Download - La Brea Streetscape Master Plan

La Brea AvenueSTREETSCAPE PLAN

City of West HollywoodMay 2010


Prepared by Patricia Smith, ASLA, AICP withFrancis Krahe Associates


CONTENTS

1 ovERviEW & ExiSTiNg CoNdiTioNS ..............................................1

2 dESigN PLAN .....................................................................................................6

2.1 PHASE 1 CiTY iMPRovEMENTS ..................................................................................6

2.2 PHASE 2 dEvELoPER ENHANCEMENTS .................................................................. 12

3 dESigN ELEMENTS .................................................................................... 18

3.1 STREET TREES ..........................................................................................................19

3.2 PARkWAY PALETTE ...................................................................................................20

3.3 LigHTiNg ELEMENTS ................................................................................................21

3.4 FURNiSHiNgS PALETTE ............................................................................................24

3.5 SidEWALk LAYoUT diAgRAMS .................................................................................25

3.6 BUS SToP gARdEN ExAMPLES ................................................................................27


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1OVERVIEW & EXISTING CONDITIONS

overview

The Santa Monica Boulevard Master Plan was adopted in 1999 with the intent of creating a beautiful, vibrant “Main Street” that would reflect the community’s identity and would connect and unify West Hollywood from its eastern boundary at La Brea Avenue to its western boundary at Doheny Drive, with distinctive gateways at both ends. Construction of the initial improvements was completed in 2001, including widened sidewalks with corner curb extensions, irrigated street trees in parkways or gap-graded (“structural”), pedestrian street lights and landscaped medians. Bus shelters and news rack corrals were added a few years later.

As the City’s eastern gateway and with its connection to Santa Monica Boulevard, La Brea Avenue provides the opportunity to extend the community’s vision of a vibrant, unified“Main Street” north to Fountain Avenue and south to Romaine Avenue and to contribute to a distinctive eastern gateway. The La Brea Avenue Master Plan identifies streetscape improvements, complementary to those on Santa Monica Boulevard, which, together with high-quality development projects, will implement the community’s vision.

The master plan was prepared with input from the Public Facilities Commission and Eastside Redevelopment Project Area PAC.

The master plan includes: 1) improvements to be made by the City with grant funding, which will be available starting in Fiscal July 2011 and 2) other improvements to be made within the public right-of-way (PROW) adjacent to and in conjunction with individual development projects or using other funding sources.

Santa Monica Boulevard Master Plan Area

LA BREA AVENUEPLAN AREA

City of West Hollywood boundaries

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1.0 OVERVIEW & EXISTING CONDITIONS

Existing Santa Monica Boulevard streetscape improvements.


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1.0OVERVIEW & EXISTING CONDITIONS

La Brea Blvd Elevation - East Side between Fountain Av and Lexington Av

La Brea Blvd Elevation - West Side between Lexington Av and Fountain Av


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1.0 OVERVIEW & EXISTING CONDITIONS

La Brea Blvd Elevation - East Side between Lexington Avenue and Santa Monica Blvd.

La Brea Blvd Elevation - West Side between Santa Monica Blvd. and Lexington


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1.0OVERVIEW & EXISTING CONDITIONS

La Brea Blvd Elevation - East Side between Santa Monica Blvd. and Romaine Street.

La Brea Blvd Elevation - West Side between Romaine Street and Santa Monica Blvd.


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1 DESIGN PLAN2

Phase 1 City improvement Plan

The City Improvement Plan is the first phase of streetscape improvements.

The City has already installed bus shelters and news rack enclosures of the same design as on Santa Monica Boulevard. With METRO Call-for-Project funding, which was approved in 2009 and will be available for funding design and construction starting in Fiscal Year 2011-2012, the City will undertake the following streetscape improvements, which will be compatible with those on Santa Monica Boulevard:

• Raised, landscaped medians

• Continuous landscaped, stormwater infiltration parkways

• Canopy street trees

• Pedestrian lighting

• Gateway lighting

New and existing streetscape components are shown in the sketches and schematic plans that follow.

