FitzGibbon Visiting Professor Chair
Department of Architecture
Carnegie-Mellon
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Riverfront Plan
available on line here:
http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/rfp/
All subsequent citations and images are coming from The Riverfront
Development Plan
City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 1998 and should be quoted accordingly
..... From Introduction
Tom Murphy, Mayor
The District structure and the content of the Plan
The credo
Implementation 1997-2007
The riverfront districts
The book will follow showing project and guidelines for
each of the selected Districts
We may call these "district" using our terminolgy selected
areas accordingly a specific driving force
The Strip area is presented a
Consumers Produce Buildings
as well as
Cultural District
In the final Section are provided zoning information
of our interest particularly
906.02 Fp-O Flood play overaly district
page xxviii and following
and
906.03 RF-O Riverfront Overlay District
page xxxviii and following
****Natural forces shaping the site
Components:
Analysis: Landscape, river edges, research in floodway and considerations, trail structure, bikes route eccetera. Contact somebody in city plannin or recreational facility
Comaparables: Similar projects developed in the United States or Abroad to follow and enhance Natural forces.***Historical forcesGuidelines: general guideles and specific structures, maps
Components:
Analysis: City structure, presence of the noticeable buildings, history of the neighbourhood and the community, Contact somebody in the historical landmark or similar organization
Comaparables: Similar projects developed in the United States or Abroad to follow and enhance Historical forces.Guidelines: general guidelines and specific structures of historical or urban values
***Day and night life forces
Components:
Analysis: Activities and type of uses, community groups and organization, obervation at different time of the day contact community organization I.e. River fife task force Lisa Schroeder, architect 412 258 6638
Comaparables: Similar projects developed in the United States or Abroad to follow and enhance activities.***Model Coordinator, maps book and informationGuidelines: general guidelines and specific structures to engance activities
Components:
Requirements>study a strategy that allows an efficient model construction 1"= 100' in which different projects will fit>
Work for a presentation on Friday 1:30
including web sites of the differentyWndsday meeting with the group visit and stydt the site>
a. Look also for ibridation complex overlapping in whic realities present itself
Pop
Soft Pop
gard edge assembled poo
Other eyes
Here is the plan: