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ROADWAY AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK The roadway network throughout the Central District, including sidewalks, although having some challenges, overall has a high degree of connectivity and creates multiple circulation routes both within Downtown and to the adjacent neighborhoods. Several railroad crossings, including two atgrade on Elm Street and Central Avenue and one grade-separated on Laurel Avenue, connect the east and west sides of Downtown. Access to Downtown is provided by Central Avenue to and from the west and Green Bay Road to and from the north and south. Both are four-lane arterial streets with Central Avenue becoming a collector east of Green Bay Road. All streets operate with two-way traffic and, except Green Bay Road and Central Avenue west of Green Bay Road, streets are relatively narrow with two travel lanes and on-street parking. Generally, the street design follows a “Complete Streets” strategy that facilitates a balanced system encouraging slower vehicular travel, a friendlier pedestrian environment along the right-of-way, and consistent building setbacks defining the sidewalk. On the other hand, both Green Bay Road and Central Avenue west of Green Bay Road serve as physical barriers to an integrated Central District with higher traffic volumes, wider street widths and narrower sidewalks. Many improvement options are available to help bridge the barriers these streets present, including enhanced streetscape opportunities, pedestrian crossing improvements, intersection enhancements and the potential for a “road diet.” A pedestrian pathway network plan has been identified by the City to supplement the vehicular circulation patterns in order to establish direct connections to local destinations. This type of effort should be made a priority in the B4 districts in addition to connecting the B4 and B5 districts. ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN IS PROVIDED BY CENTRAL AVENUE TO AND FROM THE WEST. 54 STATE OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT REPORT
LEGEND STUDY AREA VINE AVE. TRAFFIC SIGNAL HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FIELDS ALL WAY STOP MIDLOTHIAN AVE. GLENVIEW AVE. HOMEWOOD AVE. GREEN BAY RD. FIRST ST. ST. JOHNS AVE. SHERIDAN RD. x,xxx AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC NETWORK OPPORTUNITY “ROAD DIET” OPPORTUNITY PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY INDIAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPORTS FIELDS 13,100 PARK AVE. PARK AVE. SECOND ST. 15,100 SUNSET WOODS PARK ELM PL. 1,750 5,400 RENAISSANCE PLACE PORT CLINTON SQUARE 15,700 11,400 CENTRAL AVE. 5,300 TRAIN STATION HAZEL AVE. LAUREL AVE. 5,850 HICKORY ST. MCGOVERN ST. WALNUT ST. DEERFIELD RD. EXHIBIT 9 - ROADWAY NETWORK DIAGRAM CENTRAL DISTRICT LAND USE + URBAN DESIGN STUDY 55
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HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS central dis
Page 5: INTRODUCTION
Page 8 and 9: THE CENTRAL STREET STREETSCAPE PROV
Page 10 and 11: PLAN PROCESS In order to achieve th
Page 12 and 13: CONTEXT Highland Park is a suburban
Page 15: LAND USE ANALYSIS
Page 18 and 19: COMMERCIAL East of Green Bay Road a
Page 20 and 21: RESIDENTIAL Residential is the pred
Page 22 and 23: PARK / OPEN SPACE Two major open sp
Page 25: ZONING ANALYSIS
Page 28 and 29: BUILDING HEIGHT The city’s curren
Page 30 and 31: Several observations can be made ab
Page 32 and 33: 4. The existing approach to regulat
Page 34 and 35: RESIDENTIAL DENSITY While building
Page 36 and 37: PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS Another aspect
Page 39: PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
Page 42 and 43: PROPERTY CONDITIONS A rating criter
Page 44 and 45: STREETSCAPE As with building stock,
Page 46 and 47: BUILDING FORM More than any physica
Page 48 and 49: BUILDING HEIGHTS The buildings in D
Page 51: TRANSPORTATION
Page 56 and 57: TRANSIT Much of Downtown Highland P
Page 58 and 59: PARKING Adequate parking is essenti
Page 60 and 61: There are also over 2,200 private p
Page 62 and 63: WAYFINDING To put it simply, wayfin
Page 65: CHARACTER AREAS
Page 68 and 69: On the following pages, five “cha
Page 70 and 71: HERITAGE CORE (B5) The Heritage Cor
Page 72 and 73: BULK + DENSITY The Heritage Core co
Page 74 and 75: PHYSICAL CHARACTER The Heritage Cor
Page 76 and 77: PARKING Parking in the Heritage Cor
Page 78 and 79: HERITAGE CORE (B5) SUMMARY MATRIX L
Page 80 and 81: DOWNTOWN CORE (B5) The Downtown Cor
Page 82 and 83: BULK + DENSITY The Downtown Core co
Page 84 and 85: PHYSICAL CHARACTER The Downtown Cor
Page 86 and 87: PARKING Parking in the Downtown Cor
Page 88 and 89: DOWNTOWN CORE (B5) SUMMARY MATRIX L
Page 90 and 91: SOUTH RESIDENTIAL (RO) The South Re
Page 92 and 93: BULK + DENSITY The South Residentia
Page 94 and 95: PHYSICAL CHARACTER The South Reside
Page 96 and 97: PARKING Parking in the South Reside
Page 98 and 99: SOUTH RESIDENTIAL (RO) SUMMARY MATR
Page 100 and 101: NORTH TRIANGLE (B4) The North Trian
Page 102 and 103: BULK + DENSITY The North Triangle c
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PHYSICAL CHARACTER The North Triang
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PARKING The North Triangle area is
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NORTH TRIANGLE (B4) SUMMARY MATRIX
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SUNSET PARK DISTRICT (B4) The Sunse
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BULK + DENSITY The Sunset Park Dist
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PHYSICAL CHARACTER Most properties
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PARKING The Sunset Park District is
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SUNSET PARK DISTRICT (B4) SUMMARY M
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