URBAN DESIGN ASSOCIATES
erty would be required in front of most
properties to create sidewalks and a
planting zone. Buildings between Otter-
son and Hollis should be set back
approximately 15” the sidewalk to pre-
serve the residential/institutional fabric.
Buildings between Otterson and Salmon
Brook should be built to the sidewalk.
The streetscaping program will
improve the overall pedestrian and vehic-
Nashua Downtown Master Plan
ular experience of Main Street South. A 65
new streetscape program should locate
utilities underground in accessible
trenches. In addition, the streetscape
should provide generous street trees, low
level pedestrian scaled lighting, high level
street lighting, textured (possibly brick,
extended from Main Street North) side-
walks and crosswalks. The streetscape
should be designed to calm traffic by cre-
Street Sections
Existing Main Street
North, between Hollis
Street and the Nashua
River (top)
Proposed Section for
Main Street South
between Salmon Brook
and Otterson Street
(second)
Proposed Section for
Main Street South
between Hollis Street
and Otterson Street
{third}
Existing Section of
Main Street South
between Otterson and
Salmon Brook {bottom}
