DESIGN ASSOCIATES
Pedestrian Connectivity
The Library Walk is a great success. It
provides pedestrian access through
Nashua's long blocks to destinations
located one block behind Main Street.
More such connections are required in
order to connect and stimulate invest-
ment along Spring and Elm Streets.
The Master Plan recommends creat-
ing five additional through-block pedes-
trian connections: two on the interior of
buildings, and three exterior. The exterior
pedestrian paths should be public, well-
lit, and modeled after the successful
Library Walk. The interior paths require
partnerships with private building own-
ers. They should be integrated with the
interior circulation through a lobby or
public corridor.
Hollis and Main Street Intersection:
The Region’s 100% Corner
‘There is no more important intersection
to redevelop in Nashua than the intersec-
tion of Hollis and Main Streets. The
intersection is the region's “100% corner,”
as it creates gateways to Main Street
from the east and west and south.
All four corners of this intersection
are currently underutilized and under-
performing. In a City with limited avail-
able land and relatively low-scale
buildings, three of the four corners pres-
ent opportunities to add significant
square footage to the Downtown inven-
tory of office, retail, institutional, and
cultural space without creating an inap-
propriately sized building. Downtown's
largest new buildings should be sited at
Nashua Downtown Master Plan
A Through an existing 55
building
B In place of the
relocated Joanne’s
Kitchen
CA new lane beside
relocated parking
D Along side of the
church
E Through new
Downtown common
F An extension of the
rail trail
New Pedestrian
Connections
Several new pedestrian
connections (similar to
Library Walk and
shown in red) should be
created to improve the
permeability of Main
Street’ long blocks,
