Tyler Park Master Plan City of Louisville, Kentucky

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Tyler Park Master Plan City of Louisville,
Kentucky

• Olmsted Parks Conservancy
• MetroParks
• environs, inc. landscape architecture
• Heritage Landscapes LLC, Preservation Landscape
  Architects Planners
• 21 May 2009

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Olmsted Brothers Plan, 1907

• Olmsted Brothers, Tyler Park Preliminary Plan,
  1907

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Historic Photographs

• Views to Eastern Half of Tyler Park

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Contemporary Aerial Photograph
Image Courtesy Google Maps, 2009
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Contemporary Aerial Photograph
Image Courtesy Live Search Maps, 2009
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User Survey Results Demographics

• 92 park visitors responded to the Tyler Park
  survey. Of the respondents
• 59 are female 41 are male
• 48 visit Tyler Park 1-3 times per week
• 53 stay for 1 hour or less 37 stay 1-3 hours
• 51 visit between 4pm - 7pm
• 92 walk to the park
• 45 live right next to the park 51 live within
  a 15 minute walk
• 72 come to the park with family 44 with
  friends and 49 visit alone (all that apply)
• Park user ages 21 are 25-35, 26 are 36-45, 46
  are aged 46-64
• Age ranges of children are 42 toddler 1-3
  years 34 3-5 years 30 5-7 years 34 7-12
  years (all that apply)

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User Survey Results Current Uses

• What do you do when you visit Tyler Park?
• 72 enjoy nature
• 65 relax
• 63 leisure/measured walking
• 60 sit at a table or bench
• 52 use the playground
• 48 walk a dog
• 46 enjoy views and vistas

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User Survey Results Perceptions

• What do you like Best About Tyler Park? (20
  Respondents)
• Top Responses
• Proximity/Close By/In the Neighborhood (33,
  40)
• Tennis Courts (13, 16)
• Playground (10, 12)
• Beauty (8, 10)

There's a good balance of green space with no
activity and space that has a lot of activity, so
you can be as active as you want and you can find
peaceful areas for reading/relaxing. -Survey
Respondent

• What do you like Least About Tyler Park? (79
  Respondents)
• Top Responses
• Bathroom/Restrooms (29, 37)
• Graffiti (29, 37)
• Litter/Trash/Garbage (16, 20)
• Maintenance (13, 17)

Graffiti is atrocious! Bathrooms need to be
rebuilt I'd like to see the same as what was
recently built in Willow Park. Picnic Pavilion
would be better away from the bathrooms a
bit. -Survey Respondent
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User Survey Results Satisfaction

• How satisfied are you with the facilities/services
  /amenities within Tyler Park?
• Very Satisfied, Top Responses
• Access to the Park (67)
• Access within the Park (65)
• Views, Vistas Scenery (47)
• Playground (41)
• Tot Lot (40)
• Tennis Courts (33)

Tyler Park is my neighborhood park and my
family's favorite. I love the bridge and all of
the limestone used to build it. If the bridge
ever would need to be rebuilt, I would advocate
creating a handicapped tunnel/ ramp separate from
the stairs. Not just for wheelchairs, but for
strollers full of babies. -Survey Respondent

• Not Very Satisfied, Top Responses
• Restrooms (61)
• Drinking Fountain (38)
• Picnic Pavilion (36)
• Benches (35)

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Tyler Park Project Context Plan
Windsor Place
Rosewood Avenue
north
Tyler Parkway
Tyler Park Drive
Edgeland Avenue
Tyler
Baxter Avenue
Park
Drive
Castlewood Avenue
Edenside Avenue
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Existing Plan
Sitting on park benches and using walkways are
popular activities.
Windsor Place
Tyler Parkway
Tyler Park Drive
Tennis
Tyler
Edgeland Avenue
Playground
Baxter Avenue
Multi-use field
Park
Sprayground
Playground
Basketball
Parking
Volleyball
Drive
Restrooms
Tennis
Castlewood Avenue
Sledding hill
Edenside Avenue
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Project Issues Drainage Erosion
Tyler Park Drive
Tyler
PONDING
Baxter Avenue
Park
Drive
Surface runoff in bowled topography creates
problems.
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Project Issues Accessibility Circulation
Windsor Pl.
EXISTING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
MISSING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
EXISTING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
MISSING CROSSWALKS
Tyler Parkway
Tyler Park Drive
Tyler
Edgeland Avenue
MISSING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
Baxter Avenue
EXISTING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
Park
Drive
MISSING CROSSWALK
Castlewood Avenue
MISSING CROSSWALK
MISSING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
MISSING CROSSWALK
Edenside Avenue
EXISTING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
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Project Issues Parking
Windsor Pl.
Lay-by parking
Tyler Parkway
Tyler Park Drive
Tyler
Edgeland Avenue
Lay-by parking
Baxter Avenue
Park
Parking lot
Drive
Lay-by parking
Castlewood Avenue
Edenside Avenue
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Project Issues Security Vandalism
Tyler Park Drive
Tyler
NO VIEW HIDING PLACE
Dense vegetation
Baxter Avenue
TUNNEL
Park
Restroom Graffiti
Drive
NO VIEW HIDING PLACE
Castlewood Avenue
Edenside Avenue
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Project Issues Facilities
Stone steps repair
Tyler Park Drive
Tyler
Drinking fountain ADA
Playground lacks adult seating
Baxter Avenue
Park
Sprayground drainage lacks seating
Drive
Restroom maintenance
Castlewood Avenue
Edenside Avenue
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Tyler Park Community Priorities

• Favorite Place / Feature
• Not Working Feature
• Place to improve
• (Add Letter to Map and Explain)

• Mark the plan with your priority elements