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detracting from its beauty. A row of per-
pendicular parking should be removed
and replaced with a row of parallel
parking in order to provide a planting
strip to mask the base of the ramp.
Redevelopment of Nashua
Corporation Property and Buildings
Further adaptive reuse of the historic
Nashua Corporation buildings will
require improved access and replacement
parking. The Master Plan proposes
extending Front Street as a park drive for
the new Riverfront West Park which will
allow the Nashua Corporation buildings
to reorient themselves to the river, taking
advantage of a new park address.
The Master Plan also identifies four
optional locations for a parking garage
serving the former Nashua Corporation.
The preferred location is adjacent to the
Nashua Corporation buildings, across
Franklin Street. This parking garage
could be shared with businesses at Rail-
road Square and adjacent to the Main
Street bridge.
All four sites for the parking garage
should be more thoroughly studied by
Nashua Downtown Master Plan
the City. The garage must achieve the
following objectives:
facilitate redevelopment of Nashua
Corporation buildings
accommodate parking needs of busi-
nesses at Railroad Square
introduce minimal negative impacts
on surrounding neighborhoods
have multiple access and egress
points
minimize the negative impact on
Railroad Square traffic flow
minimize property acquisition, espe-
cially that of affordable housing.
Broad Street Parkway
Directly serving this area of Downtown,
the Broad Street Parkway must fulfill a
number of needs:
provide access to important redevel-
opment sites
become a development address
address issues of air quality by
improving traffic congestion at Rail-
road Square
serve as a framework for a trail con-
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Four potential sites for
parking garage
