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Building Inclusive
Processes into
Placemaking
Blake Reeves
Urban Design, Perkins&WillProject Case Study The Canal District Savannah, GA
Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking Some History & Context 1818 Rice Fields on West Edge of Savannah 1876 Central Rail Road, Springfield Canal and Plantation ca. 1888–89 Savannah-Ogeechee Canal 2017 Listed on the National Register 1891 Savannah at the Height of Industrialization 1949 Still from Promotional Short for Carver Village 1918 Map of Brickyard Lots
Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking
Built on Previous Work
Note this
The Canal District Master Plan captures the decades of March 2020 date
planning work that have been put into the Arena and the site.
June 2019 – March 2020
May 2016 The Canal District
Barrett Sports Group
recommendations, arena of 7,600
Master Plan
to 8,400 seats and City Council
affirms arena site at Stiles and
Gwinnett after some discussion of
September 2013 alternative arena sites
June 2017
New Public Works complex
February 2002 September 2006 Arena site approved by City Council at
design contract awarded to
SPLOST 5 approved to partially fund Stiles and Gwinnett Streets
City develops "Westside
Master Plan Overview" the development of a new arena February 2016 relocate the existing City Lot at
Arena Advisory
Stiles and Gwinnett Early 2022
($70M projected) November 2013 Subcommittees present Anticipated
SPLOST 6 approved, projection of
$120 million for the new Arena
reports to City Council and September & October Arena Opening Day
Barrett Sports Group 2018
Arena Community Workshops and
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
July 2012
City purchases 11.5 May 2017 June 2018
Creation of Arena acres near the existing Canal District
Blue Ribbon Panel and May 2015 Perkins and Will
City Lot for Canal Master Plan by hired to design
Barrett Sports Group
FEMA purchases in the District development Barrett Sports
hired to develop the Arena
Canal District Group presented
recommendations for Continued growth of
Arena and City Lot site
and investment in the
Canal District
June 2016 December 2017 December 2018
December 2004 October 2010 October 2013 Barrett Sports Group Project Management Arena Concept Design
Canal District Vision Plan
City purchases 10 acres near SPLOST allocations revised hired to create a Services contract for Presented to Council
the existing City Lot for Canal due to global recession, by Sottile & Sottile conceptual master the Arena Development
District development Drops from $70 million to plan for the District District awarded
$21.7 millionThe Savannah
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16Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking Public Realm as a Manifestation of Values Historic District streets Canal District streets
Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking Built on Community Input The Canal District Master Plan solicited the opinions of community members and leaders in a number of different ways.
Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking Inclusive Engagement
Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking Unearthing History & Culture 1858 “The Weeping Time” 1976 Railroad Viaducts at West Boundary Street
Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking
The Nature of Inclusive
Placemaking
Designer Facilitator
Creation EmpowermentThe Savannah
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A Flexible Master Plan
The Canal District Master Plan develops resilient places
where people and nature thrive and the City can grow.
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A Network of
Civic Spaces
Savannah-
Ogeechee Canal Wetland Preserve
The Canal District Master Plan Park
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Two Different Documents
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The Master The Action
Plan Playbook
A document that A document that
focuses on the process, focuses on the actions
vision, and design needed to implement
recommendations for the Master Plan in an
the Canal District equitable and inclusive
wayBuilding Inclusive Processes into Placemaking The Vision Expressed as 19 Actions
Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking
Tracked Over Time
The Action Playbook should be regularly
updated to reflect project progress and
create metrics for accountability.
Catalytic Moves Three-Year
Accountability
Communicate updates every six
2020 2021 2022 2023
months between 2020 and 2023.
June June June
Long-Term Accountability
Revisit and update the Action Playbook
every three years.
Action Sustaining Moves
to Date
2002 2012 2022 2032 2042 2052 2062 2072Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking
Making the Actions Work
Communication of Key Information Accountability Expectations
Baseline
Action
Accountability
Moves: Catalytic
& Sustaining
Anticipated
BenefitsA West Savannah Heritage Trail, along As of 2020 ... Expect leadership and action.
