{"id":9091,"date":"2014-10-12T23:08:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T03:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=9091"},"modified":"2015-03-03T09:03:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T14:03:58","slug":"filling-in-wadsworth-square-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2014\/10\/filling-in-wadsworth-square-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Filling In: Wadsworth Square & Marshall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Matthew Denker<\/a><\/i><\/small><\/p>\n

This week on Filling In<\/i>, we\u2019re going to take a look at one of the sadder surface parking lot+grass field combos in the city. Sure it\u2019s not the only one, but it\u2019s sitting in a built up neighborhood, next to a local grocery store.* Indeed, the walk score of this location is a hefty 86. It\u2019s not for a lack of ideas that nothing is here. Take a look at this prior effort…<\/p>\n

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\nThese renderings of a Wadsworth Park development concept are from Bryant Design Studios \"external<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s award winning, so check it out \"external<\/a>. My idea won\u2019t be, but I do think it might be more practical.<\/p>\n

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\nFirst, and to get this out of the way, I don\u2019t believe, for a second, that Wadsworth Square Park \"external<\/a> as it is labeled, is much of a park. That said, I think it could be much improved, and these improvements could be paid for and maintained using a portion of the condo fees on the new development. This would be good for the neighborhood and the new neighbors. It also leaves us with a lot that is 149 feet by 183 ft.<\/p>\n

\"Facing<\/a>
\nFacing Marshall and then around to the park would be a series of 24 foot wide townhouses. There would be 4 facing Marshall (with the corner at Griffith St as a driveway and the corner towards the park a lobby to the tower portion of the building). Then there would be 6 more townhouses facing a new pedestrian path along the edge of the park.<\/p>\n

The townhouses would all be 3 stories tall and 20 ft deep. As they would abut three levels of parking behind, the rears of the townhouses would be used for stairs, bathrooms and closets, while bedrooms\/living rooms\/etc. would face the street or park.<\/p>\n

\"Above<\/a>
\nAbove the garage would be 7 more stories of apartments. The first 6 floors would have 8 apartments each, while the top floor would have only 4. Set in a smaller glass and masonry tower, the roof above the garage where the tower is not would be public space for all 62 units.<\/p>\n

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\nHere’s a rough cut & paste up of the site plan. Now we have the density necessary to activate the park and reinvigorate the neighborhood. And by setting the tower back from Marshall Street, it will be barely noticeable to passers by. What do you think?<\/p>\n

*Abundance Cooperative Market<\/a> on Marshall Street could soon be moving. The cooperative has been looking for a new location<\/a> for some time.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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