UR EAN DESIGN assocrates Nashua Downtown Master Plan
ui Design Guidelines
Hollis Street
Kinsley Street
Lake Street
Salmon Brook
DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE NECESSARY to encourage new devel- 86
opment along Main Street South and to reinforce and support
the overall goals of this Master Plan. The design guidelines
that follow can be applied to new private development oppor-
tunities along Main Street South, between Hollis Street and
Salmon Brook Park. Within this area, however, the Master
Plan defines two very different areas of development:
1 A retail node between Otterson Street and Salmon Brook
Park, distinct from, yet complementary to, Main Street
North.
2 A mixed-use area between Hollis and Otterson Streets that
respects the architecture and urban design of the existing
historic mansions, apartment buildings and institutions.
As such, two sets of design guidelines are developed to address
desired development patterns for these areas.
Design guidelines present standards for new development.
They should be supported by the new zoning code to assure
development compatibilities, minimize design review friction,
insure investor confidence, and ultimately that new, urban
buildings will be appropriate to their context and contributory
to the overall health of Downtown Nashua.
