Prideaux and Selby Streets are arbor cluster Boulevards surrounded by medium density mixed use. The area around Fitzwilliam at Prideaux/Selby amplifies the current street front retail with the railway station restored as a Gateway Heritage Centre: food market, intermodal, retail etc.
West of Prideaux: maintain existing heritage single-family zoning. East of Selby, down the slope closing in on Wallace segues from multi-family/commercial mixed use to commercial.
GATEWAY HERITAGE CENTER in Crescent.
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GATEWAY HERITAGE CENTRE. Black foot-print = New buildings: mixed typology, high, low rise medium density residential, speciality stores, community centre. Red foot-print = Station restored: Nanaimo Farmers' Market. Brown vertical lines = Public space Black foot-print immediately south of center = Vivo gallery Residences phases one, two and three. Yellow foot-print = Inter-modal centre. White-outlines = Existing residential and commercial buildings in the Gateway Heritage center. Streets in the center will be mixed use pedestrian / private / commercial traffic. Calming will be achieved by conjestion. Demolition is carried out in the centre to facilitate neighbourhood convenience.
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A couple of Gateway Heritage existing buildings:
Fitzwilliam Street and Wesley Street. | |
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Re-making Lubbock Square into a pedestrian amenity. | |
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