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Midtown Specific Plan <br />LANDSCAPE CONCEPT PLAN <br />Midtown is articulated by an urban fabric of city blocks bounded by <br />avenues and streets. The landscape concept plan (Exhibit 41, <br />Landscape Concept Plan) proposes to strengthen the existing grid <br />pattern and define the character of individual roadways with a <br />specific palette of plant materials arranged formally along the street <br />space. Two distinct open plaza spaces occur on Main Street at <br />Home Savings and First Church of Christ Sciences andwi"e <br />connected by a park like setbaok leeated along the west side4 <br />Syoa ne.e Street hat.yeen Tenth end Washington Streets. The <br />following sections delineate the different proposed streetscape <br />concepts from the palm lined Main Street to the quiet canopy of Bush <br />Street. <br />PUBLIC & PRIVATE OPEN SPACE <br />Currently all open space areas in Midtown are privately owned, with <br />the exception of street and other rights -of -way. This relationship will <br />remain the same into the future, with all or most publicly accessible <br />space such as plazas, promenades or courtyards being privately <br />iwned and managed. New development will be required to improve <br />certain plazas and pedestrian promenades in accordance with the <br />Landscape Concept Plan (Exhibit 41). <br />MAIN STREET <br />Main Street will be the gateway to Midtown and its landscape <br />character should reflect the importance of this role. Queen Palms <br />are proposed to provide a vertical street tree compatible with the <br />cluster of office towers and to mirror the Broadway streetscape. <br />This will develop a vertical scale that could be identified from a <br />distance. Banners hanging from the street lights could further <br />enhance Main Streets importance and announce special events such <br />as festivals and merchant -sponsored promotions. <br />As funds become available, intersections will be improved at four <br />locations: Seventeenth, Washington, Tenth, and Civic Center Drive. <br />Enhanced paving or interlocking pavers would be utilized to define <br />pedestrian crossing and set a standard for material upgrades for the <br />district. <br />subject to funding, the following streetscape upgrades could be <br />utilized along Main Street to develop a vital commercial element: <br />snwraxm rna <br />Exhibit 41 Landscape Concept Plan <br />Chapter 9: Landscape Concept Plan Page 31of37 83 <br />