RECOMMENDATIONS OVERVIEWS. Overall Neighborhood Design

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1 OVERVIEWS Figure / ground of proposed neighborhood plan Overall Neighborhood Design Design 12 th Avenue South boulevard with an emphasis on main street design with mixed-use development, retail, residential, civic and institutional buildings. Replace urban renewal housing typology with traditional neighborhood housing that has a defined front and back, oriented towards the street. Infill housing throughout neighborhood: substation at Horton and 14 th Avenue South, northeast corner of Rose Hill, Reservoir Park housing facing the park, multi-family housing on MDHA property, 8 th Avenue and Wedgewood. Expand library to Edgehill Park. Build a new green space and housing west of the reservoir. Implement Rose Park Lane a low volume vehicular access through the park. Build belvederes at high points in Rose park for gatherings. Expand E.S. Rose community center Build mixed-use and multi-family housing along Sigler, Hawkins, and Music Circle East Re-open Grand Avenue at 16 th Avenue South Build a pedestrian bridge from Archer street to Fort Negley boulevard Build a pedestrian bridge from Southside to 9 th Avenue South Emphasize community, civic, cultural, and institutional buildings along Edgehill Avenue, especially along Rose Park. Build a greenway on the north and east edges of the neighborhood along interstates. Landscape/redesign the Edgehill Avenue/ Chestnut Avenue bridge over interstate. Nashville Civic Design Center Report: Edgehill Neighborhood page 23

2 NEIGHBORHOOD VISION PLAN Neighborhood Map Recommendations for land use: This drawing illustrates the vision for Edgehill s future. The plan represents what the neighborhood could become at some point in the future with suggested changes being incorporated over time. See the phasing chart in Appendix A. The main concepts for this plan are: Design 12 th Avenue South boulevard with an emphasis on main street design with mixed-use development, retail, residential, civic and institutional buildings. Emphasize community, civic, cultural, and institutional buildings along Edgehill Avenue, especially along Rose Park. Replace urban renewal housing typology with traditional neighborhood housing that has a defined front and back, oriented towards the street. Infill lots with housing throughout the neighborhood. The plan represents the addition of the following amounts of residential, retail, commercial, and green space: Residential 239 single family detached sf/unit 169 sf/unit sf/unit 429 resident sf/unit 361 units in mixed-use sf/unit Retail/Commercial 575,000 sf Green space (incl. community garden) 18 acres Nashville Civic Design Center Report: Edgehill Neighborhood page 24

3 Row 8.9 housing, 8th Avenue North (above) Mechanicsville Commons, Hope VI Project, Knoxville, TN (below) Proposed land use diagram for public housing block (above) Sterling Court apartments, Belmont Boulevard (below) Grocery store with offices on corner, 21st Avenue South (below) Multi-family residential building 2-3 floors Mixed-use building with parking in rear Mixed-use building: ground floor retail/ commercial, 2-3 upper floors residential/ office space. Multi-family residential courtyard building with roof gardens. (4 floors) Single family detached houses replace the substation Single family townhouses/rowhouses These images suggest an idea of what different types of development could look like in Edgehill. These examples are found locally and represent a broad range of income levels, from governmentally funded public housing units and affordable row houses to apartments and mixed use commercial property. Nashville Civic Design Center Report: Edgehill Neighborhood page 25

4 Diagram of proposed changes for Rose Park area (above) Park lane, Centennial Park (below) Belvedere on Capitol Hill (below) Rejoining of cul-de-sacs creates a focal point for a staircase leading from the belvedere to the neighborhood. Belvederes located on the two high points of Rose Hill to command views. Single family rowhouses line edges of park. Rose Park Lane - a slow speed road through the park. E. S. Rose community center expansion New civic building is located in front of Rose Middle School Rose Park is a tremendous resource for the neighborhood that is currently underutilized. The addition of belevederes at high points in the park would offer locations for family picnics/reunions, areas to watch downtown fireworks, or just quiet spaces for contemplation. A small vehicular road, similar to the one through Centennial Park, would aid in access to the park. Nashville Civic Design Center Report: Edgehill Neighborhood page 26

5 Diagram of proposed changes for Reservoir Park area (above) Row Houses, Portland Avenue, Nashville (below) Playground equipment, Fannie Mae Dees Park, Nashville (below) Reconfigure street grid adding a combination of single-family detached houses and rowhouses Extend Gernert Homes to 11th Avenue South adds 2 units to each courtyard. Build Three-storey apartment buildings facing 11th Avenue South. These could be used as additional elderly housing. Create a new park that is lined with rowhouses and frames the reservoir to the east (see illustration page 28). Reservoir park becomes a family park withchildcare and outdoor activity center as focal points. Emphasize Reservoir Park as a neighborhood park. Its quiet and well-shaded character should be expanded upon to offer more activities for children and families. This could include more playground equipment and picnic shelters, expanded childcare facilities, and an area that could accomodate such activities as summertime movies in the park or other community functions. New houses could face the park and reinforce the concept of eyes on the park. Nashville Civic Design Center Report: Edgehill Neighborhood page 27

6 PERSPECTIVE Perspective looking east towards reservoir RESERVOIR HILL NEIGHBORHOOD A new park created to the west side of the 8th Avenue Reservoir serves as a tree-lined commons area for surrounding row houses, apartments, and single family homes. The Reservoir becomes a beautiful backdrop to the new green space. Nashville Civic Design Center Report: Edgehill Neighborhood page 28