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Title: OLD SOUTH BATON ROUGE Neighborhood


1
OLD SOUTH BATON ROUGENeighborhood Economic
Revitalization StrategyUrban Design
Recommendations
RKG Associates, Inc. APD, Inc. EDSA SSA
Consulting, Inc. Jennifer Jones-Bridgett
Henry Moore Building Communities ,
Inc. osbr.planbr.org December 13, 2005
2
Shaping the Future of Old South Baton Rouge
  • Tonight we want to share how the physical
    initiatives of the strategic plan relate to
  • your home, your businesses, your community
  • and most of all your personal quality of life!
  • This is your strategy, for your neighborhood!

3
COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO BUILD UPON
  • 67 Mapped Resources with the
  • potential to keep growing!!!!
  • Churches /Religious Centers
  • Civic Uses (Police Fire)
  • Community Centers
  • Historic Sites
  • Municipal Sites
  • Active and Passive Parks
  • Schools
  • Open Spaces
  • Hope VI Sites

4
PUBLIC PRIVATE PROJECTS - Planned or Underway
  • Carver Library and Head Start Center
  • Old McKinley High School Restoration
  • Hope VI Infill Housing Development
  • Hope VI Infill Commercial on Delpit Dr.
  • YMCA Facility Expansion
  • New McKinley Middle Magnet School
  • City Park Improvements
  • Old Carver Library Re-use
  • Phase II of The Venue Apts.
  • First Worthing State St. Commercial

5
KEY AREAS OF FOCUS - Community Framework
  • Gateways to the Community
  • Parks Open Spaces
  • Key Linkage Corridors
  • Historic Core Areas
  • Terrace/Delpit Commercial
  • Lincoln Theater Area
  • YMCA/Butler Center Area
  • Oklahoma / Nicholson Area
  • North Gates Areas
  • Riverfront / Levee Frontage
  • Highland Road Conservation Areas

6
Overall Transportation, Infrastructure, Public
Realm Initiatives
MYRTLE
  • Existing Open Space Amenities

TERRACE
  • Neighborhood Park Opportunities

HIGHLAND
LOUISE
  • Greenway Connection

WASHINGTON
  • Canal Naturalization System

VAN BUREN
HARRISON
  • Proposed New Streets or Streets to be Re-aligned

NICHOLSON
POLK
RIVER ROAD
  • Existing Streets Walks to be Enhanced

McKINLEY
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
ROOSEVELT
STATE
CHIMES
7
VISUAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT Current Conditions
  • Good Condition
  • Housing
  • Moderate Condition
  • Housing
  • Poor Condition
  • Housing
  • Vacant Housing
  • Vacant Parcels
  • Commercial Properties

8
NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL / REHABILITATION STRATEGIC
PROCESS
  • Retain all existing residents and businesses in
    OSBR.
  • Preserve all buildings that contribute to
    neighborhood heritage.
  • Conserve all homes and businesses that contribute
    to the neighborhood quality.
  • Provide financial assistance with façade
    improvements on buildings to be preserved and
    conserved.
  • Secure vacant structures and lots and
    re-subdivide as necessary, to construct infill
    single family, duplex, townhomes and commercial
    buildings as receiving areas for relocated
    families and businesses.
  • Provide New Housing Types that Will Accommodate
    Both Home Owners and Renters in the Community.

9
NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL / REHABILITATION STRATEGIC
PROCESS
  • Secure renovate vacant adjudicated structures
    that are deemed financially viable and livable as
    receiving areas for relocated families and
    businesses.
  • Relocate existing residents or businesses in
    substandard buildings to new or renovated homes/
    commercial buildings in the same area.
  • Remove vacant blighted residences commercial
    buildings and replace with new homes, commercial
    buildings and open spaces in accordance with the
    neighborhood revitalization plan.
  • Attract moderate to middle income homebuyers to
    OSBR. This market would be attracted to historic
    renovations and select in-fill new construction.

