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Southcenter Plan Book 1: Community Intent <br />Difficult to find and access parks, trails open <br />spaces <br />Little effort made to create site layouts <br />oriented to pedestrians <br />Access (driveways) management needed in <br />key pedestrian oriented areas <br />Streetscape <br />Site layouts and streetscapes primarily <br />oriented to needs of motorists <br />Overall impression is of large, simple buildings <br />fronted by asphalt <br />Lacking individual street identity easy to get <br />lost <br />Architectural Landscape Character <br />Buildings separated from street by large <br />parking lots, with entrances difficult to find <br />Buildings generally reflective of auto oriented <br />development <br />Construction before design review <br />implemented (1982): <br />Unarticulated buildings with little <br />ornamentation or design <br />Simply massed buildings with a box- <br />like appearance <br />Buildings don't reflect any design <br />character indigenous to City or region <br />Since 1982: <br />Well designed buildings are lost in the <br />overall mix <br />Too few well designed buildings to <br />create a visible theme or provide <br />district identity <br />No landmarks <br />W: \Long Range Projects \Southcenter Plan \Plan 2011 \Book 1 \FINAL Book 1_12.7.2011_PC.docx <br />12/7/2011 <br />Page 7 <br />11 <br />Lacking sidewalks pedestrian amenities <br />All streets look the some are oriented to needs <br />of motorists <br />