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PINCH DISTRICT D I S T R I C T C O N C E P T S T U D Y FOR THE CITY OF MEMPHIS MEMPHIS

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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ∙ C IT Y OF MEMPHIS ∙ V I S ION BOOK ∙ NOVEMBER 30, 2016

PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 2TEAM AND CONTENT

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016

PINCH DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN – UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETING

The success of the Bass Pro project, the excitement surrounding the proposed expansion and investment by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and ALSAC, and the pending renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center, has provided an opportunity to reimagine and revitalize the Pinch District. The City of Memphis and Shelby County Government are pleased to invite residents, property owners, and other community stakeholders to provide input on a vision for the Pinch District. The Pinch District is a historic district located on the north end of downtown Memphis roughly bordered by the Wolf River on the west, Market Street on the south, Danny Thomas Boulevard on the east, and A.W. Willis Avenue on the north.

Two public meetings were hosted on this subject on March 31st and June 23rd and there were over 175 attendees that provided significant input and feedback. The third meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 from 5:30 – 7:00 PM at the Balinese Ballroom (330 N. Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103) and we invite the public to participate. During this meeting, the team will present the vision that has been crafted for the Pinch District and discuss connectivity between this initiative and other projects in the immediate vicinity.

The City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development, Memphis and Shelby County Office of Planning Development, and the Downtown Memphis Commission are serving as the planning team coordinating engagement around the vision for this area, in partnership with Looney Ricks Kiss.

For more information, please contact Brett Roler, Director of Planning for the Downtown Memphis Commission, at 901-575-0540 or [email protected].

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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016

PINCH DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN – UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETING

The success of the Bass Pro project, the excitement surrounding the proposed expansion and investment by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and ALSAC, and the pending renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center, has provided an opportunity to reimagine and revitalize the Pinch District. The City of Memphis and Shelby County Government are pleased to invite residents, property owners, and other community stakeholders to provide input on a vision for the Pinch District. The Pinch District is a historic district located on the north end of downtown Memphis roughly bordered by the Wolf River on the west, Market Street on the south, Danny Thomas Boulevard on the east, and A.W. Willis Avenue on the north.

Two public meetings were hosted on this subject on March 31st and June 23rd and there were over 175 attendees that provided significant input and feedback. The third meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 from 5:30 – 7:00 PM at the Balinese Ballroom (330 N. Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103) and we invite the public to participate. During this meeting, the team will present the vision that has been crafted for the Pinch District and discuss connectivity between this initiative and other projects in the immediate vicinity.

The City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development, Memphis and Shelby County Office of Planning Development, and the Downtown Memphis Commission are serving as the planning team coordinating engagement around the vision for this area, in partnership with Looney Ricks Kiss.

For more information, please contact Brett Roler, Director of Planning for the Downtown Memphis Commission, at 901-575-0540 or [email protected].

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Looney Ricks Kiss

Downtown Memphis Commission

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Introduction – History of the Pinch

Historical Sites

Existing Site Conditions

Goals & Vision

Feedback – Public Meeting 1

Existing Aerial – Site Connections

Land Use Diagram – Ground Floor Plan

Land Use Diagram – Upper Floor Plan

Concept Study – Ground Floor Plan

Concept Study – Upper Floor Plan

The Square

Overton Ave.

St. Jude Campus Edge

Main Street

Residential Streetscape

Substation Lighting

Overpass Lighting and Art

Street Network Plan

Street Sections

Bike and Pedestrian Traffic

Walking Radius

Architectural Character

Similar Urban Districts

Perspective – Aerial View to River

Perspective – Street View to Pyramid

Perspective – Aerial View to Pyramid

Perspective – Aerial View to Downtown

Perspective – Third Street and Overton Avenue

Redevelopment Opportunities Area

Downtown Assets Connections Map

Bi-Centennial Gateway Connections Map

C O N T E N T

City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development

Memphis/Shelby County Office of Planning and Development

701 North Main StreetMemphis, TN 38103T 901.636.7300

F 901.636.7318www.memphistn.gov

125 North Main Street, Suite 468Memphis, TN 38103T 901.566.6601

F 901.566.6603www.shelbycountytn.gov

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 3INTRODUCTION

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY AREA

The following is an excerpt from The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: “The Pinch“ article by Laura Nickas.