10
NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL - Potential Lotting Approach
  • Areas of Focus
  • Hope VI Development Parcels
  • 127 Sites
  • Single Developable Parcels
  • 512 Sites
  • Grouped Developable Parcels
  • 1,270 Parcels
  • Total 1,909 Sites
  • Adjudicated Parcels
  • 375 Sites

11
NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL / REHABILITATION Housing
Types
  • Rehabilitated Homes
  • Single Family Detached Homes
  • Single Family Attached Duplex Homes
  • Single Family Attached Townhomes
  • Multi-family Apartments
  • Multi-family Condominiums
  • Student Housing
  • Senior Housing

12
OVERALL COMMUNITY VISION PLAN Neighborhood
Districts
  • NORTHEAST AREA -
  • Terrace Street, Delpit
  • Drive, Swart, Lincoln
  • Theater and Eddie
  • Robinson Areas
  • CENTRAL AREA -
  • Delpit Drive, Highland
  • Road and Roosevelt
  • Park Neighborhood
  • Areas
  • SOUTH AREA-
  • North Gates
  • Redevelopment Areas
  • NORTHWEST AREA -
  • North Nicholson
  • Gateway and
  • Riverfront Areas

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NORTHEAST AREA Terrace, Delpit and Swart Area
Recommendations
  • 1. Streetscape Improvements on Image Streets
  • 2. Delpit Drive Pocket Parks and Baranco-Clark
  • YMCA Outdoor Recreation Facilities
  • 3. New Park Square on Napoleon Street
  • 4. OSBR Community Gateway Adventure Park
  • 5. Glacier Street Closure to Replace BRCC Pkg.
  • 6. Conserve Existing Homes and Establish
  • a Receiving Area for Endangered Bldgs.
  • 7. Preserve Businesses, Residences and Social
  • Organizations Along Terrace Delpit
  • 8. Remove Vacant / Blighted Buildings and
  • Replace with New Home Types.

14
NORTHEAST AREA TERRACE, DELPIT, SWART,
LINCOLN AND EDDIE ROBINSON AREAS
Northeast Development Overview!
Xavier
Establish Business Incubators!
Celebrate Community Heritage!
Create Address Streetscapes!
Develop Upper Level Apartments!
Preserve and Re-use Contributing Historic
Structures!
Build New Mixed-use Buildings!
Renovate Existing Storefronts!
15
NORTHEAST AREA TERRACE, DELPIT AND SWART
AREAS
Xavier
Infill Commercial Structures on Thomas Delpit
Drive!!
Infill Small Homes That Conserve Area!
Offer New Home Types for All Ressidents!
Preserve and Conserve Contributing Historic
Structures and Blend New Architecture with Old
Through Neighborhood Design Guidelines!
16
NORTHEAST AREA LINCOLN SQUARE AND EDDIE
ROBINSON AREAS
  • 1. New Lincoln Square Passive Community Park
  • 2. Preserve Businesses, Residences Social Orgs.
  • Along Eddie Robinson and Lincoln Theater
    Blocks
  • 3. Complete the Lincoln Theater Revitalization
  • 4. Lincoln II Reuse as Community Arts / Cultural
    Ctr.
  • 5. Infill Neighborhood Serving Commercial Mixed
  • use Buildings around the new Lincoln Square
  • 6. Remove Vacant Blighted Residences and
  • Redefine the Street Parcels Between
    Terrace
  • Louise Sts. for New Homes Near the New
    School.
  • 7. Relocate Residents in Substandard Housing to
  • New / Renovated Homes Within Same Area.

