facilities renewal master plan - National Zoo - Smithsonian Institution

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FACILITIES MASTER PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Urban Park Concept The urban park concept (see Figure 2) emphasizes a new circulation system with a focus on visitor entry from Connecticut Avenue and a new mid-point entry experience. Visitors arriving by car and bus leave their vehicles at a new parking structure and enter the park at the mid-point, allowing them to experience the upper and lower zones of the park while still maintaining their orientation at the mid-point. The Connecticut Avenue entrance and a smaller entry at Harvard Street Bridge/Beach Drive would serve visitors and employees arriving by mass transit or who park at satellite/partnership locations. Beaver Valley is restructured as part of a Conservation Zone along Rock Creek; exhibits and programming emphasize conservation, the Rock Creek ecosystem, and education. Administrative uses are consolidated within the new parking structure at the mid-point. Research and support functions are not relocated. Large land areas are created for exhibit renewal, regaining flat land from surface parking lots and revitalizing existing exhibit areas. Figure 2. Urban Park Concept SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 16 | P a g e
FACILITIES MASTER PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Peninsula Concept The peninsula concept (see Figure 3) emphasizes a linear circulation pattern between two entry points at either end of the National Zoo, Connecticut Avenue and Harvard Street Bridge/Beach Drive. General public access along North Road is limited. Visitor parking is available at both entry points, providing easier access from the city streets and limiting congestion within the park and along North Road. Visitors arriving by mass transit or walking in from Connecticut Avenue or Adams Morgan have clear entrance points and visitor facilities. Exhibits and circulation follow Olmsted Walk and the natural ridgeline as they do today. Beaver Valley is converted to an Education Zone, dedicated to school groups and other programs, limiting general visitor access and circulation. Research and support functions, including veterinary care, become a focal point at the center of the park and visitor experience, relocating to the historic core and the Parking Lot C areas. Administrative uses are consolidated and relocated to the peninsula off of Adams Mill Road. Large land areas are created for exhibit renewal by revitalizing existing exhibit areas. Figure 3. Peninsula Concept SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 17 | P a g e
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