The area of North Memphis commonly known as the “Pinch District” has played an important role in local immigration since the early nineteenth century. The city’s first business district, the Pinch encompassed all of Memphis north of Adams Street. Although fluid in its application, the name Pinch expanded southward to Market Street, much to the dismay of some local citizens who viewed the classification as a pejorative.

The area was originally known as Pinch-Gut, a seemingly derisive term that referred to the area’s starving Irish immigrants who were so thin that their stomachs were pinched by their belts. In addition to the Irish, the area was home to significant numbers of Jewish, Italian, Russian, and Greek immigrants. From the 1890s to the 1930s, the Pinch was the center of activity for Memphis’s substantial Jewish community. While the area was impoverished, there existed a great sense of entrepreneurship among first-generation immigrants who sought upward mobility for their children.

World War II greatly changed the dynamic of the Pinch District. America’s post-war affluence, along with opportunities provided by the G.I. Bill, led many young families to relocate to the eastern parts of the city where they could purchase single-family homes that provided more living space and yards. While family businesses initially remained in the area, they soon followed the residents toward East Memphis. The once vibrant Pinch District quickly deteriorated and was devoid of significant commercial development for many years.

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 4HISTORICAL SITES

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The Bell Tavern

Old Memphis Humane Shelter

Anshei Mishne Synagogue

CONVENTION CENTER

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DOWNTOWN

UPTOWN

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The historical marker for what is considered Memphis’ first hotel on Front St. between Jackson and N. Parkway reads:

“Across the street stood one of early Memphis’s famous hostel-eries, at which many notables stopped, and in which took place many events of historic interest. Here, in 1819, Andrew Jackson, James Winchester, and John Overton met, founded, and named the city of Memphis. David Crockett stopped here en route to Texas and his death at the Alamo.”

One of the last remaining former synagogues in the Pinch. Via A Guide to Historic Downtown Memphis by William Patton.

After the yellow fever epidemic, Jewish immigrants flooded back in from Eastern Europe and settled mostly into the Pinch. Many small synagogues dotted the Pinch. The congregation of Anshei Mishne disbanded after most members moved out of the Pinch. The building is now vacant.

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 5EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS

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View to Pyramid from Overton Avenue

Main Street Looking Northeast

Jackson Avenue Looking West

View to St. Jude from Overton Avenue

CONVENTION CENTER

BASS PRO PYRAMID

DOWNTOWN

UPTOWN

ST. JUDE CAMPUS

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 6GOALS & VISION

The goal of the Pinch District concept study is to create a mixed-use urban district based on the following foundational principles:

Build on the unique history and texture of the Pinch District while maintaining a sense of place.

Create a place that encourages a vibrant mix of uses including retail, office, residential, commercial and hospitality.

Planned in order to allow and encourage walkable pedestrian oriented spaces and streets.

Reinforce connections to existing downtown Memphis assets:

• St. Jude

• The Convention Center

• Pyramid / Bass Pro

• Uptown District

H I S T O R Y/ C H A R A C T E R M I X E D U S E W A L K A B L E N E I G H B O R H O O DC O N N E C T E D

G OA L S & V I S I O N

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 7SUMMARY OF PUBLIC INPUT – PUBLIC MEETING 1

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSETS NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITIES

NEIGHBORHOOD GOALS

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 8EXISTING AERIAL

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S I T E C O N N E C T I O N S

CONVENTION CENTER

BASS PRO PYRAMIDDOWNTOWN

UPTOWN

ST. JUDE CAMPUS

PINCH DISTRICT STUDY AREA

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 9LAND USE DIAGRAM – GROUND LEVEL

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Ground Floor Uses

At the ground level of buildings in the Pinch District, street-facing and active uses are desired.

