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<br />Midtown Specific PlJln <br /> <br />FINANCIAL DISTRICT <br /> <br />THEME <br /> <br />A midrise districl of office towers on Main Street, with a vibrant <br />street-life of support retail stores, services and restaurants. (See <br />Exhibil21, FUlancial District Concept Plan.) <br /> <br />OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Maintain the existing concentration of financial 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 Slreet 10 serve <br />the day.lime 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 />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 />FUlancial District abuts the Civic/Professional District on the south, <br />wilh its intended concentration 01 institutional and civic uses, and is <br />within easy walking distance of the downtown retail activities along <br />Fourth Slreet. The Financial District is bordered by the One <br />Broadway District Cenler on the west with its mix of oflice and retail <br />uses, and by the historic French Park residentiai 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 prima¡y role in the Midtown area is to acl as a <br />concentrated office district that will aUract a mix of professional <br />olfices, financial institutions, and governmentat 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 />, ' <br /> <br />Chapler 5: Financial District <br /> <br />p~ <br /> <br />!!!m <br /> <br /> <br />IIIIL . <br />lilii-" <br />tii Ii <br />flfli <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />iL <br /> <br />C_.'~A~ <br /> <br />I1tH.f. <br /> <br />U'UUIIH <br />"'... <br />PLOOtt.nJn <br />.n.a.-. <br /> <br />f[ <br /> <br />I1TH.r. <br /> <br /> <br />l'Iore1'W.lAN- [ <br />I.IoCI"HMI. <br />WAIN". <br /> <br /> <br />--.1' ,c.. .. ' , <br /> <br />~r~,::c:~,~,,,. ì~/"Eb" <br />." WI .". "f:.;i:i':l ~ -f- NOOE ~ <br />~ ~ <br />~ m NEW ÐUILOING <br />~ r--' PARKING <br />!--..~ f'AkKING ACCESS <br />~ PROPOSED PlAZA/ <br />~ LANDSCAPE AREA <br />t;:¡¡ EXISTING ÐUlLOINGS <br />Of CHARACTER <br /> <br />Exhibit 21 <br /> <br />Financial District Concept Plan <br /> <br />Oldlllélll~ 143-l671 <br />Page 17 of 51 <br /> <br />41 <br />