Street tree - street light - parking space pattern.


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2.1CITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Sidewalk view of City improvements where existing sidewalks are 9’ 6” wide.

Sidewalk view of City improvements where existing sidewalks are 15’ wide.


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2.1 CITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Aerial view of City improvements where existing sidewalks are 9’ 6” wide.

Aerial view of City improvements where existing sidewalks are 15’ wide.


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City Improvements - La Brea Avenue between Fountain Avenue and Lexington Avenue (assumes construction of projects currently in the City review process).

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323 665 6745 FAXLandscape Architecture/Planning/Urban DesignPatricia Smith, ASLA

REVISIONS:SHEET TITLE: DATE: SCALE:PROJECT TITLE SHEET NO.


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2.1 CITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN

City Improvements - La Brea Avenue between Lexington Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard (assumes construction of projects currently in the City review process).

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2.2 DEVELOPER ENHANCEMENTS

Phase 2 developer Enhancements

The Developer Improvement Plan is the second phase of streetscape improvements. In this phase, the Developer will be responsible for:

• Widening the sidewalks to at least 18 feet

• Expanding the stormwater infiltration parkways to 8 feet wide

• Planting and irrigating infill street trees and parkway plants

• Installing new sidewalk paving

• Installing infill street lights

• Expanding the landscaped median where they could not be installed in Phase 1 .

• Upllighting median trees.

• Installing appropriate street furniture, including seat-ing and bicycle racks as directed by the City’s Urban Designer.

• Incorporating sidewalk elements that both reinforce the adjacent active ground floor uses and enhance social interaction along the sidewalk.

• Where there is a bus stop adjacent, working closely with the City’s Urban Designer to design and imple-ment a Bus Stop Garden that is both integrated with the La Brea Avenue streetscape and complements the development project.

These improvements will be made in conjunction with each development project in the Master Plan area and completed prior to issuance of a Certificate of Completion for that project.

New and existing streetscape components are shown in the schematic plans that follow.

Street tree - street light - parking space pattern.


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2.2DEVELOPER ENHANCEMENTS

Sidewalk view of future improvements where new sidewalk is the minimum 18’ required by the Master Plan.

Sidewalk view of future improvements where existing sidewalks are 25’ wide, similar to the western portion of Santa Monica Boulevard.One of the defining elements on Santa Monica Boulevard is the double row of trees in locations where the sidewalk is at least 24’ wide. While 25’ wide sidewalks are not required on La Brea Avenue, developers are encouraged to incorporate them along some of their street frontage to provide opportunities for outdoor dining and additional landscaping, including a second row of trees which may be either aligned with the street tree, as on Santa Monica Boulevard, or staggered.


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Aerial view of future improvements where new sidewalk is the minimum 18’ required by the Master Plan.

Aerial view of future improvements where existing sidewalks are 25’ wide, similar to the western portion of Santa Monica Boulevard.


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Plan with Developer Enhancements - La Brea Avenue between Fountain Avenue and Lexington Avenue.

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Plan with Developer Enhancements - La Brea Avenue between Lexington Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.

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Plan with Developer Enhancements - La Brea Avenue between Santa Monica Boulevard and Romaine Street.

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DESIGN ELEMENTS3

This section describes the individual elements of the plan, including:

• Street trees• Parkway and median design and plant palette• Lighting components• Paving pattern• Street furnishings • Sidewalk layout diagrams• Bus stop garden examples.


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3.1STREET TREES

STREET TREES

Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda) at corners and in medians

Ulmus parvifolia ‘Drake’ (Drake Elm) midblock


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3.2 PARKWAY PLANT PALETTE

Curb Adjacent Plants: 2-foot tall flowering succulents or perennials

2nd and 4th Street Plant Palette. The curb extension planting area are, for the most part, very shady.

