UL Lafayette: CDW: Simcoe Street: Traditional Shopping Streets and Commercial Zones

				Simcoe Street: Traditional Shopping Streets and Commercial Zones


				BACK \| NEXT TOPICS introduction the corridor jefferson blvd. grant street dist. repairs in vicinty traditional zones housing implementation	Serious destruction was caused by the lack of overall plan to develop commercial areas in relationship to the residential areas. The piecemeal process of adding commercial properties has fragmented the traditional residential areas. The Workshop has set up clear commercial zones to allow for the interaction of residential and commercial. Traditional shopping districts could be revitalized. The area near St. John's and Olivier Street could act as one of these districts, while the other could be Jefferson Boulevard to Louisiana Avenue on Simcoe Street itself. Each one of these traditional shopping areas should have urban codes allowing the buildings to address the street. The code should also allow buildings to infill vacant properties, arrange for on-street parking, and provide for shared parking lots that would be tucked behind buildings. Arcades and landscaping would tie into the existing streetscape design proposed for all of Simcoe Street. Other commercial areas could be sparingly situated along the major arterials and on Evangeline Thwy. The Congress Street area could take advantage of a commercial zone that would relate to the development of downtown. Development in other districts should be restricted to residential, recreational, or institutional.

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