Along North 3rd Street, office and other uses related to St. Jude is expected on their expansion property.

Retail along Overton Avenue and Main Street anchor the streets that should be vibrant and filled with activity and entertainment. A green space or plaza at Overton Avenue outside St. Jude’s Overton Avenue entrance is surrounded by shops, restaurants and other activities that provide families and St. Jude staff a place to go.

Ground-level uses along Second Street, Front Street, Shadyac Avenue and Jackson Avenue should be active to a lesser extent than Main Street and Overton Avenue. These secondary streets are home to commercial, residential, and other flexible uses.

In every instance parking, whether surface or in a garage, will be located to the center of the blocks and hidden from pedestrians view by buildings. To the greatest extent feasible, parking entries should be from the alley or secondary streets and not from Main Street, Overton Street, or North 3rd Street.

L A N D U S ED I A G R A M

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ACTIVATED COMMERCIAL USERestaurant / Retail / Commercial

ST. JUDEOffice / Medical / Hospitality

COMMERCIAL USE/FLEXRestaurant / Retail / Commercial / Flex / Creative Office

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 10LAND USE DIAGRAM – UPPER LEVEL

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Upper Floor Uses

The upper levels of buildings in the Pinch District are where office, commercial and residential uses will rise above the active street.

Along three blocks of North 3rd Street, office and other uses related to St. Jude is expected on their expansion property.

A variety of residential, commercial, office and flex space will be situated above the retail shopfronts on Main Street and Overton Avenue, as well as the other secondary streets. A hotel serving business travelers, tourists and St. Jude families and visitors is suitable along Front Street.

Garage parking will be located to the center of the blocks and hidden from pedestrians view by buildings.

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 11CONCEPT STUDY – GROUND LEVEL

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 12CONCEPT STUDY – UPPER LEVEL

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 13CONCEPT STUDY

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T H E S Q U A R E

The Square is a public urban space that forms a gateway and meeting place for the City and the St. Jude Campus, at the East terminus of Overton Avenue.

The Square features active hardscape and landscape design elements that make it a gathering spot for Pinch district festivals in addition to daily activity from the commercial and retail uses that face the plaza. A boutique hotel use nearby serves both the Convention Center and St. Jude visitors. Additionally, St. Jude office, and patient family residential along with parking is located in the mixed-use blocks immediately adjacent and brings daily activity to the space. The Square is a welcoming and gathering place for all visitors.

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Overton Avenue from the entry at St. Jude on the East to the West where it terminates into the Pyramid is an active mixed-use street.

Retail and commercial animates the ground floor areas creating a continuous street level experience for pedestrians between the Square and Front street. At the Front Street intersection a new pedestrian bridge will allow access over the existing trolley and rail lines to a vertical circulation spine that contains an elevator and monumental stairs going down to the track level. Above the activated ground floor, Commercial, hotel and multi-family residential uses are encouraged along this corridor.

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The sidewalk zone between the existing streets and the edge of the St. Jude Campus is a welcoming and walkable pedestrian experience. In additional to enhancing the district the edge forms to welcoming front door to the St. Jude Campus. The following components are key to achieving this vision: From the street side in – On street parallel parking, a min. 5 foot wide landscape strip with trees at 30’ spacing along the curb, a 7 foot wide sidewalk, another 7 foot green landscape strip with trees at 30’ spacing, followed by a high quality wrought iron fence with masonry piers at intervals.

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The existing Main Street area contains the best fabric of 2 to 3 story commercial buildings. This existing fabric is reinforced with the addition of new 3 to 5 story infill buildings, with activated commercial uses at the ground floor, and a mix of residential and commercial uses above the street.

