Ideas for the Myrtle Pedestrian Plaza

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Very cool. Streetsblog files a report on the Myrtle Avenue BID’s unveiling of eight possible ideas for the pedestrian plaza that will be constructed between Grand Avenue and Emerson Place. Four of the renderings are above. StreetsBlog notes that the DOT and the Department of Design and Construction will eventually select their own design team, though the public weighed in on these eight designs: “Michael Blaise Backer, the BID’s director, said he saw three major themes emerge from the designs and the public feedback: public art, environmental sustainability, and spaces for unplanned performances. Those broader themes will now be communicated to DOT as guidelines for its design process. According to Backer, the city should announce an official design team for the plaza in about two months.”
What Should Happen at Myrtle Avenue’s New Plaza? The Public Weighs In [Streetsblog]
Inventing the Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza [Brownstoner]
Renderings from Myrtle Avenue BID.