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ASHLEY SOLETHER EDGE: WEINLAND PARK + ITALIAN VILLAGE
N. 5TH STREET
5TH AVENUE
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REVISIONING WEINLAND PARK
EDGE: WEINLAND PARK + ITALIAN VILLAGE dŚĞ ĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟ ŶŐ tĞŝŶůĂŶĚ WĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ /ƚĂůŝĂŶ sŝůͲ ůĂŐĞ ŝƐ ŵŽƐƚůLJ Ă ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĚĞĮ ŶĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŶƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶLJ ƐĂƚƵƌĂƟ ŽŶ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ This commercial aspect makes it an important connector with many people coming and going to and from this area. While there are many businesses that draw people to this area and are important parts of both Weinland Park and Italian Village, the corridor has many underƵƐĞĚ Žƌ ǀĂĐĂŶƚ ƐƉĂĐĞƐ͘ ^Ž ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟ ŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ͕ ŚŽǁ ĐĂŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƵƐĞĚ ƐƉĂĐĞƐ ďĞ ĂĐƟ ǀĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ĐŽŵƉůĞͲ ŵĞŶƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞ͍ tŝƚŚ ŵĂŶLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŽƉĞƌĂƟ ŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ Ěŝī ĞƌĞŶƚ ŽƵƚƉƵƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞƐĞ ďƵƐŝͲ ŶĞƐƐĞƐ͘ LJ ŚĂƌŶĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƉĂƐƐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƟ ǀĞ ĞŶĞƌŐLJ ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞƐĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ĂĐƟ ǀĂƚĞ ƵŶƵƐĞĚ ƐƉĂĐĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Į ǀĞ Ěŝī ĞƌĞŶƚ site types along the corridor with similar outputs: Corner ^ƚŽƌĞƐ͕ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƟ Ăů ,ŽŵĞƐ͕ Kĸ ĐĞ ĂŶĚ ^ŵĂůů ^ĐĂůĞ ŽŵͲ
mercial, Light Industrial and Commercial, and Heavy Industrial. By ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĨŽƵƌ ĂƌĞĂƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ Į ǀĞ ƚLJƉŽůŽŐŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ designs for each of these sites can be incorporated in similar sites throughout the edge or in other neighborhoods, like Milo-Grogan, ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ƉĂƩ ĞƌŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĂĐƟ ǀĂƟ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ WĂƉĞƌ ƌĂŌ Ɛ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ƌĞĐLJĐůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉŽƐƟ ŶŐ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ͘ ,ĞƌĞ͕ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ďŽƚŚ tĞŝŶůĂŶĚ WĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ /ƚĂůŝĂŶ sŝůůĂŐĞ ĐĂŶ ĚƌŽƉ Žī ĨŽŽĚ ƐĐƌĂƉƐ͕ LJĂƌĚ ĐůŝƉͲ pings, and other recyclable materials. These materials will be composted or put through an anaerobic digester to create heat, electricity, and carbon dioxide for a greenhouse, also on the site. The design expresses the coupling of technology with landscape and ƚŚĞ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĮ Đ ƐŝƚĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŽŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌƵƐĞĚ ƐŝƚĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶĞƌŐŝnjĞĚ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ǁŝƚŚ new systems and technologies but with people coming to see what ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ Žī Ğƌ͘ LANDSCAPE
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