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                CM 1.25


   Transforming a gas station in the
   heart of a historic district into an
urban green space & educational site
Learning Objectives
1.   Evaluate how planning improves accessibility to education & cultural tourism an
     provides long term quality of life for communities.


2.   Examine how repurposing urban spaces requires a collaborative effort among
     Public, Private and Non-profit groups.

3.   Discuss the environmental challenges that gas station parcels face when
     considering adaptive reuse.
Panel

J. Michael Abbott, AIA, APA, CNU-A
      John K. Grosvenor, AIA
  Glenn R. Gardiner, AIA LEED AP
        Paige Bronk, AICP
         Kevin Essington
An American Icon
Early Gas Station
Early Gas Station
Early Gas Stations
Urban Crossroads
Urban Crossroads
Urban Crossroads
Environmental Regulations




 ederal/state laws governing Underground
 torage Tanks (UST)

UST = system that has at least 10 percent of i
 ombined volume underground
Environmental Regulations

Title 40, Part 280, Subpart G (Out of
Service UST and Closure)
Lengthy and costly process
Revenue Loss

Gas stations have provided steady and
reliable property taxes
Revenue Loss
New use may provide less or no property
tax or direct municipal revenue
Land Use/Zoning
Often a long transition period for adaptive
reuse. Loss of legal, non-conforming
(“grandfathered”) status
Land Use/Zoning

Old stations might be located in residentia
zones or non-commercial zones
Possible benefit to circulation/traffic
impacts
Possible conversion to alternate
automobile dependant use
Public Perception & Support
Some may not support new use and
desire neighborhood gas station to remain
Some may desire for environmental
cleanup and more desirable use
Public Use & Perception

Public buy-in of process and acceptable
uses
Case Study: Newport, RI



One Innovative Idea: Religious Tolerance

One Authentic Location: Charter Spring

  One Pressing Goal: Acquire the Site

        One Opportunity: Now
Citgo Station, Newport, RI
Newport’s Origins & Charter Park
Roger Williams - 1636
John Clarke – 1663 Royal Charter




                    Royal Charter
                guaranteed religious
                 liberty and was the
                most liberal document
                of entire Colonial era.
John Clarke – 1663 Royal Charter

              From the day Charles II allowed
              the Royal Charter to be applied,
                 RI became an independent
               commonwealth absolutely self
                 governing. Under its broad
                  shelter, the people or the
               legislature of the colony could
               enact any law they deemed for
             their advantage, subject not even
                      to the royal veto.
Original Spring
Stiles 1758   Charles Blascowitz 1777
Tax Assessor Map 1884
Earliest Sacred Places, 1671-1871

                                                           1880 – Kay Ch
                          1846 - Christian Science Church
                        1730 - The 7th Day Sabbatarian
                     1759 - Touro Synagogue            Newport Congre
   1846 - United Baptist
                                    1871 - Union Congregational
                                                                1726

    1741 - Old Colony House
Friends Meeting House          1733 – 2nd Congregational
                       1834 - Zion Episcopal


St. Paul’s Methodist
Earliest Sacred Places, 1671-1871

                                                           ca1880 – Kay
                          1846 - Christian Science Church
                        1730 - The 7th Day Sabbatarian
                     1759 - Touro Synagogue            Newport Congre
   1846 - United Baptist
                                    1871 - Union Congregational
                                                                1726

    1741 - Old Colony House
Friends Meeting House          1733 – 2nd Congregational
                       1834 - Zion Episcopal


St. Paul’s Methodist
ond Baptist –
n Clarke
The Spring
Wanton-Lyman Hazard House




              Colony House


roposed
harter Park



                                           Barney House
Spring Street
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