??Star Ledger??: “City’s epicenter getting a $20M broad stroke”:http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1177821003189230.xml&coll=1
Broad Street in Newark will be getting a dramatic makeover that will transform the city’s hardworking main drag into a more pedestrian-friendly and aesthetically pleasing gateway to rival those in Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City.
Plans call for plant-filled center medians, bump-outs at intersections, and tree-lined curbs. Construction on the $20 million project is expected to begin on May 7.
When the work is completed, planners hope Broad Street will resemble North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Broad Street in Philadelphia and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan — all streets that Newark studied when designing the Broad Street project.
With the October opening of the Prudential Arena, which will be on Broad Street, city officials said it is the right time to get the project moving.
After a little Googing, I found the “architecture firm responsible for the work”:http://www.vollmer.com/projects/transportation/broad_st/index.html (the image above is theirs). They’ve got a “one-page PDF”:http://www.vollmer.com/projects/transportation/broad_st/broad_stv.pdf describing the project:
The goals of this multi-phased capital improvement program are to: improve pedestrian safety along the Broad Street corridor; develop a comprehensive, distinctly Newark design treatment for the length of Broad Street; and prepare contract documents for phased implementation. The streetscape enhancements include new granite curbing, decorative sidewalk and roadway paving, distinctive street and pedestrian lighting systems and other sidewalk amenities. The project’s signature element will be a raised median with large planters and street lighting providing distinct character and increasing pedestrian safety. Other safety improvements include updated traffic signal equipment and improved traffic signal timing.
Here’s a “map of the area”:http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Broad+Street+and+Market+Street,+Newark,+NJ&layer=&sll=40.732291,-74.166094&sspn=0.004146,0.007296&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=40.736283,-74.172113&spn=0.008292,0.014591&om=1 planned for improvement.
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[...] of which around the universities and the Prudential headquarters, and get an opportunity to see the overhaul of Broad Street, which is well underway. Conversation is starting to change about this city—you can feel [...]
[...] of which around the universities and the Prudential headquarters, and get an opportunity to see the overhaul of Broad Street, which is well [...]