six strategies Potential:
a fantastic setting Challenge:
a disconnected waterfront Strategy:
the sustainable downtown
Potential:
downtown placed in center Challenge:
weak public life patterns Strategy:
the unique downtown
Ensure a downtown with a sustainable footprint
Ensure a downtown with a strong identity
• Upgrade the waterfront and strengthen and celebrate downtown as a waterfront city • Create strong links between downtown and the waterfront • Enhance east-west streets as green connectors • Implement an “Alleys as green lungs” program • Introduce a great variety of green roofs and walls • Apply storm water filtration and recycling throughout downtown
• Introduce three downtown neighborhood-like districts, all integrating the waterfront - Retail Core - West Edge - Pioneer Square • Identify a “heart” for each district • Describe character, network and functions for each district
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GEHL ARCHITECTS • SEATTLE PUBLIC SPACE & PUBLIC LIFE • RECOMMENDATIONS - STRATEGIES
Potential:
distinct neighborhoods Challenge:
minimal open space identity Strategy:
the inviting downtown
Ensure a downtown that invites people to visit, stay and interact • Implement a public space network that links public spaces, streets, and recreational sites • Introduce a public space hierarchy identifying public spaces at three different levels: - City scale - Neighborhood scale - Block scale