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Building Arkansas' Best Street

May 27, 2015
Building Arkansas' Best Street

The lamination of a slow street with a highway stretches the civic landscapes and pedestrian spaces common to a town square along Mayflower's 4,500-foot length.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriestown plan, streetscape, neighborhood plan
TagsContext-Sensitive Streets, shortlist 2, shortlist

Walkscapes: from Sidewalks to Rooms

August 1, 2014
Walkscapes: from Sidewalks to Rooms

The proposed School Avenue streetscape frames new development between the Walton Arts Center and the Fayetteville Public Library with arts-based civic infrastructure.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriesstreetscape
TagsContext-Sensitive Streets, shortlist

Four Housing Narratives to Anchor an Arts District

March 1, 2014
Four Housing Narratives to Anchor an Arts District

Beyond simple infill development, housing serves as a place-making tool to anchor a nascent downtown arts district for Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriesstreetscape, housing
Tagsshortlist, Context-Sensitive Streets

The Creative Corridor

December 1, 2012
The Creative Corridor

The Creative Corridor retrofits a four-block segment of an endangered historic downtown Main Street through development catalyzed by the cultural arts rather than Main Street’s traditional retail base.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriesstreetscape
TagsContext-Sensitive Streets, Transit-Oriented Development, shortlist

Flyover Gardens: Adaptive Reuse of Streets and Markets

November 1, 2010
Flyover Gardens: Adaptive Reuse of Streets and Markets

Flyover gardens are a new hybrid that integrates highway infrastructure and landscape while restoring the urban surface for pedestrian market activity.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriesstreetscape, park plan
Tagsshortlist, Context-Sensitive Streets

Townscaping an Automobile-Oriented Fabric

July 1, 2010
Townscaping an Automobile-Oriented Fabric

A suburban five-lane commercial arterial is transformed into a multiway boulevard including public art and edible landscaping.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriesstreetscape, town plan, neighborhood plan
Tagsshortlist, Context-Sensitive Streets, Agricultural Urbanism

Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Community

August 17, 2005
Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Community

The housing master plan shifts age related planning processes from traditional institutional settings toward a more community-based solution. 

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categorieshousing, neighborhood plan
Tagsshortlist, Context-Sensitive Streets

Riparian Meadows, Mounds, and Rooms

June 17, 2004
Riparian Meadows, Mounds, and Rooms

Distinguished by their contexts and fluvial profiles, three urban stream reaches are developed to create a new downtown greenway.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriespark plan
Tagsshortlist, Watershed Urbanism, Context-Sensitive Streets

Developing a Highway Ecology

March 1, 2004
Developing a Highway Ecology

Highway Ecologies is a participatory planning model to achieve context-sensitive highway design.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriesstreetscape, research
Tagsshortlist, Context-Sensitive Streets

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