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Themes and Details: Connections

A challenge all the students faced was the difficulty of access to the area. They saw a need to improve connections between Broadway Park and Riverside Park, between the riverfront and the Lower Town neighborhoods, and between downtown and Kerrytown to Lower Town. Most included a pedestrian bridge connecting Broadway Park to Riverside Park and some added a pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks, linking the Park to the foot of State Street.

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Vendura's pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks
Pedestrian bridge at Fuller Park	Ann Arbor pedestrian bridge

Reuse of existing buildings for commercial public amenities gives the public better access to the riverfront.

Historic building reused as park concession space, bike rental, sandwich shop, and community meeting space.

Kortesoja's design looks at both the DTE building and the substation as the center of this space with the other side being Broadway Park and the riverside greenway path.