UDPRP Review Summary 05.22.

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Urban Design Peer Review Panel

Applicable Urban Design Priorities that Project Should Achieve

05.22.15

TIME: recommendations
8:30am
UDPRP
from both the May 22, 2015 peer review meetings listed below:
City
of Dallas Alamo Manhattan_Bishop Arts Gateway
PROJECT:

UDPRP
Review
Summary 05.22.15
City
of Dallas Dallas
LOCATION:
City Hall Room 5ES
Urban Design Peer Review Panel
UDPRP Review Summary 05.22.15
Urban
Peer Review Panel
DATE:Design 05.22.15

Overview

Below is a summary of Urban Design Peer Review Panel advice for Bishop Arts Gateway as
DATE:
TIME: from 05.22.15
8:30am
derived
the May 22nd Peer Review session.
TIME:
8:30amManhattan_Bishop Arts Gateway
PROJECT: Alamo

Advice Summary

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Advice
Summary
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individual
building
masses
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development
a portion of
the changes
in grade
inside
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rather
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scale
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scale
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particularly
western
portions
of
the
project
site.
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Explore
modifying
the
proposed
program
to
allow
for
the
flexibility
to
employ
architectural
lanes, in an effort to highlight its pedestrian nature.
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the proposed
to allow
for the decision
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recommends
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in sidewalk
elevation along
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in the
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variations
in sidewalk
along
7th street,
[6]
panel
recommends that
the Citythe
develops
a strategy
that elevation
looks at the
larger
public
realm.
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of the changes
in grade
inside the
envelope
rather
than in the
neighborhood
in anticipation
of future
development
to building
proactively
address
foreseeable
issues
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realm.
integrating
higher
density
development
into
the
existing 7neighborhood.
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consider
the
allocation
of space in
the
proposed
street section, particularly the
travel lanes, in an effort to highlight its pedestrian nature.
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level of
integration of
thethe
street
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the overall
realm.
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higher density
into the
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neighborhood in anticipation of future development to proactively address foreseeable issues
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PROJECT:
Manhattan_Bishop
LOCATION: Alamo
Dallas City
Hall Room 5ES Arts Gateway
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into the
existing neighborhood character, particularly along the
LOCATION:
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western
portions
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project
site.
Overview
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Overview
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the May 22nd
Peer Review
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Advice Summary

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oak cliff street car extension

DATE:

Policy References

Context Description

Alamo Manhattan_Bishop Arts

Forward Dallas!
Section 5 [urban design element]

Revised from the proposal previously evaluated by the UDPRP, the project scope has been
reduced to include only the two northernmost development sites. The site remains on the corner
of Zang and Davis, bisected by Davis Street. The program for the project consists of mixed use
retail and residential.

Neighborhood:
Bishop Arts District

dallas citydesign studio

TIF Urban Design Guidelines

Part III, Part IV [Oak Cliff Gateway]

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dallas citydesign studio

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dallas citydesign studio

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Alamo Manhattan_Bishop Arts

As a response to the original peer review panel advice, the project team is presenting an revised
project responding to previous peer review advice and community input. The current proposal
consists of a reduced project scope, reduction of building mass and scale, and articulation of
upper and lower building levels in response to the surrounding neighborhood context.

Program:
Retail / Residential

Urban Design Peer Review

09.25.2015