design elements - San Jacinto Texas Historic District

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Solidago sempervirens SEASIDE GOLDENROD Solidago stricta SEASIDE GOLDENROD Spilanthes americana CREEPING SPOTFLOWER Spiranthes vernalis SPRING LADY’S TRESSES Stachys drummondii PINK MINT Strophostyles umbellata PINK WILD BEAN Stylisma aquatica WATER SOUTHER MORNINGGLORY Stylosanthes bifl ora SIDE-BEAKED PENCILFLOWER Tephrosia onobrychoides HOARY PEA Teucrium canadense AMERICAN GERMANDER ThalIa dealbata POWDERY THALIA Tillandsia usneodes SPANISH MOSS Tradescantia hirsutifl ora HAIRY SPIDERWORT Tragia betonicifolia BETONY-LEAVED NOSEBURN Trepocarpus aethusa SWAMP PARSLEY Triodanis perfoliata VENUS’S LOOKINGGLASS Verbena halei TEXAS VERVAIN Verbesina virginica FROSTWEED Vernonia gigantea TALL IRONWEED Vernonia missurica MISSOURI IRONWEED Vernonia texana TEXAS IRONWEED Vicia ludoviciana LOUISIANA VETCH Vigna luteola DEER PEA Viola sagitt ata ARROW-LEAF VIOLET Xyris laxifl orus YELLOW-EYED GRASS The wooded copses and savannas so characteristic of the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Jacinto</strong> prairie province were home to a few trees. Many of them will be recognized as of ornamental interest and available in local nurseries. One of the principle grass-like species that formed the native “lawn” under the oaks was the sedge, Carex cherokeensis, which in itself is of ornamental quality. Acacia farnesiana HUISACHE Acer negundo BOXELDER Acer rubrum RED MAPLE Aesculus pavia RED BUCKEYE Aralia spinosa DEVIL’S WALKING STICK Betula nigra RIVER BIRCH Bumelia lanuginosa GUM BUMELIA Carpinus caroliniana MUSCLE-WOOD Carya aquatica WATER HICKORY Carya cordiformis BITTERNUT Carya illinoensis PECAN Carya ovata SHAGBARK HICKORY Carya tomentosa MOCKERNUT HICKORY 158 │ APPENDICES Castanea pumila ALLEGHENY CHINQUAPIN Celtis laevigata SUGARBERRY Cercis canadensis REDBUD Chionanthus virginicus GRAND SIR’S GRAY BEARD Cornus drummondii DRUMMOND’S DOGWOOD Cornus fl orida FLOWERING DOGWOOD Crataegus marshallii PARSELY HAWTHORN Crataegus spathulata LITTLE-HIP HAWTHORN Crataegus texana TEXAS HAWTHORN Crataegus viridis GREEN HAWTHORN Cyrilla racemifl ora TITI Diospyros virginiana PERSIMMON Fagus grandifolia AMERICAN BEECH Forestiera ligustrina UPLAND PRIVET Fraxinus americana AMERICAN ASH Fraxinus pennsylvanica GREEN ASH Gleditsia triacanthos HONEY LOCUST Halesia diptera SNOWDROP TREE Ilex decidua POSSUM HAW Ilex opaca AMERICAN HOLLY Ilex vomitoria YAUPON Juglans nigra BLACK WALNUT Juniperus virginiana EASTERN RED CEDAR Liqudambar styracifl ua SWEETGUM Magnolia grandifl ora BULL BAY MAGNOLIA Magnolia virginiana SWEET BAY Morus rubra RED MULBERRY Nyssa bifl ora SWAMP TUPELO Nyssa sylvatica BLACK TUPELO Ostrya virginiana HOP HORNBEAM Persea borbonia REDBAY Pinus echinata SHORTLEAF PINE Pinus palustris LONGLEAF PINE Pinus taeda LOBLOLLY PINE Platanus occidentalis SYCAMORE Populus deltoides EASTERN COTTONWOOD Prosopis glandulosa MESQUITE Prunus caroliniana CHERRY LAUREL Prunus mexicana MEXICAN PLUM Prunus serotina WILD BLACK CHERRY Prunus umbellata FLATWOODS PLUM Ptelea trifoliata WAFER ASH Quercus alba WHITE OAK Quercus falcata SOUTHERN RED OAK Quercus hemisphaerica LAUREL OAK
Quercus incana SANDJACK OAK Quercus lyrata OVERCUP OAK Quercus macrocarpa BUR OAK Quercus marilandica BLACKJACK OAK Quercus michauxii SWAMP CHESTNUT OAK Quercus nigra WATER OAK Quercus phellos WILLOW OAK Quercus shumardii SHUMARD OAK Quercus stellata POST OAK Quercus texana TEXAS OAK Quercus velutina BLACK OAK Quercus virginiana LIVE OAK Rhamnus caroliniana CAROLINA BUCKTHORN Rhus copalina SHINING SUMAC Salix nigra BLACK WILLOW Salvia coccinea SCARLET SAGE Sambucus canadensis ELDERBERRY Sapindus saponaria WESTERN SOAPBERRY Sassafras albidum SASSAFRAS Styrax americana MOCK ORANGE Symplocos tinctoria SWEET LEAF Taxodium distichum BALD CYPRESS Tilia caroliniana CAROLINA LINDEN Vaccinium arboreum FARKELBERRY Viburnum rufi dulum RUSTY BLACK HAW Zanthoxylum clava-herculis HERCULES CLUB The prairies and open woods were everywhere punctuated with fl owering shrubs, including: Amorpha fruticosa INDIGO BUSH Callicarpa americana AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY Cephalanthus occidentalis BUTTUNBUSH Cornus raceomosa GRAY DOGWOOD Lantana urticoides CALICO BUSH Mitchella repens PARTRIDGE BERRY Persea borbonia RED BAY Prunus angustifolia CHICKASAW PLUM Rubus louisianus LOUISIANA DEWERRY Rubus trivialis SOUTHERN DEWBERRY Sabal minor BUSH PALMETTO Sambucus canadensis ELDERBERRY Sesbania drummondii DRUMMOND’S RATTLEBOX SAN JACINTO TEXAS HISTORIC DISTRICT CORRIDOR STANDARDS │ 159
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4 │ INTRODUCTION
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SAN JACINTO HISTORIC DISTRICT The S
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NATURAL HISTORY At the time of Euro
