ForTheLoveOfDayton

Great pics. #11&15 - what's up with the horse?

^Haha, I bought my first lottery ticket this week and thought the exact same thing...but I did not win.

Good luck everyone!

Who was Piatt?

Beautiful park!

Why would they? The Tech Town District includes or is within walking distance of numerous recreational destinations and other amenities, including: Fifth Third Field, home of the Dayton Dragons minor-league baseball team; hundreds of loft-style housing units; Riverscape Park; numerous nightclubs, bars, coffeehouses and restaurants; an arts district featuring the new Schuster Performing Arts Center; and much, much more. ^http://www.daytontechtown.com/Overview.cfm

From http://www.daytontechtown.com/MasterPlan.cfm: An enormous degree of thought and planning have gone into what the Tech Town District should actually look like when finished. The three main categories of guidelines for the overall "image" of the campus are: 1. Urban Design 2. Architectural Design 3. Landscape and Open Space Design Details within each of these three categories are given below. Urban Design Pedestrian Crosswalks Pedestrian crosswalks distinguished by different paving serve as traffic calming devices and encourage walking between buildings and across streets. Crosswalks on Monument Avenue and within the campus will be differentiated with a change in pavement and texture. The design is based on pedestrian connectivity and safety. Lighting Lighting can be a significant identity feature for the Tech Town Campus. A contemporary fixture will give a particular aesthetic to the Tech Town area that is in keeping with a progressive theme of creativity, research and development. Lighting within Tech Town will come from clean, modern, down lamp fixtures that light both the roadway and the sidewalk, without overlighting the area. Along Monument, Webster, and Keowee, city standards will be used. On-Street Parking On-street parking calms traffic while bringing life to the street. This provides a sense of security to pedestrians, retailers and offices with frontage on the street. We will attempt to promote on-street parking on Monument Avenue and on interior streets within the campus. By increasing the pedestrian friendliness of the area, we are limiting the automobile traffic speed, creating a more destination-oriented area versus a fast through-route. Planting, Paving, and Urban Amenities Planting beds, paving and Urban Amenities will be incorporated into the streetscape of the Tech Town Campus. Colored pavers or natural stone will be used to “warm up” the sidewalks in the area. Both of these elements together make for a pleasant, pedestrian oriented public realm. This will be enhanced with benches and bike racks. Zero Lot Line Enforcing an urban zero lot line will contribute to the urban character of the area. Having windows and entrances directly onto the street makes businesses more visible to passing traffic and pedestrians, and enhances street life. Architectural Design Existing Character The proximity of the Tech Town Campus to the Webster Station district serves as a point of departure for the architectural design of Tech Town. The material, scale, and proportions of the old industrial and warehouse buildings are timeless elements that can tie seamlessly into a more contemporary architecture. Sustainable design is also an important point of departure and will offer up its own aesthetic that will be complementary to both the existing character and a progressive theme for a research and development campus. An example would be The Cannery in the Webster Station district, which was recently refurbished into residential and retail uses. The Firefly Lofts is another successful refurbishment in the area. On the Tech Town site itself is the old Frigidaire Building that could potentially be refurbished and be a part of the Tech Town Campus. Contemporary Use of Historic “Warehouse” Proportions and Brick Contemporary examples have brick as a façade material and large, high window openings that have warehouse proportions. As well as being stylistic, these proportions are conducive to a sustainable environment. High floor-to-floor heights allow for large window openings that allow light deep into the buildings for a savings on energy and artificial lighting costs. New structures within Tech Town will be red brick clad to support the historic warehouse theme and to preserve the existing character of the area. All buildings will be a minimum of two stories, have 17-foot or more floor-to-floor heights, and will have large window openings “Smart” Sustainable Buildings Smart and sustainable buildings have high floor-to-floor heights and utilize a large amount of glass in the façade. More than just glass walls, these wall systems offer an efficient alternative to more conventional wall build-ups. Within Tech Town, we are integrating US Green Building Council performance standards for energy saving and sustainable building design into the plan and design guidelines. We will utilize green roof technology to minimize site runoff, conserve energy and create inspiring outdoor spaces at roof level. Landscape and Open Space Design Riverfront Landscape The north side of the Tech Town Campus is directly on the riverfront. The landscape will be used as a tool to define the riverfront and public spaces associated with it. Changes in level and various plant species will be used to define boundaries and edges. This will result in a landscape that provides easy access and connectivity to the water for pedestrians. We will create a combined hardscape and softscape that extends Riverscape and Deeds Point to Tech Town, preserving pedestrian access to the river. Urban Streetscape Plantings can be used to provide color and identity to high visibility areas. Using indigenous species is a way to evoke a particular aesthetic as well as create a low-maintenance internal landscape that saves natural resources such as water. We will provide low-maintenance plantings along Monument Avenue and on streets within the campus that will thrive in this environment and create a pleasant atmosphere. Open Spaces The open spaces will be more directly associated with the buildings. These spaces will have a contemporary “feel” that will complement the architecture. Clean lines and a minimalist aesthetic will make up these spaces. Central Park will have a distinctive, simple yet powerful, open, terraced green, while other smaller open spaces and courtyards will provide more enclosure and intimacy with more detailed, textured design. Parking Landscapes Parking can sometimes be an eyesore on a site, but if properly designed, it can be easy on the eye, interesting, and sustainable. For example, a parking lot could include a contemporary garden in the center and plantings between each row of parking. Both parking lots and parking garages should be integrated into the landscape as much as possible. Within Tech Town, we will implement “green” parking, both in terms of sustainability and aesthetics. Where appropriate, shade trees and indigenous plantings will be used to break up and soften surface and structure parking. The concept of sustainable design, still relatively new, has continued to gain momentum over the last 20 years. It is a concept based on the belief that human civilization is an integral part of the natural world and that nature must be preserved and perpetuated if the human community itself is to survive. Sustainable design involves an alternative approach to traditional design that strives to recognize the impact of every design choice on the natural and cultural resources of the local, regional, and global environment. 1. City-wide and Regional Connections: Establish connections to regional patterns of transportation, land uses, open spaces and natural systems. 2. Transit System Connections: Establish connections to local and regional public transit system. Appropriate building densities and land uses should be within a walkable distance of local transit stops, permitting public transit and other transit opportunities to become a viable alternative to the automobile. 3. Neighborhood Form: Promote compact, pedestrian-friendly, and technology-based land use combined with many needs of daily life available within walking distance. 4. Design for the Human Scale: Design for the human scale and perceptions, creating a sense of neighborhood, community and public realm that responds to local traditions. 5. Mixed-use: Promote the creation of a mixed use “neighborhood” (single use campus) that supports/leverages the functions of daily life: employment, recreation, retail, civic and educational opportunities. 6. Street Network: Provide an interconnected network of streets and open spaces and provide connections to the local and regional open space network. 7. Architectural Character: Design the image and character of new developments that respond to the best traditions of sustainable/technology-based architecture in the region. 8. Safety and Civic Engagement: Establish a relationship of buildings and streets that enables businesses to create a safe and secure environment. Encourage interaction and connectedness when appropriate. Provide a clear definition of public and private areas through block and street design that responds to the needs of the technology-based campus. To what extent this^ will happen is yet to be seen but I'm hopeful [enter Obama's smug smile here]

