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<br /> Post Office Entertainment The Basic Shapes of
<br /> The Chanhassen post office has outgrown its current The dinner theater is the cornerstone of a proposed Downtown:
<br /> quarters,and there is little potential for expansion on the entertainment center which will mix uses to include theaters, Design Concepts
<br /> site.Because it serves a substantial portion of the restaurants, stores,recreational facilities,hotels and related
<br /> community,it requires an accessible location.If located in uses.These offerings will be concentrated,allowing visitors •Form a compact center by creating
<br /> downtown,the post office will serve to support,and be to park once in a common parking area and shop twice as a series of rooms throughout the
<br /> supported by,retail,government and other downtown they move to the various destinations on foot. Its emphasis on downtown.
<br /> activities. nighttime activities will extend the downtown's daytime •Complete pedestrian connections
<br /> that lead to and through the
<br /> vitality into the evening hours. downtown.
<br /> Activity Center •Create a distinct downtown
<br /> Focus groups frequently pointed to the need for a commu- Transit district through architectural forms
<br /> nity gathering and activity place in,or near,downtown.A The railroad corridor has the potential to become a major hub and the shape of vegetation.
<br /> center for recreation and related activities,located near the for all anticipated future transit services.The line could serve •Reinforce the sense of the street as
<br /> western edge of downtown may answer this need.Not as a light rail route which would eventually connect the City a room by reflecting the setback of
<br /> only would it create an anchor for the downtown,but an of Chanhassen with downtown Minneapolis. It could also existing buildings in new
<br /> activity center at this location would complement the serve as the interchange for all local and regional transit development.
<br /> limited recreation facilities being built at the new elemen- services,including park-and-ride lots,local circulator bus ,,�=-�,,
<br /> tary school.Facilities included in an activity center are service and pedestrian traffic.Therefore, a central location is 1 i J iii = Li
<br /> still open for discussion because today's preferences may desirable—allowing users to park in a convenient downtown °tZ7 T1��TZ-- lel
<br /> not meet community needs five years hence. location while shopping or doing business. Pedestrian II= fill 0r", rl _,_
<br /> pathways,which connect the transit hub to other downtown
<br /> Pocket Parks destinations,will be critical to the success of commercial, •Locate buildings close to the street,
<br /> Situated at the junctions of pedestrian paths,all public retail and entertainment establishments designed to serve the with parking behind or beside the
<br /> buildings and significant private developments are small needs of transit patrons. buildings.
<br /> public rooms known as pocket parks.They provide a street
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<br /> green respite from the street and an opportunity to recall Historic Area 1 B ilding
<br /> the larger landscape and build on the environment of The city's most important historic buildings are located —I
<br /> Chanhassen.They may showcase sculpture or other adjacent to old St. Hubert's Church and the Village Hall.The I
<br /> Parking
<br /> artifacts that reflect the culture and heritage of the commu- Pony/Pauly/Przymus buildings are currently owned by the i --_
<br /> nity.As informal gathering places,they serve as quiet Chanhassen Housing and Redevelopment Authority and are L—-- J
<br /> areas for meeting friends,having lunch or simply resting slated for demolition because they are structurally and •Create a strong relationship
<br /> between destinations.Placed within a five-minute walk of functionally substandard. Following the removal of these between buildings,pedestrian
<br /> one another,they set a rhythm of public spaces throughout buildings, there will be an opportunity for new development spaces and the street.
<br /> the downtown. to frame the western edge of Heritage Square Park. New - Street
<br /> development in this historic area needs to be consistent in Pedestrians _ S
<br /> design and scale with the buildings that already grace Heri-
<br /> tage Square Park.Any redevelopment requires an historically Building
<br /> sensitive design that can build on the community's culture
<br /> and become part of the city's heritage. 1
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<br /> convenience by providing entries
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