CANAL STREET TRIANGLE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNITY BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 16, 2021 TRIANGLE GATEWAYS TO CHINATOWN

Chrystie Street at Hester and Grand Streets

Canal Street Triangle Bridge Landing

Worth Street at

Chatham Square Division Street

Franklin Arch

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Canal Street

Baxter Street Walker Street

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Canal Street Triangle CANAL STREET TRIANGLE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PRIORITIES

PUBLIC DESIGN FORUM (2016) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (2017)

WAYFINDING AND ORIENTATION

CULTURAL IDENTITY

COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY

GREEN SPACE

SOCIAL INTERACTION

Design Priorities Gateways to Chinatown • February 16, 2021 6 CANAL STREET TRIANGLE ProposalRFP RESPONSE: 2019 UAP DESIGN PROPOSAL (REFERENCE ONLY)

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COMMENTS DESIGN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Circulation Facilitate and optimize east-west pedestrian flow through • “The Dragon’s Roar” by UAP does not resonate the site to afford better circulation and movement and to with or suitably represent the Manhattan create a sense of gateway procession. Chinatown and Little Italy communities. Buffer Provide a buffer along Canal Street integrating trees, • Design should focus more on spatial organization vegetation, seating and structures to safeguard users from and function rather than sculptural iconography. the traffic and noise along Canal Street.

• The effort should yield a simpler, more informal Flexible/Programmable Areas place of exchange. Inscribe gathering spaces that afford space for community demonstrations and programming. • The ground plane should be flexible to afford Cultural Identity/Space of Exchange interactive programming that engages residents Establish a framework to storyboard the complex cultural and visitors. history of the neighborhood, focusing on the pride and contributions of American-Chinese who have forged Manhattan’s Chinatown.

Gateways to Chinatown • February 16, 2021 9 CANAL STREET TRIANGLE CONCEPT DESIGN: COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER MEETING DECEMBER 2ND, 2020 COMMENTS

• Over 22 active attendees

• Representatives from CBs, City Hall and elected officials as well as neighborhood stakeholders, previous roundtable participants and residents

• Webinar presentation of three options: Webinar Presentation Kiosk, Bosque, Procession

• Polling about key aspects and preferences

• Facilitated breakout sessions

Breakout Session

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• Acknowledgment of response to community and stakeholder feedback

• Preference for planted area along Canal Street and bosque of trees

• Space is more a meeting point and east-west circulation portal rather than a place for relaxation

• Existing kiosk is not significant draw and does not serve the greater community

• Strong preference for interactive, digital interfaces with current and engaging information and exhibitions

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• “Bosque” option is most successful and preferred DESIGN DIRECTION

• Existing trees are healthy, providing the only • Add as many trees as possible, such as cherry vegetation along Canal Street trees

• Existing kiosk obstructs circulation and would • Strengthen east-west circulation and connection not provide the interactivity or content that the community is seeking • Study alternatives for the kiosk that are more dynamic and allow for greater community Option 2: BOSQUE engagement and collaboration

• Provide more details (e.g., materiality, siting and height) about the panels

• Work with a local organization such as MOCA to develop and manage the content on the panels

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Existing Condition Design Development: BOSQUE

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LITTLE ITALY LITTLE ITALY NOLITA NOLITA SOHO SOHO

SUBWAY SUBWAY SOHO SOHO

MANHATTAN BRIDGE LES LES

COLUMBUS PARK COLUMBUS PARK COLUMBUS PARK CIVIC CENTER COLUMBUS PARK CIVIC CENTER CIVIC CENTER CIVIC CENTER

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Digital Information Kiosk Screen A Radius: 9.47’ Canal Street 7.5’ Planted Canal Street buffer with additional gingko trees

B a x t e r S 8’

TYP. 4’

Existing gingko tree bosque Bench with integrated with permeable decomposed Walker Street Proposed digital component granite ornamental tree

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Perspective: Crossing Walker St

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On triangle looking west at bosque/permeable pavement On triangle looking east at digital screen

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3

View 1: Crossing Canal Street View 2: Crossing View 3: Crossing Walker Street

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Screen A (Radius: 9.47’) 7’

16.73’

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Cultural Content Interactive Kiosk/Wayfinding Sponsorship

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Chrystie Street at Hester and Grand Streets

Canal Street Triangle Manhattan Bridge Landing

Worth Street at Foley Square

Chatham Square Division Street

Franklin Arch

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Proposed Existing 1’ high curb Four Freedoms Park, curb

Suspended paving system; Permeable bonded- Loam soil to supports paving and provides aggregate paving support plant high-quality soil for plant growth material; color TBD growth Silva Cells Install Structural Soil Install

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LITTLE ITALY NOLITA SOHO

SUBWAY SOHO

MANHATTAN BRIDGE LES

COLUMBUS PARK COLUMBUS PARK CIVIC CENTER CIVIC CENTER

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PREVIOUS CONCEPTS FROM DECEMBER 2ND STAKEHOLDER MEETING & DECEMBER 14TH PDC HEARING

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Flexible/programmable space Existing Tree

Buffer Zone Existing Kiosk

KIOSK BOSQUE PROCESSION

• Preserve existing kiosk • Preserve existing trees • Clear the triangle • Buffer integrated with existing kiosk creates • Planted buffer that could include interpretive • Larger buffer afforded with the removal of a respite from busy Canal Street signage, history, or other programming the trees and kiosk. Can include interpretive • Multiple flexible/programmable spaces • Existing trees are preserved, but create a signage, history, or other programming created while improving circulation space for gathering and circulation • Large flexible/programmable space • Preserve existing kiosk to provide • Large programmable space now afforded information and other community services with the removal of the kiosk

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Existing kiosk wrapped with resin panels Integrate planting with kiosk Planted Canal Street buffer Community storyboard with narratives, images, etc. Canal Street

10.25’ B a x t e r S

9’

Walker Street Flexible program Fixed seating area

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RENDERING

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Flexible program area

Community storyboard with narratives, images, etc.

Planted Canal Street buffer with flowering trees 7.5’ 18”

Canal Street B a x t e r S

8’

TYP. 4’

Fixed seating Existing gingko tree bosque with permeable decomposed Walker Street granite

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Pedestrian Walk Signal Canal Street buffer with trees and vegetation Canal Street Wide bleacher style seating 18” Resin screen solid panels with text and images and slatted panels. B a x t e r S 9.5’

8’

9.5’

7.25’

Walker Street Flexible program areas

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Circulation Facilitate and optimize east-west pedestrian flow through the site to afford better circulation and movement and to create a sense of gateway procession.

Planted Buffer BOSQUE Provide a buffer along Canal Street integrating trees, vegetation, seating and structures to safeguard users from the traffic and noise along Canal Street.

Flexible/Programmable Areas Inscribe gathering spaces that afford space for community demonstrations and programming. PROCESSION Cultural Identity/Space of Exchange Establish a framework to storyboard the complex cultural history of the neighborhood, focusing on the pride and contributions of American-Chinese who have forged Manhattan’s Chinatown.

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