17
NORTHEAST AREA LINCOLN SQUARE AND EDDIE
ROBINSON AREAS
Xavier
Lincoln Sq. Park Community Events!
Lincoln Square Arts Center Market!
Infill New Lincoln Square Commercial!
Adaptive Re-use of Existing Buildings!
Lincoln Square Development Overview!
Infill a Mix of Affordable Home Types!
Additional Community Facilities!
Crime Prevention Programs!
New Street Connections Infill Homes!
18
NORTHEAST AREA THOMAS DELPIT AND WASHINGTON
AREAS
Xavier
Small Scale Infill Office Opportunities!
New Pocket Parks Along Delpit Drive!
New Recreation Improvements!
Thomas Delpit Community Commons!
Terrace and Delpit Development Overview!
OSBR Gateway Walkway Improvements
New Community Co-op Grocery Store!
19
CENTRAL AREA - Delpit Dr, Highland Road and
Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Areas
  • 1. Corporation Canal Greenway Trail Corridor
  • 2. New Gateway Park Triangles and Squares
  • And Polk Elementary Community Garden
  • 3. High School Vocational Wing Addition
  • 4. Realignment of E. Polk St. with Taylor St. as
  • an Additional E-W Neighborhood Connection
  • 5. Realignment of Braddock St. with Georgia St.
  • to Improve I-10 Exit Ramp and Braddock St.
  • 6. Relocate Viable Highland Rd. Businesses
  • to New Locations Between Johnson Aster
  • 7. Remove Vacant /Blighted Homes Replace
  • with Single Family and Multi-family Homes

20
CENTRAL AREA- Delpit Dr, Highland Road and
Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Areas
New Residential Park Squares!
Infill Homes on Difficult Terrain Sites!
Canal Street Along Corporation Canal!
Corporation Canal Greenway Corridor!
New Trail Connections!
New Apartment Offerings!
Senior Housing Opportunities!
First Time Homeowner Townhomes!
21
CENTRAL AREA- Delpit Dr, Highland Road and
Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Areas
View Looking South Down Highland Road
View Looking Southeast Down Highland Road
View Looking North Up the Corporation Canal
22
CENTRAL AREA- Delpit Dr, Highland Road and
Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Areas
A New Thomas Delpit Boulevard!
Revitalized Housing Streetscapes!
New High School Vocational Wing!
Improved Defensible Space Playgrounds!
Central Neighborhood Development Overview!
New Affordable Apartment Offerings!
New Residential Park Squares!
Student Apartments Open Spaces!
23
CENTRAL AREA- Delpit Dr, Highland Road and
Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Areas
  • 1. Corporation Canal Realignment and
  • Naturalization to Create a Linear Canal Park
  • Greenway with NorthSouth Bike Trails
  • 2. New Canalside Drive along Corporation
  • Canal Connecting W. Polk St. with Nicholson
  • Dr. Over a New Canal Bridge Crossing
  • 3. Relocate Overhead Utilities and install
  • Pedestrian Lighting Where Applicable on the
  • Key Image Streets
  • 4. Streetscape Improvements on Connecting,
  • High Image/Address Streets
  • 5. Reconfigure Roosevelt Park as Passive/
  • Active Amenity for New Home Development.
  • 6. Extension of Daniel Webster St. to Illinois
    St.

24
CENTRAL AREA - Delpit Dr, Highland Road and
Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Areas
New Roosevelt Park Reconfiguration!
Residential Revitalization!
Roosevelt Park Recreation Amentities!
Roosevelt Park Residential Development!
Apartment Infill with Amenities!
River Road Streetscape Improvements!
25
SOUTH AREA - North Gate Redevelopment Areas
  • 1. Retain Existing Neighborhood Businesses on
  • Highland Rd Between Roosevelt and McKinley
  • 2. Old South Baton Rouge Gateway Triangle Park
  • Northgate Gateway Plaza on Highland Rd.
  • 3. New Delpit Place Apartments, Condos Lofts
  • 4. Coles Plaza Shopping Center Expansion
  • 5. OSBR Gateway Commercial/ Mixed-use Dev.
  • 6. Remove Garfield St. Between Highland Delpit
  • for Corp. Canal Communal Water Retention Area
  • 7. Boulevard Enhancements for South Thomas
  • Delpit Dr. and Realignment of Roosevelt St.
  • 8. Reopen and Realign Lower Portion of Delpit

