One of the problems with the existing mall site is that its
large 8-acre footprint breaks up the street pattern, forming barriers to natural
traffic flows. The convention center area is cut off from much of the rest of
the downtown by the mall. Many
people have come to the conclusion that the street grid should be restored
wherever possible.
This development embraces that idea, and knocks down the barriers by
restoring Adams Street at least up to the Main Street Parking Ramp, perhaps even tunneling through the Main Street
Parking Ramp (if
engineering allows it) to reconnect
to Main Street.
This development proposal also connects Adams Street to
Washington Street via a new street behind BayLake Bank that I'll call "Navarino
Way".
Navarino Way is an important new street because it
reconnects Washington and Adams streets and enables better access and street parking for BayLake Bank, the Atrium
and the businesses adjacent to the Atrium.
click on this thumbnail image for a larger
'planimetric' view of my redevelopment proposal
You will notice in this map that while most of
the existing mall is gone, the JC Penney building is still there in this
rendering (potential KI convention center expansion?)
My Tower/Atrium ideas use up much of the former
mall site, but there are at least 2 more developable vacant parcels left (both
on Adams Street next to the Main Street parking Ramp). These would be
valuable parcels that could be sold off for other developments.
More
on the benefits of restoring the street grid:
Note: These
renderings are incomplete: Some of the blue building facades are
simply unfinished illustrations. Please check back later for
updated images.
These conceptual
designs, 3D
illustrations, and web pages were created by Visualize
IT of Green Bay