For People 08 the Springfield Canal and through the No initiative to Who should lead this effort?
Canal District parks, can preserve and design and curate a The Office of Planning and Urban Design, in conjunction with the Municipal Archives,
designated Heritage should facilitate and oversee the implementation of the Heritage Trail in partnership
Curate and celebrate the legacies, identities, and Trail is yet in place. with community leaders.
landmarks that distinguish the African-
Build a West American families and communities in
However, a Heritage
Trail curation and What should happen by 2022?
Savannah the Canal District neighborhoods. preservation process Appropriate legislation or ordinance should be approved to protect the cultural
can build upon the places and landmarks that will compose the future West Savannah Heritage Trail.
Heritage Trail artifacts already
collected by the City Who are potential partners?
of Savannah in its • Local residents and neighborhood associations
Municipal Archives, • Local historians
including the oral • Local libraries and archival repositories
histories recorded • Tide to Town
during the Canal • Coastal Heritage Society
District Master Plan • Savannah Ogeechee Canal Society
What is involved? Why this Action?
process. • Local colleges and universities (Savannah State University, Georgia Southern
The City of Savannah’s Municipal The success of the Canal District District neighborhoods culturally and University/Armstrong Campus, Savannah College of Art and Design)
Archives should facilitate the creation depends on the documentation and physically to the MLK corridor and • City departments
of a public exhibit of west Savannah’s elevation of west Savannah’s histories helps complete the partial history
history and culture throughout the into the mainstream history of the City. highlighted in the City center. What to ask leadership in 2022?
Canal District’s new trail network and A public recognition and celebration • Which landmarks and places were identified in the Historic Resources Survey?
along the Springfield Canal. of those histories along the new • Where will trail access points be located?
network of trails connects the Canal
What are the anticipated benefits?
This Action should advance the Plan toward these Supporting Objectives:
Catalytic Moves Sustaining Moves
P.3 Protect Cultural Legacies, Identities, and Landmarks
01 01
Complete a Canal District Historic Resources Extend the Arena-site walking tour to the P.4 Celebrate Cultural Heritage
Survey to identify Heritage Trail landmarks, community landmarks that have informed P.9 Protect Community Cohesion
stories, and artifacts with the input of longtime the overarching vision of the Canal District.
residents and community leaders of the Canal P.10 Ensure Lifelong, Multigenerational Communities
District neighborhoods.
02 Link the Heritage Trail to community
anchors and historic anchors west of the
P.12
Pl.1
Ensure Current Residents Are Not Displaced
Create a Place Aligned to Community Vision
02
Approve the necessary legislation to protect the Canal District and beyond the Canal District
places and landmarks identified in the Canal neighborhoods. Pl.4 Protect the Existing Urban Fabric and Character
District Historic Resources Survey.
03
Coordinate with existing entities who are
03
Develop a set of design guidelines and a review maintaining the Springfield Canal Basin and
process with neighborhood residents and future Canal Park to identify sustainable
community leaders for the physical design of the funding mechanisms for Heritage Trail
trail, access points, interpretive markers, and improvements.
potential sculptural pieces.
04 Prioritize trail access points by foot or bike for
neighborhoods west of the Canal District.Building Inclusive Processes into Placemaking
Historic Railway Viaduct
as a Linear Park
Wetland Preserve Park &
Education Center
THE HIVE / SCAD
Tide to Town Trail
Viaduct Plaza & Gathering Spot
Savannah Visitor Center
Food Market Battlefield Park Plaza
& Pop-Up Studios & Gateway / Trailhead
Pedestrian & Bike Bridge
Connecting Viaduct to
Canal
Gracious Pedestrian
Tunnel Replaces Box
Elevated Boardwalks Culvert
Savannah
Children’s Museum
Civic Amphitheater
Georgia State
Railway MuseumThe Canal District is new common ground in Savannah. It protects historic communities, rebuilds nature, elevates civic life, and allows the City to grow. The Savannah Canal District
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