26
SOUTH AREA - North Gate Redevelopment Areas
New Neighborhood Serving Commercial!
Coles Plaza Expansion Revitalization!
Infill Apartments on LSU Band Field!
North Gate East Development Overview!
New OSBR Gateway Park!
Chimes St. Streetscape Façade Imp.!
Guidelines for Commercial Development!
State Street Commercial Development!
27
SOUTH AREA - North Gate Redevelopment Areas
  • 1. Streetscape, Pedestrian Crossings, Lighting
  • Utility Enhancements on Key Image Streets
  • 2. Boulevard Enhancements for the South End
  • of Nicholson Drive
  • 3. Future Expansion of Alaska Street Park and
  • Recreational Facilities Soccer, Passive
    Park,
  • Pool, Building Expansion Etc.
  • 4. Retain Contributing Neighborhood
  • Businesses on Nicholson Dr. Between
  • Chimes St. and McKinley St.
  • 5. Infill Commercial Building Locations Along
  • the South Nicholson Corridor
  • 6. South Nicholson Gateway Apartments,
  • Condominiums Lofts Interspersed With

28
SOUTH AREA - North Gate Redevelopment Areas
Well Designed Commercial Buildings!
Redevelopment of Underutilized Parcels!
Nicholson Dr. Boulevard Enhancements!
Pedestrian Friendly Streets Businesses!
Neighborhood Loop Transit Linkages!
Nicholson Alaska Park Infill Residential!
Public Spaces for Outdoor Dining!
29
NORTHWEST AREA - Nicholson Gateway and
Riverfront Area
  • 1. Brickyard Station Development
  • Outdoor Plaza Festival Marketplace Performing
    Arts Area
  • Pedestrian Bridges Over Railroad to Levee Trail
  • The Brickyard Shops Factory Outlet Retail
    Center
  • Brickyard Place St Philips Place Mixed-use
    Residential
  • Brickyard St Apartments, Condominiums Lofts
  • 2. Brickyard Landing Discovery Center at Old
    City Dock
  • New Levee Promenade Arrival Court to Brickyard
    Landing
  • 3. Brickyard Area Street Improvements
  • Nicholson Drive Boulevard Realignment to the West
    and Extension from McClung Street to South
    Boulevard
  • Terrace Street, St. Philip Street , Oklahoma
    Street Realignment, Road Railroad Crossing
    Improvements
  • New Brickyard Street Paralleling Nicholson
  • 4. Nicholson Drive Development
  • Nicholson Gateway Apartments, Condominiums
    Lofts
  • Canal Side Residential Apartments/Lofts
  • Nicholson Boulevard Mixed-use/Commercial
    Development

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NORTHWEST AREA - Nicholson Gateway and
Riverfront Area
Brickyard Landing Discovery Ctr. Overlook!
New Levee Promenade and Arrival Court!
Nicholson Drive Boulevard Enhancements!
Brickyard Station Marketplace Development
Brickyard Station and Landing Overview!
New Brickyard Street Lofts Shops!
Brickyard Mixed-use Development!
Brickyard Station Entertainment Venue!
31
NORTHWEST AREA - Nicholson Gateway and
Riverfront Area
Riverfront Residential Park Development!
River Road Boulevard Development!
River Road Themed Restaurants!
River Road Employment Development!
32
NORTHWEST AREA Minor League Baseball Stadium
Option
Terrace St. Stadium Plaza!
South Street Gateway Under I-10!
Stadium Outfield Views Over OSBR!
Entertainment District Structured Parking!
A Stadium as an Amenity for Development!
Outfield Mixed-use Development!
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Overall Community Vision Plan Key Initiatives
  • Diverse Housing Types
  • Clustered Commercial Development
  • Additional East-West Connections
  • Incubator Business Areas
  • Vocational Skills Academy
  • Pocket Parks and Squares
  • Neighborhood of Boulevards
  • Inter-migration of residents, businesses and
    social organizations
  • Integration of LSU Campus with Neighborhood
  • Capture Higher Tax Base on Neighborhood Fringe to
    Fund Core Projects

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DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES Neighborhood Character
Districts
  • Historic Residential Commercial Preservation
    Areas
  • Neighborhood Conservation Areas
  • Contemporary Single Family Areas
  • Commercial Conservation Areas
  • Contemporary Mixed-use, Commercial Entertainment
  • Contemporary Mixed-use, Commercial, Multi-family,
    Student Residential
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