Figure 4. Original Structures and Character of Fort Pickering - 1940.
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 7 Figure 5. USCG Hangar Building Showing Signs of Structural Instability.
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Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 9 Figure 6. Historic Low (dashed) and High (solid) Water Marks
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Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 14 Figure 8. The Park Currently Displays a Disorganized Arrangement of Uses and Circulation
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 15 Figure 9. Cultural and Archaeological Resources, Archaeological sites are confidential
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Figure 10. Fort Sewall
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Figure 11. Fort Phoenix State Reservation Source: http://www.tripadvisor.com/members-photos/MusicLover79
Figure 12. Castle Hill in Ipswich, MA Source: http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/northeast-ma/castle-hill-on-the-crane.html#t10
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 19 Figure 13. Shake-A-Leg in Miami, FL Source: Flickr.com
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 20 2. SUMMARY OF PLANNING PROCESS
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 21 3. THE VISION
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 22 4. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 23 5. THE PARK PROGRAM
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Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 37 6. PLANNING CONTEXT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 38 7. OVERALL MASTER PLAN CONCEPT
Figure 14. Overall Master Plan Concept
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 39 8. PARK COMPONENTS
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Figure 16. Early Phasing Strategies are important steps for improving the island’s character, environment and safety, which are shown in Figures 15-17.
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 44 Figure 17. The new parking area, amphitheatre and dock enhance the park’s experience.
Figure 17. Improvements to parking and storm water management enhance the park’s environment, habitat and vehicle circulation.
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Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 48 Figure 18. Wind power generation could be a real source of revenue for the City and park.
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 49 Table 2. Estimated costs for Long Term phasing strategies.
Table 3. Estimated wind turbine revenue reported by Meridian Associates Inc. dated March 2011
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 50 Table 4. Operating costs for the park with identified resources
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Amphitheatre Rain Garden/BMP
Community Gardens Enhanced Edge
Enhanced Shoreline Edge Fort Restoration
GrassPave Visitor Drop Off
Salem Winter Island Park Master Plan The Cecil Group / Susan St. Pierre / Bioengineering Group / PAL / FXM Associates 64 Interpretive Sign Program Defined Tent Sites
Performance Stage Relocated Tot Lot
Gateway Sign Pedestrian Plaza/Storage
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