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Consultation Draft 1 - Stoke-on-Trent City Council

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BASELINE SPATIAL HIERARCHY SUMMARY 62<br />

Bethesda Triangle<br />

The Visi<strong>on</strong><br />

Bethesda Triangle will form a distinctive and historic arrival space<br />

to the <strong>City</strong> Centre from the Broad Street and Bethesda Street approaches<br />

(within the c<strong>on</strong>text of the Central Business District and<br />

surrounding community). The historic nature of the corner buildings<br />

form have the potential to provide a distinctive and appropriate<br />

setting to the Museum. This space needs to accommodate<br />

both pedestrians, cyclists and motorised traffic.<br />

Yellow Rock<br />

granite setts*<br />

Street Cafe’s<br />

cycle stands<br />

Key Characteristics<br />

• illuminate historic fr<strong>on</strong>tages of corner buildings to enhance<br />

historic townscape view at night time: use recessed uplighters<br />

to tree plantings; locate feature column to corner of Museum<br />

• re-c<strong>on</strong>figure road layout to enhance historic setting and make<br />

provisi<strong>on</strong> for extended pedestrian areas and Street Cafe’s,<br />

whilst accommodating vehicular traffic<br />

• use paving to promote Street Cafe’s: highlight the Museum<br />

entrance through feature paving; use historic setts in a c<strong>on</strong>temporary<br />

manner; use paving to define threshold to the<br />

space<br />

• use tree planting to green the space and screen unsightly<br />

views: use planting to enhance the Museum curtillage<br />

• locate orientati<strong>on</strong> signage at most visible point<br />

• use street furniture to make best use of the sunny aspect<br />

• incorporate provisi<strong>on</strong> for cycle parking<br />

• allow for emergency and vehicular access to Albi<strong>on</strong> Street<br />

and Piccadilly<br />

• include provisi<strong>on</strong> for art park and banners to enliven Museum<br />

fr<strong>on</strong>tage <strong>on</strong> Broad Street<br />

Suggested Building Enhancements<br />

• encourage enhancements to the gable end of 69 Piccadilly<br />

and to the fr<strong>on</strong>tages of the historic corner buildings fr<strong>on</strong>ting<br />

the Triangle<br />

* subject to internal approval<br />

Portingt<strong>on</strong> black<br />

granite*<br />

Dark grey granite*<br />

Broad Street<br />

Art Park<br />

Museum<br />

Illustrative layout plan (NTS)<br />

East/West Courtyard<br />

Proposals to create a private-public space for the East West<br />

Centre will be informed by the over-riding visi<strong>on</strong> for this prestigious<br />

development.The courtyard will be expected to support the<br />

uses associated with the development and promote a high quality<br />

approach.<br />

The courtyard will be expected to promote the strategic objectives<br />

set out in chapter 4 of this document and proposals for<br />

materials and colour should complement the materials proposed<br />

within this document.<br />

Museum<br />

entrance<br />

CBD<br />

C<strong>on</strong>text plan<br />

Museum<br />

Lloyds<br />

Bank<br />

Bethesda<br />

The Church<br />

T<strong>on</strong>tines<br />

use of uplighters to trees<br />

historic street with Street Cafe’s<br />

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