Bring it back!...damn interstate

^damn

^I'll file that under constructive criticism.

I was basically looking for something like this: http://www.otrbrewerydistrict.org/history_map.php I hope the brewery district reaches its potential sooner rather than later.

:? sorry, no offense. I'm a bear of very little brain. By saying there were many of Miami haters, I was in no way saying the hating was warranted or that Miami had more haters than any other university.

Not to random bums, only the ones I am friends with.

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^I've never seen a statue honoring a pessimist.

This is my favorite project going on in the CBD...any news?

^Great line by Kline. Any info on the northbank/McPhersontown area?

And the Oregon Arts District was born...

Jeff, where do you get your old diagrams of downtown Dayton? Cool thread.

I love the wire shots too... Dayton in the spring is great.

^true, that tower is sweet. Jeffrey, your threads are amazing.

^There's a good chance this will happen!!!

As soon as you enter Woodland Cemetery there is a copper statue of a man sitting in a chair. He is Adam Schantz. Sorry, no pic...yet. Great thread Jeffrey, should be read by anyone interested in the Arcade.

Most important thread in UO about Dayton, IMHO

I see it like a European urban region.... sort of like Lancashire... Two big cities...Liverpool and Manchester, which have been traditionally independent of each other, conneceted first by canal, later by rail. (cf Dayon and Cincinnati) A set of industrial cities and smaller milltowns, like Preston and Blackburn and Wigan (cf Hamilton, Middletown, Springfield, and for the smaller mill towns, Franklin and Miamisburg) Preindustrial towns/government seats, like maybe Lancaster (cf Lebanon) Cross River suburbs, llike The Wirral and Birkenhead, across the Mersey from Liverpool (cf Covington/Newport) Another example would be the Rhine-Main region in Germany, with Frankfurt being the big city, but other historically independent cities contributing, like Mainz, Wiesbanded, Hanau, Offenback, and Darmstadt. ...and this map brings in Ashcaffenburg (which means that this region is really sprawling..being in three German states...Hessen, Bavaria, and Rhineland-Palatinate) Best description I've come across yet. Thanks Jeff.