Welcome to the East Lewiston Revitalization
Master Plan and Focus Design project presentation by .
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Lewiston, ID |
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Goals and Objectives |
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Program |
Our main goal for project one of our Landscape Architecture 356 class is to make a complete re-design of East Lewiston. East Lewiston includes all of East Main St. including the Potlatch Corporation property. For this proposal, we assume that the Potlatch Corp. is develops its Lewiston site to include housing and business districts located on East Main St. This project targets a maximum population of 15,000 people (half the population of Lewiston today), and at least 30-50% of open space. A portion of Lewiston’s population is currently dependent upon the Potlatch Corp. for direct employment or supporting businesses. Therefore, this proposal includes uses which will generate new jobs. |
Schematic Design |
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Master Plan
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The basic plan of the East Lewiston project contains many features including plenty of mix-use commercial/residential areas, commercial buildings, elementary school, district retail plazas, waterfront district, marina, two parks, residential sub-divisions, shopping district, and a twenty acre amphitheatre plot (campground included). Population of the area=10,002. Open Space=37%. |
| Mix Use Commercial, Residential | Many of the major apartment complex’s within the site area include ground level retail to promote as much street life as possible to the project. This also will promote small, local business in which Lewiston thrives upon. Many of the streets located by the mix use buildings include shade trees and shrubbery, which helps to promote safety and security for pedestrians. |
| Elementary School | An Elementary School and possibly a Junior High School will need to be included in this project to balance out the large population factor. Lewiston’s Independent School District is right now trying to pass a new High School bond, which will make way for the building of a brand new High School. A new High School in the site area was not too much of a concern if the bond passes. |
| Waterfront District | Along the bleaching pond located Northeast of Potlatch today is designated for a Waterfront community that promotes a large amount of street life and something that Lewiston has been neglected of since it’s existence. Lewiston has it’s own levee to promote recreational walking/biking/running along the Clearwater and Snake River’s, but commercial areas alongside waterfronts are not common. This also is due to the fact that major flooding problems can occur without the rock levee along the rivers. |
| Parkways | There are two circular parkways located in the heart of the site that also connect to each other by a four lane roadway. These parkways are the center of a major sub-division/commercial plot and mix-use land development sites. An interesting fact about the two parks is that from the center of one park, you can easily see the center of the other one, nearly 1600 ft away from each other. |
| Amphitheatre | The concert area is the main attraction for the site. Nearly a twenty-acre ground plot with a parking lot the same size of it, the layout and appearance of this area gives breath taking views and easy transportation in and out of this area. One of Lewiston’s main events during the summer is Hot August Nights, a small concert for the 60’s-70’s generation of people. Its attractions have been from Three Dog Night to Loverboy. With the new amphitheatre, Lewiston’s attractions could shoot from Peter Toole to Paul McCartney or Dave Matthews. From behind the stage is a view of the Lewiston Hill while to the left of the concert area is a park/pathway area for concertgoers. The amphitheatre contains its own concessions, two bathroom areas, restaurant, and historical building. Behind the south end of the amphitheatre is a large buffer zone to block sound from the residences. There is also a campground located south of the area for people who do not wish to stay in a hotel. |
Design Detail |
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The detailed twelve-acre plot design is located just west of the marina and south of the small circular park area. The detailed area includes attractions such as a waterfront district, a mix-use apartment building with its own parkway, parking lot, storage unit, and a section of the small circular parkway. The shops mainly along the waterfront are for commercial use only, except for the building located parallel to the apartment buildings, which is designed as a restaurant overlooking the water. The apartment buildings are six stories each and can hold nearly 120 people in one building. The main parking area is located south of the buildings but there is also ¾ underground parking underneath each of the buildings. The roadway along the left is a four-lane road including a turn lane. There are street trees along side the road, contained in a four-foot wide planter. Adjacent to these planters are a seven-foot wide walkway and also a six-foot wide bike path that runs alongside the apartment buildings. Another attraction to the area is the large concrete dock located at the northeast end of the drawing that slopes down towards the water for pedestrians who want to get a closer look. |
| Suggested Plant List | Acer
ginnala- Amur Maple
Acer rubrum- Red Maple Cotinus coggygria-Smoke Tree Berberis thunbergii-Japanese Barberry Betula pendula- European White Birch Symphoricarpos albus- Common Snowberry Weigela florida- Weigela Euonymus alatus- Winged burning bush Aucuba japonica- Japanese aucuba Cornus mas- Cornelian dogwood Cornus Florida- Flowering Dogwood Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi'- Kelsey dogwood Fagus grandifolia- American beech Quercus coccinea- Scarlet oak Liquidamber styraciflua- American sweetgum Cercis canadensis- Eastern Redbud Gleditsia triacanthos inermis- Thornless honeylocust Magnolia stellata- Star Magnolia Ailanthus altissima- Tree of heaven Fraxinus Americana- White ash |
| Focus Area 1 | |
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This design plot is located within the central area of the four mix-use apartment complexes. Around the perimeter of the area is a 24’ wide road lane that is strictly for pedestrian use. The only vehicle access to these roadways are for onsite deliveries for the ground level retail shops. Located in the center of the design is a large pool/water feature that is roughly about 3-4’ tall. The perimeter of the water feature is composed of 3’ of concrete which is suitable for a sitting area. There are also nine other different style bench’s located within the area. From the center of the pool are eight walkways that direct you to a different apartment complex or in-between two apartment complex’s. In between the walkways and roadways are green spaces containing nothing but grass, shrubs, and trees for public use. Trash dispensers and lighting can also be found within the design. |
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This plot design is located just to the left of the four apartment complex’s. Within this area is mainly the restaurant that overlooks the water, and the small park district that is located straight across from the restaurant. The circular area that is part of the restaurant is a covered patio area for customers who wish to lounge outside over the water. The gray, paved, circular area located to the left of the building is a covered waiting area, including two benches and light poles to enhance security. Across from the waiting area is a planting area which one is able to walk around to get to a small water feature. Branching off of the planting area are two walkways that lead to benched circular areas that are surrounded by different types of trees and shrubberies. These circular areas are mainly for people who wish to rest along the waterfront or just to sit and stare at the large apartment buildings or waterfront district. Trash dispensers and light poles can also be found within the design. |
| Three Dimensional Studies | |
| Perspective 1 | |
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This perspective is looking towards the courtyard plaza which lies within the four main apartment complex's. |
| Perspective 2 | |
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This perspective is looking towards the four main apartment complex's from the southeast. You can see the green space that lies in-between the waterfront and the apartment buildings gives a good contrast and a warm feeling towards the apartments. |
