design elements - San Jacinto Texas Historic District

DESIGN SCENARIOS
This chapter presents conceptual Design Scenarios appropriate for a variety of corridor conditions found
throughout the San Jacinto Texas Historic District including freeways, farm to market roads, local roads, main
streets, community gateways, and Project Stars sites. The graphics are intended to illustrate the application
of the Design Elements (Chapter 3) and Best Practices (Chapter 4) to typical scenarios, including their
spatial arrangement and orientation.
Each scenario includes an aerial photograph and brief description of
the existing site condition, contrasted with conceptual designs showing
overhead (plan) view and street (section or profi le) view. Additional
descriptions and details for incorporating sustainable, cultural, and
historically relevant design elements into the corridor right-of-way
are included in the chapters that follow, as well as in the appendices.
These include planting lists, trees, iconography, and site amenities and
furnishings such as fencing, benches, and street light fi xtures.
Rather than present a prescriptive design solution for each location, these
designs present a possible combination of Design Elements and Best
Practices that would enhance the site with a common natural, cultural, and
historic theme that characterizes the San Jacinto Texas Historic District.
Green infrastructure elements have also been incorporated into the
concepts, including bio-infi ltration, parkway rain gardens, and permeable
pavement. Specifi c applications of the practices for development proposals
should use the best arrangement and selection of elements for the
particular development site as determined through a thorough analysis
and assessment of the site and its context. All designs should also consider
sight lines, distance, and safety of all users when placing landscaping and
other above-ground improvements in the right-of-way.
Concept for a main street corridor project.
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