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Once off of Overton Ave. and Main Street, the character of the streetscapes transition to a more flexible ground floor with residential or commercial uses above. The ground floors on these other streets in the Pinch can be either an activated commercial use like a neighborhood office, shop or restaurant, but are primarily anticipated to be residential in character. Ground floor residences are a minimum of 18 inches above the sidewalk – with connected ground floor urban stoops or terraces and landscaping.

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The existing substation at the corner of Front and Jackson Avenue forms a distinctive gateway into the Pinch District. An artistic lighting of this facility will both highlight this feature and also bring to mind the distinctive character of the Pinch District. Using modern LED lighting energy costs are minimized, and lighting colors and effects can be adjusted seasonally or for special events.

Existing Substation – View East from Front St.

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At the Southern edge of the Pinch District, the I-40 Overpass creates a connectivity barrier between the Pinch and the balance of the downtown area. New lighting and art can transform this barrier into an opportunity for a series of gateways into and out of the Pinch along the following North / South Roadways : Front Street, Main Street, Second Street, Third Street, and Jackson Avenue. These gateways should be brightly lit and use artistic color to create a unique series of spaces.

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 20CONCEPT STUDY WITH STREET NETWORK PLAN

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 21STREET SECTIONS

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 22CONCEPT STUDY WITH BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 23CONCEPT STUDY WITH WALKING DISTANCE

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 24SPIRIT IMAGERY

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 25SIMILAR URBAN DISTRICTS

Portland Minneapolis Ann Arbor, Mich.

Portland Minneapolis MinneapolisPortland

Seattle

Seattle Dallas Philadelphia

Portland Minneapolis Philadelphia

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 26PROPOSED VIEW – VIEW TO RIVER

The above illustration is an artist depiction of potential development and does not reflect any particular plans or projects. Location of pedestrian bridge is not yet determined.

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 27PROPOSED VIEW – STREET VIEW TO PYRAMID ON OVERTON AVENUE


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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 28PROPOSED VIEW – BIRD’S EYE VIEW TO PYRAMID ON OVERTON AVENUE


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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 29PROPOSED VIEW – BIRD’S EYE VIEW TO DOWNTOWN ON FRONT STREET


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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 30PROPOSED VIEW – OVERTON AVENUE AND SECOND STREET

Overton Avenue and Second Street – Today

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 31REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AREA

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UPTOWN

ST. JUDE CAMPUS

Incentives to Stimulate Private Redevelopment

It is anticipated that partnerships between public sector agencies and private sector developers will help enable redevelopment in the Pinch District. These partnerships may take the form of public agencies utilizing various funding sources and tools to aid in infrastructure improvements, property acquisition or assemblage, and/or project financing as needed.

In areas where vacant or underutilized land or buildings exist outside the control of major stakeholders such as St. Jude, MLGW, and the City of Memphis, the public can assist in making these properties ready for adaptive reuse or redevelopment.

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REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY AREA

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 32DOWNTOWN ASSETS CONNECTIONS MAP

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Mud Is land R iver Park

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Mud Is land Amphitheater

R iver Museum

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Harbor Town

Bass Pro at the P yramid

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St. Jude Chi ldren’s Research Hospital

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SOUTH CITY

CARNESMEDICAL DISTRICT

Relation to Downtown Assets

The Pinch District is an integral part of the Downtown neighborhood and is situated in a critical junction between St. Jude, Bass Pro at the Pyramid, the Memphis Cook Convention Center and the Uptown Neighborhood. Numerous other investments and developments in Downtown and along the riverfront make the Pinch District a vital area for connecting the city to its river.

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PINCH DISTRICT STUDY 33BI -CENTENNIAL GATEWAY ANCHORS CONNECTIONS MAP

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The Bi-Centennial Gateway Project

The Pinch District is one of four major components to the Bi-Centennial Gateway Project. The City of Memphis turns 200-years old in 2019 and enhancements to the Memphis Riverfront, Mud Island River Park, the Cook Convention Center and the Pinch District are seen as opportunities to reinvest in Downtown Memphis and the Mississippi River and Wolf River Harbor riverfront areas.

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