tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post7434158042980051655..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Second Street NW Undercrossing, Portland Road Corridor, Fairview Park - Citybits - and updatedSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-10874453923535056052015-12-02T17:04:10.915-08:002015-12-02T17:04:10.915-08:00Bad news. The City's bailing on trying to pres...Bad news. The City's bailing on trying to preserve Le Breton Hall. Post is updated with proposal to amend purchase agreement to accommodate demolition. There will be more to say.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-61046700298945409802015-12-02T12:17:37.715-08:002015-12-02T12:17:37.715-08:00Agree!
Staging, though, is a big consideration.
...Agree!<br /><br />Staging, though, is a big consideration.<br /><br />I don't think this park is going to spring into construction and life until more development occurs at Fairview. So the Fairview project will provide more people immediately adjacent to it.<br /><br />As for road access, the Simpson Hills project is supposed to do a half-road improvement on Reed (the inner, north side) with bike lanes and sidewalks. More work on Reed Road will happen as development occurs, I assume. On the interior of Fairview, the streets are being designed according to fairly modern standards: Sharrows, separated paths, and bike lanes and sidewalks all appear. So by Salem standards, once it is built out, interior circulation will be easy for people not in cars.<br /><br />It's on those pesky arterials of Madrona and Battlecreek/Pringle where we will still be stuck in various levels of 20th century standards. I don't think the half-road improvement the Eric Olsen project will be doing on Pringle will materially change it for people on bike.<br /><br />It has seemed odd that there's not more of a park and small commercial nexus at the corner of Reed and Battlecreek. Something there would actually serve the existing neighborhoods. But apparently during the master planning process, between the commercial value of "the views" for private residence, and the dislike of current residents for anything like "commercial encroachment," they nixed that, and so - for that reason and probably others that are not public at the moment - the park site is on land that is some of the most distant and remote from where people are actually currently living.<br /><br />Because the park is being planned as a "community park" and not a "neighborhood park," it is assumed that it will be car-centric in many ways. I don't know that we can do a whole lot about that right now.<br /><br />Cautious optimism, I think is the right stance here!Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-74689889138549737032015-12-02T10:12:30.077-08:002015-12-02T10:12:30.077-08:00I like the idea for a new park and also agree with...I like the idea for a new park and also agree with the idea espoused above of having it integrated with the history of Fairview. It would be possible to have a very unique and special park there if the city looks beyond the normal, by the numbers, park development.<br /><br />My only concern is access. As it currently is comprised that property is isolated from any surrounding residential neighborhoods, other than Pringle, which is not much of a neighborhood at its current size. Are they also going to be installing a footpath that links the park to Battle Creek? Access by walking is non-existent at this point and that area is equally inaccessible by bicycle. Last time I rode on Reed Rd there was no bicycle lane. How are families with kids going to get to the park? Currently it looks like the only way to get to the park is via car.<br /><br />I hope in the end the park is connected to the nearby neighborhoods and is accessible by foot and bicycle. I have this fear, looking at the current plan, that we will have this beautiful park which is isolated from the community and only accessible by car. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592528272607114971noreply@blogger.com