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Residential Design Guidelines Typical massing of 89
The Master Plan identifies several sites houses (top)
throughout Downtown for new housing.
‘These sites fall into two categories: (1) Detait of
tail of entrance
extensions and insertions into old neigh-
(second)
borhoods and (2) former commercial or
industrial sites.
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Main Street between Otterson and
Salmon Brook
Urban Design Intent
‘The urban design intent in this area is to
concentrate Downtown’s retail growth
potential in a second retail node along
Main Street South by creating mixed-use
buildings with mandatory, traditional
retail storefronts on the round floor.
Broad sidewalks, street trees, on-street
parking, awnings, and active storefronts
will create a vibrant pedestrian-oriented
retail node.
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DESIGN ASSOCIATES
Main Street between Hollis and
Otterson
Urban Design Intent
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ll Design Guidelines 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:
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* serve an economic development
objective by providing a valuable
leisure activity for individuals and
families.
The idea of an extensive trail system is
already a part of the City's 1993 Trails
Plan, adopted as part of the City’s Mas-
ter Plan, as well as the region's long-
range plan. This Master Plan illustrates
how trail systems can be implemented by
private and public initiatives recom-
mended in this Plan.
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A two-lane cross-section will reduce the
cost of the roadway significantly yet will
not reduce its effectiveness.
The Parkway should incorporate trail
elements that substantially implement
the City's Master Plan for trails and
greenways.
All efforts should be made to pre-
serve and protect the Tree Streets Neigh-
borhood, located at the road's southern
terminus. The greatest impacts will likely
occur on Elm Street between Hollis and
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neighborhoods, and creation of new
neighborhood fabric, particularly at
the southern end of the Parkway. The
preferred alternative does this
through a downsized street, the
adoption of urban street design
guidelines, and the connection to the
existing street system at numerous
points.
+ Multi-Modal The preferred design is
multi-modal, providing connections
to the regional trail system and
extension of the local trail system.
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should not be provided. A two-lane
roadway provides an increment of
capacity that is far more than ade-
quate for any reasonable projection of
new downtown growth in Nashua.
+ Address Value The design features
of the preferred Parkway — specifi-
cally its accessibility, design speed
and size — should add to the value of
the road as an address. Supporting
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City policies (zoning, redevelopment Bo
initiatives, etc.) should foster the role
