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Ashland Central Plaza Plaza Shops and Cafes Path Ashland Creek Lithia Park, Ashland, Oregon Small-town center meets linear park Ashland CBD Lithia Park Rogue River National Forest Residential Neighborhood (mostly single family) Neighborhood City Natural Regional commercial park park park district History: • Lithia park was created in 1914 on site of the town’s old central ﬂour mill downtown, at the central plaza, and followed Ashland Creek • Designed and landscaped by John McLaren, the designer of Golden Gate Park • Lithia Park is named for the lithium water that was pumped in from a creek several miles away. Ashland instantly became a health tourism spot. • Over time Lithia park has nearly doubled in size, but the original part of the park is on the National Register of Historic Places • Today downtown Ashland and Lithia Park are incredibly popular destinations for sitting, eating, playing biking and hiking, for tourists and locals alike Differences • Ashland’s population is just 20,000, but it has always been a tourist town. Currently, the yearly Oregon Shakespeare festival draws 400,000 visitors per year over 8 1/2 months • Lithia park and the plaza are directly adjacent to Ashland’s downtown • If the SE corridor is to be successful as an activity center, what is it that will draw people to it? Relevance • Park has similar dimensions to the SE corridor • Creates a small town but vibrant dynamic that combines a small-scale, attractive activity center with developed and natural linear parks • A creek unites the retail and park elements • Surrounded by residential neighborhoods of mostly single-family housing, and connects with regional parks • Despite this small, walkable town, parking lots help to make the park successful. Restaurants front the plaza with patio seating by the creek in back A pedestrian street runs between the creek and restaurants A weekly market takes place in the alley Developed Lithia Park Narrow & linear Ped/bike path Playgrounds Duck ponds Rose garden Japanese garden Tennis courts Bandshell Amphitheater Parking Cafe and Market Area Natural Lithia Park Minimally developed Linear park Pedestrian/cycling/creek trail Hiking trails N Lithia Park Shakespeare Festival Theatre Bike lane Parking Lot Outdoor seating & market Erin Machell CP243, College of Environmental Design, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2010 Precedent Analysis

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Ashland Central Plaza

Plaza

Shops and CafesPath

Ashland Creek

Lithia Park, Ashland, OregonSmall-town center meets linear park

Ashland CBD

Lithia Park

Rogue River National Forest

Residential Neighborhood (mostly single family)

Neighborhood City Natural Regionalcommercial park park parkdistrict

History:• Lithiaparkwascreatedin1914onsiteofthe

town’soldcentralflourmilldowntown,atthecentralplaza,andfollowedAshlandCreek

• DesignedandlandscapedbyJohnMcLaren,thedesignerofGoldenGatePark

• LithiaParkisnamedforthelithiumwaterthatwaspumpedinfromacreekseveralmilesaway.Ashlandinstantlybecameahealthtourismspot.

• OvertimeLithiaparkhasnearlydoubledinsize,buttheoriginalpartoftheparkisontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces

• TodaydowntownAshlandandLithiaParkareincrediblypopulardestinationsforsitting,eating,playingbikingandhiking,fortouristsandlocalsalike

Differences• Ashland’spopulationisjust20,000,butithas

alwaysbeenatouristtown.Currently,theyearlyOregonShakespearefestivaldraws400,000visitorsperyearover81/2months

• LithiaparkandtheplazaaredirectlyadjacenttoAshland’sdowntown

• IftheSEcorridoristobesuccessfulasanactivitycenter,whatisitthatwilldrawpeopletoit?

Relevance• ParkhassimilardimensionstotheSEcorridor• Createsasmalltownbutvibrantdynamicthat

combinesasmall-scale,attractiveactivitycenterwithdevelopedandnaturallinearparks

• Acreekunitestheretailandparkelements• Surroundedbyresidentialneighborhoodsof

mostlysingle-familyhousing,andconnectswithregionalparks

• Despitethissmall,walkabletown,parkinglotshelptomaketheparksuccessful.

Restaurants front the plaza with patio seating by the creek in backA pedestrian street runs between the creek and restaurantsA weekly market takes place in the alley

Developed Lithia ParkNarrow & linearPed/bike pathPlaygroundsDuck pondsRose garden

Japanese gardenTennis courtsBandshellAmphitheaterParking

Cafe and Market Area

Natural Lithia ParkMinimally developedLinear parkPedestrian/cycling/creek trailHiking trails

NLithia Park

ShakespeareFestival Theatre

Bike lane

Parking Lot

Outdoor seating & market

Erin Machell CP243, College of Environmental Design, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2010 Precedent Analysis

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