two twelve - National Association of City Transportation Officials

TWO TWELVE
Metlife Stadium
Home to NY Giants and NY Jets
CitiField
Home to NY Mets
Madison Square Garden
World Trade Center
NYU Langone Medical Center
Manhattan street grid
Mental maps of Manhattan
Progression of understanding a place
16TH STREET
From West
Central Platte Valley
& the Highlands
Bicyclist Circulation at DUS
Master Plan Site Study
G3 PARKING
From North
Field
Points
The entire DUSFive
district
site is & Coors
considered a bike-dismount zone.
In order to encourage the dismount
rule, clearly placed signs will be
necessary. The proposed bike lane
extensions and bike lockers will provide
riders with convenient access to/from
transit services.
From West
Central Platte Valley
& the Highlands
From 20th Street
16TH STREET
From South
Auraria & Pepsi Center
WYNKOOP STREET
From East
Lodo & Central
Business District
Pedestrian Circulation Analysis
Denver Union Station
Pedestrian Circulation at DUS
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
SOM_006 | 2009 May 1
KEY
From North
Five Points & Coors Field
From South
Auraria & Pepsi
3.2Center
Potential Bicycle Station
G3 PARKING
Bicycle Circulation (Mounted)
Bicycle Circulation (Dismounted)
LRT Station
Bus Terminal
CRT Station
Shuttle Bus Stop
Future Shuttle Bus Stop
Parking Garage
Scope of Work
WYNKOOP STREET
From East
T W O T W E LV E
Lodo & Central
Business District
Bicycle Circulation Analysis
Denver Union Station
Bicyclist Circulation at DUS
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
SOM_006 | 2009 May 1
3.4
Wayfinding ToolKit
World Trade Center Case Study
BATTERY PARK CITY
DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE
34TH STREET
BROOKLYN
METROTECH
CENTER
Manhattan Bridge
Bikeway/Walkway
METROTECH
1
40
41
MANHATTAN
1
3
2
Manhattan
Bridge
Plaza
Fort Greene
Historic District
FORT GREENE
2
42
1
10
You
Are
Here
3
5
6
METROTECH
29
43
METROTECH
17
4
4
44
16
5
28
8
31
30
34
9
27
6
BOERUM
HILL
35
18
7
32
10
11
12
15
9
Brooklyn
Heights
Historical
District
rict
et Dist
13
20
e Stre
tagu
23
You Are
Here
waterfront
ICT
DISTR
14
25
37
24
VINEGAR HILL
…a rare example
A blend of a gritty,
industrial past
with urban chic:
1
creative vibrancy
vibrant
Brooklyn City Hall
6
Henry
Ward Beecher,
Columbus, Robert
Kennedy
19th century brownstones,
national landmark
center
5
the imposing landmarked
Post Office Building
4
Promenade
FULTON STREET MALL
borders
Brownstone
Brooklyn
with 19th
century
redbrick
homes
8
for over 200 years
9
close to Atlantic Avenue
44 blocks
1800s building boom
1950s preservation movement
FORT GREENE
10 CARROLL GARDENS
colorful 33-foot
gardens and trees
…at the crossroads
of rich history and
bustling modernity
CLINTON HILL
11
once fought
South Brooklyn
named for Charles Carroll,
A vibrant,
multi-ethnic
remains a
time journey
to a unique
streetscape
elegant
Romanesque
mansions
The office complex includes
KeySpan Energy, Polytechnic
University, Empire Blue
Cross/Blue Shield, New York
City College of Technology, JP
Morgan Chase Bank,
Bear Stearns, the New York City
Fire Department, Long Island
University and Verizon. It is
served by an award winning
hotel, The New York Marriott at
the Brooklyn Bridge.
METROTECH
is in the
historic
heart of
Downtown
Brooklyn,
12
students
once home to
Walt Whitman
and
a
stop
underground
railway.
on the famed
MetroTech's bustling main
street is the Willoughby Street
corridor with scores of retail
stores, the landmarked Duffield
Street houses and the former
City of Brooklyn Fire
Headquarters. Its restaurants
offer an array of ethnic fast food
as well as table service that
includes cuisine from every
corner of the world.
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Walt Whitman
A premier
shopping street
Begun in the 1980's by Forest
City Ratner Companies,
MetroTech is one of America's
most successful urban
redevelopment projects.
Completed in 2004,
George
Washington
observed
defeat in
Battle of
Brooklyn
from Cobble
Hill Fort
neighborhoods
BOERUM HILL
COBBLE HILL
METROTECH
Brooklyn
METROTECH
BROOKLYN CIVIC CENTER
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
The heart of
Irish
breathtaking
is a cluster of extraordinary
2
"Brooklyn of ample
hills was mine."
3
world-class views
7
PING
SHOP
GRAPHIC KEY
“Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”
named by local artists
DUMBO
...a mixed
residential
38
ET MALL
STRE
FULTON
22
Mon
10
FULTON LANDING
Bam
Cultural
District
39
36
33
26
21
GOVERNMENT
CENTER
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
DUMBO
FORT GREENE
45
19
8
7
DESTINATION KEY
NYC Districts
Sign System
Examples
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Bikeway/Walkway
Brooklyn Heights
Promenade
US Courthouse
MANHATTAN
You
Are
Here
BOERUM
HILL
FULTON LANDING
VINEGAR HILL
industrial relic.
