[PPT] - WELCOME TO PHASE ONE OF ALLENTOWN 2030, OUR CITYS COMPREHENSIVE PowerPoint Presentation

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WELCOME TO PHASE ONE OF ALLENTOWN 2030, OUR CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN!

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TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!

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YOU THINK!

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LET’S IMAGINE OUR FUTURE TOGETHER!

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At our first meeting on 13 November 2018, we were welcomed by:

Reverend Charles Olmeda

Third Day Worship Center

Ray O’Connell

Mayor, City of Allentown

Leonard Lightner

City of Allentown Director of Community and Economic Development

R. Douglas Stewart

City of Allentown Planning Director

Project Managers: Hannah Clark & Jesus Sadiua

Senior Planners, City of Allentown Bureau of Planning & Zoning

WELCOME!

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Fourth Economy Consulting

We equip change agents with the tools to build better communities and stronger economies.

evolveEA

We build communities’ strategic and sustainable advantage by designing for people, process, and place.

Carlos Gasca-Yanez

I enjoy investing my time in building sustainable communities that help us live in harmony with our planet.

Faces International

We serve a diverse clientele who have the opportunity to become part of an interconnected Ecosystem.

WELCOME!

We also met the project team:

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Allentown: Today and Future How Cities Change Writing on the Wall Important to Me... About us... In Allentown... Next Steps

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Allentown: Today and Future How Cities Change Writing on the Wall Important to Me... About us... In Allentown... Next Steps

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Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and

nly when, they are created by

everybody.

Jane Jacobs

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QUICK THREE!

write three words that you use to describe Allentown TODAY

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QUICK THREE!

write three words that you use to describe Allentown TOMORROW

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YOU THINK!

Introduce yourself & share your words with your table

LET’S SEE WHAT

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What we observed...

We explored Allentown and would like to share some of the things that got us thinking...

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neighborhood fabric

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Allentown has many different types of neighborhoods.

Old Allentown

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People plant gardens, personalize their porches, paint the pavement, and post signs to communicate with their neighbors and to shape their community.

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Streets and alleys become outdoor rooms for community life. Schools, churches, shops, bakeries, and cafes, and small businesses anchor the activity.

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Some of Allentown’s neighborhoods have complex street networks and different building types. Parking may be difficult, but dense neighborhoods are rich with activity.

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Some of Allentown’s neighborhoods have complex street networks and different building types. Parking may be difficult, but dense neighborhoods are rich with activity.

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Some streets are small or minor streets. Other larger streets are thoroughfares. They are woven into a gridded network for pedestrians, bikes, cars, and buses.

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Some streets are small or minor streets. Other larger streets are thoroughfares. They are woven into a gridded network for pedestrians, bikes, cars, and buses.

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Large streets and small streets create local fabric of homes and shops.

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Major corridors like Hamilton Street and Seventh Street serve the community and region and connect neighborhoods to each other.

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neighborhood fabric

How do we create vibrancy?

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Allentown has many unique cultural assets and has invested to make them desirable destinations.

West End Theatre District

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Allentown has many unique cultural assets and has invested to make them desirable destinations.

West End Theatre District Allentown Fairgrounds

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Often these places are near, but not connected to places where people live.

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Sometimes we are separated by the thing that gets us there (cars)!

West End Theatre District Allentown Fairgrounds

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By thinking about how to connect Allentown’s great places, the city could create a necklace of cultural gems.

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By thinking about how to connect Allentown’s great places, the city could create a necklace of cultural gems.

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connecting the dots

How do we establish networks?

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Allentown’s parks are beautiful “working landscapes” that provide recreational and ecological services.

Cedar Beach Park

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They connect people to nature and stitch together important places in the city.

Cedar Beach Park

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Allentown’s creeks, streams, and rivers are

ften flanked

with parks & greenspaces.

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Allentown’s creeks, streams, and rivers are

ften flanked

with parks & greenspaces.

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Allentown’s creeks, streams, and rivers are

ften flanked

with parks & greenspaces.

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Finding and connecting to these linear parks can be difficult.

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Places can be within sight, but still not be easily accessible.

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New entries can invite people to their parks and will let people experience Allentown in a new way.

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By connecting to our working landscapes we can celebrate water and create new destinations within the city.

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By connecting to our working landscapes we can celebrate water and create new destinations within the city.

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managing flows

How do we manage our infrastructure?

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Allentown is part of larger regional systems. Allentown’s identity is associated with things that are within and

utside of the city’s boundary.

Trexlertown, PA

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Allentown is part of larger regional systems. Allentown’s identity is associated with places and activities that reach beyond the city’s boundary.

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Allentown and its neighbors need to have shared strategies for success!

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Allentown will need to create a shared identity as well as shared visions for projects and sites.

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visible & invisible boundaries

How do we relate to our region?

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scale & exchange

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Regional influences are creating new development patterns in and

utside of

Allentown.

Fogelsville, PA

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This logistics hub resembles computer chips—-both efficiently move important things, whether physical goods and products or information.

Fogelsville, PA

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This is a big landscape. How big is a person in this image?

Fogelsville, PA

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This is a landscape scaled for the movement of vehicles. How do we integrate people into this place?

Fogelsville, PA

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Vibrant neighborhoods are full of streets, parks, restaurants, stores, and civic spaces where people can engage each other.

Fogelsville, PA

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When large uses and small uses are separated, it can be a challenge to find places to engage.

Fogelsville, PA

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Where are we most likely to meet our neighbors? Large scale city fabric enables global

exchange. Small scale

neighborhood fabric enables local exchange

Fogelsville, PA

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Fogelsville, PA

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Fogelsville, PA. Cedar Creek Park, Rose Garden. Allentown Public Library Area 12thandHamiltonStreets

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scale & exchange

How do we enable exchange?

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going with the flow

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The area around Allentown’s rivers and creeks developed early and are important to the city’s history.

Canal Park, East Side

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Today they don’t serve the same functions and seem remote. Many places are unfamiliar to Allentown residents and visitors.

Bucky Boyle Park, First Ward

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Allentown has plans to make new waterfront destinations and take advantage of the amenities.

Lehigh Riverfront, First Ward

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Waterfront redevelopment is a chance to knit the rivers into existing neighborhoods and improve the quality of life for the entire community.

Bucky Boyle Park, First Ward

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going with the flow

How do we connect old and new?

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making an entry

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Allentown has new investment in its core. Creating strong entry points to the city will help define Allentown’s identity within the region and beyond.

Central Business District, Center City

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There are entry points to the central business district and at thresholds like rivers and bridges.

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Corridors are entries into the city and define what people think of Allentown.

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Allentown is an anchor for the

region. Visitors

may think of the entire region as ”Allentown.” Allentown’s identity extends far beyond its boundary.

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making an entry

How do we strengthen our identity?

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hidden in plain sight

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Vibrant cities have many different housing types that enable people to choose housing that best suits their needs. Allentown has many different types of houses and this housing diversity is one of Allentown’s strongest assets.