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HOLLYWOOD / WESTERN STREETSCAPE GUIDELINES. February 25, 2010. HOLLYWOOD / WESTERN. Kathryn Cerra Associates, Landscape Architects Kathy Cerra Ana Tabuena. HOLLYWOOD / WESTERN. PROJECT LIMITS: Hollywood Boulevard, Gower to Western Western Avenue, Franklin to Santa Monica. PROCESS.
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HOLLYWOOD / WESTERN STREETSCAPE GUIDELINES February 25, 2010
HOLLYWOOD / WESTERN Kathryn Cerra Associates, Landscape Architects Kathy Cerra Ana Tabuena
HOLLYWOOD / WESTERN PROJECT LIMITS: • Hollywood Boulevard, Gower to Western • Western Avenue, Franklin to Santa Monica
PROCESS • Gather information • Reach out to interested participants • Hold a community Workshop • Establish project goals • Create Draft Streetscape Plan • Meet with community to share Streetscape Plan; Revise as needed
GETTING STREETSCAPE BUILT • Prioritize improvements • Agree on Who will Maintain the Project • Apply for grants & other funding using the Streetscape Plan to define your Projects • Work with City of Los Angeles to create construction documents • Using City construction staff or Public Works Contractor, install improvements
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? • Streetscape Planning Process – 4 to 6 months • Obtaining Funding – 1 to 3 years • Construction Documents – 6 months to 1 year • Construction by City Forces – 6 to 18 months, depending on project size • Construction by Public Works Contractor – 1 ½ to 2 years, including bid & award
NEXT STEPS • TONIGHT: Design Workshop to identify and prioritize Community’s Goals • April 22: KCA returns with Preliminary Designs for Community input • June 27: Final Streetscape Guidelines presentation to Community
TYPICAL STREETSCAPE GOALS • Make neighborhood safer • Improve “walkability” of sidewalks and streets • Improve appearance of district • Enhance visual identity of each area
HOLLYWOOD / WESTERN WHAT ARE TYPICAL STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS? • Trees • Lighting • Paving • Furnishings • Medians • Cleaning, Painting, Maintaining
STREET TREES Trees need to clear storefronts and shop signs These trees are Deciduous, losing leaves in winter and flowering in spring
STREET TREES Evergreen trees with a smaller, deciduous flowering tree as a part of the planted “understory” Trees create a protective overhead, creating pedestrian scale
STREET TREES • Trees can help identity an area
STREET TREES Palms and Evergreen Trees Mixed Palms and Deciduous Tree Mix
STREET TREES Deciduous trees with ornamental leaf color
PAVING Plain or colored, adding lines and texture to concrete can make site specific design to help identify a district.
PAVING COLORED PAVING TEXTURED PAVING SCORED PAVING WITH TEXT
PAVING STAMPED, COLORED ASHPHALT PAVING STAMPED COLORED CONCRETE PAVING BRICK PAVING AT INTERSECTION SIDEWALKS STAMPED COLORED ASPHALT ON CROSSWALKS
ENHANCED CROSSWALK PAVING • Stamped, inlaid, colored asphalt (duratherm) for crosswalks to make pedestrian more visible • Artist designed or Off the rack combinations
INTERSECTION PAVING STAMPED COLORED PAVING AT BOTH CROSSWALKS AND WITHIN THE TRAFFIC INTERSECTION ENHANCED PAVING AT HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS CALLS MOTORISTS’ ATTENTION TO PRESENCE OF PEDESTRIANS
STREET LIGHTING PEDESTRIAN LEVEL STREET LIGHTS CITY’S BUS SAFETY LIGHTING PROGRAM: UP TO 2 PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS AT BUS STOPS CITY WILL MAINTAIN BUS SAFETY LIGHTING
STREET LIGHTING • Street Lighting also comes from Storefronts
STREET LIGHTING Hollywood’s original pedestrian light fixture and a later fixture:
BANNERS METAL BANNERS Permanent installation FABRIC BANNERS: Replace every 3 to 6 months
BIKE RACKS Bike racks may be artist-designed or off the rack
STREET FURNISHINGS • Outdoor rooms are created with custom or off the rack street furnishings. • Planting area and low walls separate roadway from sidewalk
STREET FURNISHING • City’s Coordinated Street Furniture Program is “free” with advertising; vendor manages trash pick-up and graffiti removals Transit shelters may be placed at bus stops
STREET FURNISHINGS The right Street Tree in the right place Can be first rate street furniture – shown here with bus shelter.