Center Accent Plants:3-foot tall flowering suc-culents or perennials

Walkway Adjacent Plants: low-growing succulents, perennials or grasses

ILLUSTRATIVE DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS FOR PARKWAYS AND MEDIANS


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3.3LIGHTING ELEMENTS

Francis Krahe & Associates Inc.20 FEB 2009

City of West Hollywood

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- Retrofit existing lamp with updated lamp technology (replacing existing lamp with Metal Halide or warm white LED source)

- Increased lamp efficiency provides same light output with fewer watts - New lamps use existing globe and lamp holder saving money on new materials. Only new lamp and ballast need to be provided.

RETROFIT FIXTURES PROVIDE IMPROVED COLOR AND QUALITY OF LIGHT

White light with good color rendering

Palm tree uplighting


Light with poor color rendering

Retrofit existing pedestrian globesRetrofit Cobra Head fixtures

RETROFIT EXISTING ROADWAY FIXTURES TO INCREASE FIXTURE EFFICIENCY



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- Retrofit existing lamp with updated lamp technology (replacing existing lamp with Metal Halide or warm white LED source)

- Increased lamp efficiency provides same light output with fewer watts - New lamps use existing globe and lamp holder saving money on new materials. Only new lamp and ballast need to be provided.

RETROFIT FIXTURES PROVIDE IMPROVED COLOR AND QUALITY OF LIGHT

White light with good color rendering



Light with poor color rendering

Retrofit existing pedestrian globesRetrofit Cobra Head fixtures

RETROFIT EXISTING ROADWAY FIXTURES TO INCREASE FIXTURE EFFICIENCYTHROUGH COORDINATION WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, RETROFIT EXISTING ROADWAY FIXTURES TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY


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3.3 LIGHTING ELEMENTS



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-SERIES OF DECORATIVE ELEMENTS ADDED TO STREETSCAPE

- CREATE ICON / IDENTITY PIECE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD

- ENGAGE PEDESTRIAN CULTURE

- CREATE HARMONY OF CONCEPT THROUGHOUT

- VISUAL ELEMENT FOR WAYFINDING OR TO MARK IMPORTANT PLACES

- COLORED LIGHT TO ENLIVEN THE NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE

LARGE SCALE - gateways

NEW LIGHTING ELEMENT VARIETY OF SCALES TO SHOW HIERARCHY OF PLACE

- CLUSTERED LIGHT ELEMENTS

- STATIC COLORS (NOT CHANGING)

- FAMILY OF COLORS PER CLUSTER

- STAINLESS POST WITH LENS

- QUANTITY AND FREQUENCY RELATED TO SCALE

MEDIUM SCALE - intersectionsand crosswalks

SMALL SCALE - throughout

LARGE SCALE - Only atprominent locations

- GATEWAYS

- MAJOR INTERSECTIONS

MEDIUM SCALE - Atregular intervals for way-finding

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STANDARD MEDIAN LIGHTING EXAMPLES:UPLIGHTING AND LIGHTS ON TREES

GATEWAY LIGHTING


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3.3LIGHTING ELEMENTS




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3.4 FURNISHINGS PALETTE



SEATING & TABLES TRASH BINS BIKE RACKS

Landscape Forms “Washington Square” family of furnishings in a silver powder coat

“Ligne Cristal D” bike hitch

BUS SHELTER

NEWSRACK ENCLOSURE

Note: all specified furniture is the City’s standard furniture.

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3.5SIDEWALK LAYOUT DIAGRAMS

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EXISTING 9’ 6” WIDE SIDEWALK 9’ 6” WIDE SIDEWALK WIDENED TO 18’


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3.5 SIDEWALK LAYOUT DIAGRAMS

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EXISTING 15’ WIDE SIDEWALK 15’ WIDE SIDEWALK WIDENED TO 18’


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3.6BUS STOP GARDEN EXAMPLES

Left and below: Bus stop garden at Fairfaix Avenue.

BUS STOP GARDEN EXAMPLES

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