Firm hired to redesign street grids near Mellon Arena site. (college, pay)

[I_Like_Spam]

I think it would make a lot more sense to first see what kinds of buildings they'd like to put on the lot, before committing to a street grid.

If the idea is to put a few very large buildings- whether it is a large apartment complex or a Costco or Walmart- the traffic that is going to be generated has to be dealt with the roads, not to mention the existing traffic coming through that area from town, Duquesne and the Consol Arena.

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Spam

I think it would make a lot more sense to first see what kinds of buildings they'd like to put on the lot, before committing to a street grid.

I think the exact opposite. Figure out how you want to make that neighborhood work into the overall cityscape, including the streets, then figure out what to build where.

Note the "blocks" in question would mostly be as big or bigger than Downtown's blocks, so there shouldn't be a lot of constraints in terms of intensity of use.

[pman]

Pennsylvania commits $15 million to former Civic Arena site - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

[JoeP]

I would like to see something more interesting than connecting with straight lines.

[sskink]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

I think the exact opposite. Figure out how you want to make that neighborhood work into the overall cityscape, including the streets, then figure out what to build where.

Note the "blocks" in question would mostly be as big or bigger than Downtown's blocks, so there shouldn't be a lot of constraints in terms of intensity of use.

Which means there's now plenty of room for this!

[analog808]

Originally Posted by ML North

This seems like a good place to post this:Pittsburgh Penguins Presentation

I know it's been posted here before, but I can't seem to find it. Anyway, it's mostly just a book of pretty pictures, but it does give an idea of the type of things that the design firm will be doing.

I really like the ideas presented here. Especially the green park area over 529 that will connect the development with downtown.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by analog808

I really like the ideas presented here. Especially the green park area over 529 that will connect the development with downtown.

Agreed. I also like that a movie theater is part of the plans along with building the parking garages into the topographical grades so that most of the parking will be "hidden".

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by analog808

I really like the ideas presented here. Especially the green park area over 529 that will connect the development with downtown.

Yes! Pretty much what I was describing before that was done on a smaller scale at Georgia Tech. A large park area over the interstate. You're not going to connect the Hill to Downtown until you deal with that psychological barrier. It also must block the sight and sound of the highway

After that, there should be a systematic plan to cover as much of 529 as possible. But the amount proposed in that plan is good.

[greg42]

Can we get the right number (579) so it's not any more confusing?

[jay5835]

I keep reading "Firm hired to redesign street girls near Mellon Arena site."