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FIRST PRINCIPLES A set of First Pri
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1. 2. 3. 4. Committed Sponsorship T
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II. Design Scenarios SAN JACINTO TE
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FREEWAY Planning and design along f
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Freeway Corridor Profi le The Corri
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Freeway intersections are of intere
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FARM TO MARKET ROADS Corridor desig
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The Corridor Profi le below present
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MAIN STREETS Main Street corridors
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Main Streets provide a broader rang
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Main Street areas lend themselves t
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LOCAL ROADS Design standards for Lo
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Local Roads are less dense and less
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COMMUNITY GATEWAYS Community Gatewa
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Community Gateways take a variety o
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As formal entryways into communitie
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PROJECT STARS SITES Design standard
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Project Stars sites occur throughou
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Project Stars sites require additio
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50 │ SCENARIOS
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DESIGN ELEMENTS Design Elements ref
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DESIGN INSPIRATION IMAGE:FAUNGG@FLI
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PLANT LISTS Non-Native* SHRUBS Pitt
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TOP 10 TREES Ilex opaca AMERICAN HO
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ICONOGRAPHY NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT ST
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ICONOGRAPHY ICONS ■ The fi ve-poi
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LIGHTING Pedestrian Light (12’-15
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PAVERS Matrix #2088 Matrix #1914 Ma
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SITE FURNISHINGS Bike Rack ■ Indi
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FENCING Vinyl ‘Horse’ Fence ■
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FENCING Brick Column Option ■ Rep
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SIGNAGE Historic Street Signage ■
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GATEWAYS Morgan’s Point Estimated
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IV. Best Practices LA IN LI CI AM l
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LA 01 LA IN LI CI AM Design landsca
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LA 03 Whether planting along roads,
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LA 05 LA IN LI CI AM Minimize potab
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LA 07 LA IN LI CI AM Preserve exist
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LA 09 Street trees provide architec
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LA 11 LA IN LI CI AM Plant trees ap
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LA 13 LA IN LI CI AM Preserve and r
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INFRASTRUCTURE LA IN LI CI AM Our h
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Natural landforms provide visual in
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Permeable pavement used in parking
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Stormwater detention can be designe
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Native streamside buffer in a utili
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Page 115 and 116: CIRCULATION Pedestrians and bicycli
Page 117 and 118: Curb bump outs help protect pedestr
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Page 133 and 134: APPENDIX A - STRATEGIES The San Jac
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Page 143 and 144: Volunteer installation of a parking
Page 145 and 146: Luminaires with various cutoff angl
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Page 149 and 150: Accessible sidewalks with frequent
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Page 156 and 157: Asclepias viridifl ora GREEN MILKWE
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Page 162 and 163: Quercus nutt allii NUTTALL’S OAK
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