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EXISTING AMENITIES CENTERS

LOW VACANCY RESIDENTIAL

HIGH VACANCY RESIDENTIAL

KNOWN INVESTMENT(CURRENT OR FUTURE)

PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOODCLUSTERS

CURRENT AMENITIES

BARRIES

VIEWS

PLAN MAKING WORKSHOPPALAZZO/RUSSELL/MILLERSCHOOL OF PLANNINGCOLLEGE OF DAAPUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATITEAM MEMBER: CARNAHAN/CHEN/COMTE/DOSS/QI/YU

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TEAM 2: NEIGHBORHOODS-- Existing Opportunities/Constraints Map

CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ISSUES

Opportunities and Constraints

A Geography that Presents Challenges and Opportunities

The topography of North and South Fairmount is radically varied. This low-lying and flat area is very different from the northern community. Here there are many hills that limit development op-portunity while creating some spectacular views. These hills also present challenges to mobility.

Current Characteristics

Current Map Analysis

Livable communities are places where people thrive. They are places that allow residents to feel safe, promote good health, and offer easy access to daily necessities.

North Fairmount has great potential to be a livable community. Livable communities are much more stable in terms of population than com-munities that lack the ‘livability’ factors. The best way to ensure that North Fairmount becomes a livable community is to take advantage of the natural features of the neighborhood, which mainly consist of steep hillsides, high hilltops, and small valleys.

While one of the most significant issues in the Fairmount areas is the large percentage of vacancies, so based on site visits and study of ex-isting research, our team has created a list of the following aspects of the community.

Overall Findings:

•High Vacancy (both lots and buildings)

•Topographic Features (both restrictive and unique)

•Beneficial Views

•Building Stock (historic, deteriorating)

•Lack of Amenities

•Deteriorating Infrastructure in Deserted Areas

Cluster  No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Parcel  Number 271 2 1390 168 634 519 725  Vacant  Number 107 1 663 106 224 199 123Vacancy  Rate(%) 39 50 48 63 35 38 17

Opportunities•The Lick Run project from MSD in South Fairmount•The community has strong leadership from the com-

munity members•Assets such as the views and governmental projects

create the opportunity to affect change throughout the neighborhood

The clusters chosen for investment contained:•Existing Assets and Community Center•A lack of amenities•High vacancy rates

The topography of the area also creates smaller communities within North and South Fairmount, leading the team to divide the neighborhoods into smaller clusters. These clusters allow us to create an inventory of amenities that are located in each smaller community. The borders between are largely created by the steep hillsides that popu-late North and South Fairmount.

FAIRMOUNT COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE[North Fairmount | South Fairmount | English Woods]

The Steep Street in Community Poor Condition Housing Abandoned Stairs Within the Community

CREATING LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODSEmily Carnahan - Qian Chen - Rachel Comte - Steven Doss - Xuanting Qi - Ying Yu

PREFERRED PLAN

Recognizing the issues of each cluster, we need to combine assets of Fairmont into our calculations to develop a preferred plan.

Assets:•VariedtopographycreatesstunningviewsofdowntownCincinnati•Pre‐existinginfrastructuresuchasstaircasesandsidewalksinmostareas•Historicchurchesintheneighborhoods

Focused Clusters

Preferred Plan

Preferred Plan

Historic Building: St Leo Churchhttp://cincinnatihistorichomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/St-Leo.jpg

Focus Community Clusters

Lick Run Proposed Projecthttp://www.gcbl.org/files/blog/full/lick-run-view-southwest.jpg

View on the St Clair Heights Park

PROPOSED OPEN SPACE

PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOODCLUSTERS

MAIN STREET

PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AREA

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FAIRMOUNT COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE[North Fairmount | South Fairmount | English Woods]

Goal 1. Shift existing population into denser residential clus-ters to avoid need for extensive infrastructure upkeep and reduce the number of vacant buildings and emp-ty lots.

Goal 2. Provide access to amenities needed to function in ev-eryday life, such as grocery stores, transportation to work, childcare, community center, and healthcare.

Goal 3. Take advantage of existing neighborhood assets and capitalize on the neighborhood’s existing potential.

Cluster No. 3 -- St Leo Place 4 -- Beekman StreetHealth Center Health Center

Church RestaurantCommunity Center

Vancancy Rate 48% 63%Cluster No. 5 -- Knox Street 6 -- Lick Run Project

Convenience Store Child Care at ChurchSchool Church

Playground SchoolPark Restaurant

Convenience StoreVancancy Rate 35% 38%

Existing Amenities

Existing Amenities

We inventoried the amenities in each cluster, as well as the household va-cancy rates. It is easy to see which clusters are more stable than others - more amenities, and lower vacancy rates. For example, clusters 3 and 4 have many amenities, but high vacancy rates. Clusters 5 and 6 have a lot of amenities and low vacancy rates, but they also have a lot of negatively perceived as-pets in their clusters.

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St LEO’s PLACE PLAN

Building small community centers in four residential clusters will create a more livable community for neighborhood residents. This effort will cre-ate a sense of place that has the potential to entice new residents into the community fabric.

In the St. Leo’s example featured here, the immediate area around St. Leo’s church would be subject to improvements in a two block section along Bal-timore Avenue. The church will act as the anchor and proposed businesses would include a small produce corner store, a cafe and/or restaurant, child care and other needed retail businesses. These businesses would serve the church attendees, as well as the traffic centered around the school on St. Leo’s Place. These businesses are not designed to replace the need for larger grocery stores, banks, and other shopping, but to give the immediate community a place to obtain basic needs and interact within their community.

St. Leo’s Place Design Perspective 1--Bird View of St. Leo’s Place. Perspective 2--View from Baltimore Avenue.

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St. Leo’s Church

Proposed re-tail shops(like r e s t a u r a n t ,

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St. Leo’s Place General Plan

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FAIRMOUNT COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE[North Fairmount | South Fairmount | English Woods]

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View at the Protestant church of Hengelo and the main shopping street.http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=304&with_photo_id=95153127&order=date_desc&user=1100550

The Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder, Colo.http://cdn.aarp.net/content/dam/aarp/travel/travel_tips/2013-10/740-pearl-street-mall-boulder-outdoor-shopping.imgcache.rev1381158041154rendition.jpg/jcr:content/renditions/cq5dam.web.420.270.jpeg

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Aerial View of St Leo Place Area