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Midtown Specific Plan PUBUC SPACE NODES AND CONNECTORS The open space nodes will be connected by a passive park-like corridor. The character will be natural and freeform developing an oasis away from the urban grid. Indigenous plants will slrengthen the exisUng oak and sycamore habitat. Two open space plazas (non-buildable areas) will require special landscape treatment to create successful gathering places and complement their existing architecturallandmar1ls, the First Church of Christ Science and Home Savings At both sites the slreet corner enhancement will be extended 10 all four adjacent comers. Intersection enhancement will include enhanced paving, signage, flags and banners, canopy Irees for architectural definition, and palms for vertical scale. [Enhancement shall develop a landscape node that shall define the vehicular and pedestrian right-of-way for safety and function.] Landscape will envelop the open space with dense canopy Irees to create a park like selting around and within the existing parking behind Home Savings. Future development plans will preserve the diagonal alignment created by Homes Savings to ensure the plaza I space. Tree layout will provide visual access to architectural structures, screen the barren walls of neighboring buildings and emphasize the urban grid that surrounds them. The plaza around the First Church of Christ Science (Exhibit 42, Church Plaza) should remain as green space. The design will incorporate a retail arcade along the south edge of the plaza. ",'-...,. J:--.. ".J '--.-".. .,l" '.",J .J."'~. - ~.. . ~'? ',: >,' :.',' .:.'" , . " ~<:- .:'\; .~..-:'-~. -'.~, .,.,,~ j:--,-':""L~ ,':' . ,". <'~ ;,...., ::'-... ~:j"~~~,::"; :,~ ~"''''.~, N.>,. ::-,~ , ':...... ~ '~." ,'; ..~'\-. .'., .",~' . .......,., .....",."~". ~, ,.;".~ ~'\:".:.:~ ..:::"'0'':_'" . "~" '"," .~'" . .~. '" . . .,-' . -",'1. ,':.-- Exhibit 42 Church Plaza Chapter 9: Landscape Concept Plan SGA-39 85