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active facade An overall strategy is to ensure active and inviting facades on all avenues in downtown. The quick win approach is to identify the ground floor facades of parking garages, facing avenues, and turning them into active parts of the street scape. 1st Avenue today; the ground floor facade of a parking garage does not add to the quality of walking or staying.
The quick win is easy to accomplish with a short time for implementation and low cost, going from an inactive and uninviting ground floor facade to an attractive, inviting and active facade.
Approach: • Take away 16 parking stalls facing the street • Place 4 containers that can open onto the street • Ensure water, electricity and heat for each container unit • Invite 4 small businesses - preferably 24/7 - such as hairdresser, flower shop, news agent, and music shop. • Ensure low rent for businesses, no direct competition to existing businesses, transparent facades at night and extended businesses hours.
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A quick win; introducing small business units in the closed facade to activate the street scape.
A number of ground floor facades throughout downtown have been identified for this possible quick win; active facade
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