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<br />Midtown Specific Plan <br /> <br />FINANCIAL DISTRICT <br /> <br />THEME <br /> <br />A midrise district of office towers on Main Street, with a vibrant <br />street-life of support retait stores, services and restaurants. (See <br />Exhibit 21 , Financial District Concept Plan.) <br /> <br />OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Maintain the existing concentration ot financiat institutions and <br />office towers on Main Street and encourage reinvestment to <br />enhance the quality of this space. <br /> <br />Encourage an office tower development on Main Street. <br /> <br />Encourage ground floor retail uses on Main Street to serve <br />the day-time office employees, visitor traffic on Main Street and <br />to enhance the quality of the pedestrian experience. <br /> <br />Enhance the sidewalk space on Main Street through widening, <br />additional landscaping and streetscape amenities on private <br />property. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />LAND USE ACTIVITIES <br /> <br />The Financial District lies at the center of Midtown from Tenth Street <br />on the south and Washington Street on the north, and between <br />Sycamore Street on the west and Bush Street on the east. The <br />Financiat District abuts the Civic/Professionat District on the south, <br />with its intended concentration of institutional and civic uses, and is <br />within easy walking distance of the downtown retaii activities along <br />Fourth Street. The Financial District is bordered by the One <br />Broadway District Center on the west with its mix of office and retail <br />uses, and by the historic French Park residential district on the east. <br />Lower intensity strip commercial development predominates along <br />Main Street north of Washington Avenue. <br /> <br />The Financial District's primary role in the Midtown area is to act as a <br />concentrated office district that will attract a mix of professional <br />offices, financial institutions, and governmental agencies reliant in <br />part on proximity to the Civic Center. Ground floor space should be <br />filled with uses that are traditionally street oriented and encourage <br />pedestrian activity, including retail establishments. restaurants, <br /> <br />Chapter 5: Financial District <br /> <br /> <br />~!!m. \ <br />---- <br />~! !!II! ~. <br />~~ i¡¡~ . <br /> <br />IIIIL . <br />iiiir .. <br />tiii <br />fffii <br /> <br />"' <br />š' <br />< <br />... fl1T\ U! <br />:& TO'o'œIl: <br /> <br />.'f.[ <br /> <br />rEOf"n,AN_r_. - .'. '.i' . ï..l [111H,r. <br /> <br /> !MI"HA$16 I D-" <br />MAlNar. I rr- . ", <br />I I ~. " <br />to: :' ~ <-' ~ <br />-.l ~ ..... . ". : - T "',,,. <br />~r~r:":~'~~í Eb <br />:¡;) l.~'~ ~.r NOQE ~ <br />:: :( <br />0 . <br />~ IllillID NEWeUILDING <br />~ ¡--, PARKING <br />'--¿-~ PARKING ACCESS <br />("'4 PROPOSED PLAZA/ <br />~ LANDSCAPE AREA <br />t¡jJ EXISTING eUILDINGS <br />OF CHARACTER <br /> <br />II:EfUke 'H <br />LAII:GE <br />'lOOIl:-n.ATE <br />8'ACU-. <br /> <br />Exhibit 21 <br /> <br />50A-24 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />~L <br />[N.'O' ^" <br /> <br /> <br />12TH,1, <br /> <br />... <br />" <br />< <br />.. <br />< <br />... <br />0 <br />Z <br /> <br />Financial District Concept Plan <br /> <br />41 <br />