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Midtown SpecHIc ptan LAND USE/ACTIVITIES The Broadway Corridor District encompasses both sides of Broadway and the west side of Sycamore S~eet between Washington and Seventeenth Street. With the notable exception 01 the 10 story office building in the 1600 block and the next door apartment complex, this area is a mix of residential, office, and insUtutional uses in one and two story buildings. The Broadway District abuts the CiviclProfessional District to the south, and backs onto the One Broadway Dislrict Center and the Community and Specialty Retail Dis~ict to the east. The Broadway District has a s~ong historic character, with a number 01 buildings dating 'rom the turn of the century. The Broadway District will continue to play its current role in the Midtown area by providing lower-intensity office space mixed with residential and institutional activities, such as churches and social services. The urban scale and lorm win remain that of a large square lootage single lamily neighborhood with deep setbacks from the s~eet. Broadway itself will continue to carry heavy traffic as a secondary arterial access for Ihe downtown and Civic Center areas to Ihe south. The Broadway District will continue to serve the downtown and Civic Center areas with professional offices, space lor semi.public setvice agencies such as the YWCA, and limited residenlial uses. While very low intensity in character, the district will thus house a wide variety of uses and activities, These activities and uses inciude the following: . Professional, financial, insurance and real estate olfices with littie walk-in traffic. . Institutional office uses, inciuding public agencies and private office uses. Specially and general practice medical and dental offices. Reoccupied single family s~uctures for COllage induslries, as a conditional use. . . Day care lacilities. Congregate care and convalescent homes. . PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK . Broadway is the major north-south arterial forming the western edge 01 Midtown. Older structures, landscaped lront yards, mature street ~ees and small lot frontages define Broadway's unique character. (The long-range land use policy is to create a landscaped open space centrally located to the Midtown Disbict). . 70 SITE ATTRIBUTES . Between residential neighborhoods and central city commercial district. Significant concentration of older structures 01 character Landscaped ~ont yards and mature s~eet ~ees. Small lots and primarily residentially-scaled structures. . . DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES The fonowing development opportunities define the major projects within the district. The descriptions approximate the development potential a' each site, and do nol indicate actual pennilled capacities. These will be defined by development standards and desig' guidelines. Small Lot Inlill. Existing vacant lots, and those with deteriorating structures that are not architecturally significant provide siles lor small-scale office development. consistent with the architectural styles and scale of surrounding structures. Renovation. Relurbishmenl of existing structures lor re-use as professional offices, services and insUlutional uses, Revitalization. Upgrading major office structures to make them competitive in the" local office market uralnance 1<J~-2ðì I Pa~tSJc¡fic Plan