This is the product of a weekend long Charrette, where teams of Architects, Community and Regional Planners, and Landscape Architects joined forces to listen to the Elliott Park neighborhood residents describe their vision of neighborhood revitalization opportunities that are born of the Chicago Avenue reconstruction. Multiple teams focused on various aspects of the neighborhood, with the common goal of transforming the sometimes brutal Chicago Avenue streetscape into a more pedestrian friendly environment.

2. great city design team
Sponsors:
AIA Minneapolis
MASLA
ULI
MN APA
in partnership with:
Elliot Park
Neighborhood

3. great city design team
LEGECY PROJECT
AIA TURNS 150 YEARS
OLD AND GIVES A GIFT
TO THE COMMUNITY IN
THE FORM OF THE
BLUEPRINT FOR
AMERICA

4. great city design team
AIA Minneapolis’ Legacy Project
began with
RT Rybak’s
Re-Weaving the Urban Fabric
Address
February 28, 2006
Since this address 9 design
charrettes have occurred

5. Process:
• Gather Information
– Meetings with Susan Braun and David Fields
– Meeting with EPNI Board / Steering Committee
– Analysis / Research of existing conditions within the neighborhood
– Develop Strategy with Design Team for Charrette
• Assemble Team
– Jonathan Bartling, AIA, LEED AP – Co-Leader
– Peter Styx, AIA, LEED AP – Co-Leader
– Jennifer Brandel, Associate AIA
– Steven Dwyer, AIA
– Donovan Hart, AICP CNU
– Tim McCarron, AIA, LEED AP
– Nick Potts, Associate AIA
– Erin Russ, Associate AIA, LEED AP
– Steve Wyczawski

6. Weekend Charrette:
• Friday, February 22
5:30 pm – Welcome & Acknowledgments: Susan Braun, Executive
Director, EPNI
5:35 pm – Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Gordon Anderson, President, North
Central University
5:40 pm – Elliot Park, Centennial Commons & Chicago Avenue: Julie
Kearns & Chris Naumann
5:50 pm – City Planning & Public Works: Beth Elliot & J. Ole Mersinger
6:10 pm – AIA Team co-leaders: Jonathan Bartling & Peter Styx
6:40 pm – Break Out Discussion Groups
8:00 pm Summary Discussion by AIA Team

7. Weekend Charrette:
• Discussion Group Topics:
– Transportation / Connections
– Gateways / Neighborhood Entries
– Lighting / Safety / Security
– Greening
– Development
A) Residential
B) Commercial
– Historic Character / Sense of Place
– Pedestrian Environment / Walkability

8. Weekend Charrette:
• Saturday, February 23
– Review of Friday’s break out
discussion groups
– Pathway, Gateway, Node
– Break out into smaller Design Teams/
Groups
– Community input to help guide/
influence the design process
– Presentation of Design Ideas

9. Weekend Charrette:

11. PATHWAY

14. PATHWAY – BEFORE BEAUTIFICATION

15. PATHWAY – AFTER BEAUTIFICATION

17. PATHWAY

18. PATHWAY

21. Gateway:

22. Gateway:

23. GATEWAY

24. GATEWAY

25. Node:

26. Node:

27. NODE

29. NODE

30. NODE

32. HCMC

33. HCMC

34. HCMC

35. HCMC