Project Area

The Harborside district and Lower Pioneer area are identified in the image above. These neighboring commercial areas are both centered on Pioneer Way. The historic context of their develop can be seen in the urban design characteristics of these two areas, specifically: architectural style; streetscape; building orientation to sidewalks and street; and, site layout.

The harborside area is the traditional downtown and was developed with a more street oriented form (such as buildings located at the sidewalk edge, limited off street parking, limited landscaping along street). The Lower Pioneer area has the buildings set back significantly from the street.

Both areas have many of the same elements including building facades dominated by ground floor commercial storefronts facing the street. However, the way the buildings and parking have been aranged on the sites, as well as the archtictural styles of buildings, make these two areas signifcantly different from each other. The result is that the Lower Pioneer area is more auto oriented than the Harborside area.