Blends a gritty
2
BROOKLYN CIVIC CENTER
home
“country
retreat”
METROTECH
5
4
vibrant
6
imposing
Statues
judicial system.
glorify
BOERUM HILL
FULTON STREET MALL
COBBLE HILL
14 subway
and 11
8
New York City’s
first pedestrian mall,
Greek Revival
Italianate row houses.
7,500
parking
spaces.
Alfred T. White’s
1950s
located in the center of
Downtown Brooklyn.
preservation movement,
10
44 blocks
100,000
1640s.
7
Offering one
most distinctive
9
Atlantic
Avenue
working men,
entertainment,
music
and art scene.
FORT GREENE
11
CARROLL GARDENS
33-foot
19th century
rich history
bustling
modernity,
CLINTON HILL
18th
exciting
South Brooklyn.
Charles Carroll,
Battle of Brooklyn.
T W O T W E LV E
neighborhoods
Henry Ward Beecher,
Christopher Columbus,
Robert Kennedy
panoramic views of New York Harbor.
first New York City Historic District
and a national landmark.
Brooklyn
rich
self
reliance.
creative vibrancy
breathtaking views
Manhattan skyline.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Brooklyn
Heights
Elegant
lifestyle.
12
Romanesque mansions
invites visitors to
experience
and intellectual mix
Downtown
3
old train rails,
is a cluster of extraordinary
Remains a
rare living
example
of an early
Local artists
DUMBO
world-class
views of the
1
Brooklyn
Bridge, lower
Manhattan,
Historic Fulton Ferry Pier,
and New
Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage,
York Harbor. Empire State Park
Barge Music
cultural
DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE
NY DOT
WTC DISTRICT [TO BE INTEGRATED]
TRANSPORTATION HUB
Additional sign systems
surrounding and
within The WTC
District
FREEDOM TOWER
[OTHER ON-SITE SIGNS TBD]
T W O T W E LV E
SIGN SYSTEM KEY
Downtown Streetscape Sign System
Downtown Alliance
Relationship of
existing sign systems
to the Downtown
Streetscape Sign
System
NYCDOT
SCENARIO 1
SCENARIO 2
= Downtown Streetscape
Sign System
+
NYCDOT
= Downtown Streetscape
Sign System
T W O T W E LV E
SCENARIO 3
= Downtown Streetscape
Sign System
+
NYCDOT
+
Downtown Alliance
[Definitely NOT recommended]
BATTERY PARK CITY
40
41
MANHATTAN
Manhattan
Bridge
Plaza
1
3
Fort Greene
Historic District
FORT GREENE
2
2
42
1
10
You
Are
Here
3
5
6
METROTECH
29
43
METROTECH
17
4
4
44
16
5
28
8
31
30
34
9
27
6
BOERUM
HILL
35
18
7
32
7
10
11
12
15
9
Brooklyn
Heights
Historical
District
13
ague
Mont
t
stric
et Di
Stre
You Are
Here
waterfront
1
21
FULTO
G
OPPIN
LL SH
ET MA
N STRE
GOVERNMENT
CENTER
ICT
DISTR
22
14
25
37
24
VINEGAR HILL
…a rare example
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
vibrant
Brooklyn City Hall
6
Henry
Ward Beecher,
Columbus, Robert
Kennedy
center
5
the imposing landmarked
Post Office Building
4
Promenade
FULTON STREET MALL
borders
Brownstone
Brooklyn
with 19th
century
redbrick
homes
8
1950s preservation movement
9
close to Atlantic Avenue
44 blocks
The office complex includes
KeySpan Energy, Polytechnic
University, Empire Blue
Cross/Blue Shield, New York
City College of Technology, JP
Morgan Chase Bank,
Bear Stearns, the New York City
Fire Department, Long Island
University and Verizon. It is
served by an award winning
hotel, The New York Marriott at
the Brooklyn Bridge.
MetroTech's bustling main
street is the Willoughby Street
corridor with scores of retail
stores, the landmarked Duffield
Street houses and the former
City of Brooklyn Fire
Headquarters. Its restaurants
offer an array of ethnic fast food
as well as table service that
includes cuisine from every
corner of the world.
Crossing Bro
Walt Whitman
A premier
shopping street
for over 200 years
1800s building boom
Begun in the 1980's by Forest
City Ratner Companies,
MetroTech is one of America's
most successful urban
redevelopment projects.
Completed
George
Washington
observed
defeat in
Battle of
Brooklyn
from Cobble
Hill Fort
neighborh
BOERUM HILL
COBBLE HILL
METROTECH
Brooklyn
METROTECH
The heart of
Irish
breathtaking
"Brooklyn of a
creative vibrancy
BROOKLYN CIVIC CENTER
7
38
3
2
national landmark
Bam
Cultural
District
39
A blend of a gritty,
industrial past
with urban chic:
world-class views
19th century brownstones,
36
33
26
GRAPHIC KEY
“Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”
named by local artists
DUMBO
...a mixed
residential
20
23
10
FULTON LANDING
45
19
8
is a cluster of extraordinary
user can trust
METROTECH
1
DESTINATION KEY
NYC Districts
Sign System
Examples
Information the
DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE