1013 burp the burb build urban relationships for people in h

8/9/2019 1013 BURP the Burb Build Urban Relationships for People in H

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B.U.R.P. the BurbBUILD URBAN RELATIONSHIPS for PEOPLE in Hicksvile, NY

Downtown HicksvEDUCATION as CATALYST, tranisioning

Public SPENDING into Public INVESTMENT

Supporting TRANSIT,denser, ECONOMICAL

Housing, connective OPEN SPACE, and

underutilized land as an ASSET.

MOVE

MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOLS

to Downtown Center

OCCUPYING

HICKSVILLEs Downtown Center

Stimulating PRIVATE INVESTMENT

Developing SCHOOLWAYS to create

new student circulation corridors

=3000 DAILY Middle + HighSchool STUDENTS

Hicksville Middle School

1 Mile20 Min. Walk

1/2 Mile10 Min. Walk

Hicksville High School


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Hicksville, NY(a hamlet in the town of Oyster Bay)1 of the 54 Long Island DOWNTOWN CENTERS WITH an LIRR Station

Expressway & Rail Adjaceny

1/2 Mile Radius

Downtown Hicksville

1:500 Scale

North is Up

112 Acres (yellow) Underutiliz

Land, Surface Lots & Vacanc

- 2-6 Miles from

other Downtowns

- 30-40 Minute Com-

mute to NYC

- There are 54 Down-

town Centers cen-

tralized around an

LIRR Station

- Black outline is the

Hicksville School

District

- 41k People (11k

families) in the

Hamlet of Hicksville,

NY

- 33% of families

have School Children

- Middle+High

schools are 3/4 mi.

outside of downtown- Major single use

commerical zones

split up three major

residential areas in

black

- Potential Economic Development, Connectiv

Growth of the Hicksville Downtown Core.

- The Public Investment in the Station area ac

catalyst for the area.

- Schoolways (orange) begin to refocus atten

investment along different corridors.

- Currently Undervalued land is realized as an

for Hicksville community.

Centrally Organized Hamlet

HICKSVILLE

plainview

bethpage

levittowneast meadow

westbury

new cassel

longislandexpre

ssway

LIRR LIR

R

LIRR

syosset

P

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LIRR Station

H.S.

M.S.


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Core + ConnectivityEducation as CATALYST for a renewed COMMUNITY CORE & Neighborhood CONNECTIV

Public School Investment

*Move Middle & High Schools to

surface lot parcel in downtown.

*Build denser, mixed use, shared

use schools as community asset.

*Municipality act as Community

leader in strategic reinvestment

and development of suburbandowntown core.

*Facility upkeep is shared.

*Schoolways designate specific

streets as safe, healthy routes to

school for students.

*Promote non-motorized modes

of transportation to school.

*Save $$ for the school and

families (less indiv. driving) allow-ing reinvestment of $9 Million/yr

spent on student transportation

for M.S. and H.S.

*3300 new downtown daily users

attracts retail and food.

*With Amenity and changing

downtown environment, demand

for economical, denser and

smaller housing develops.

*Significant tax base increase,aleviating residential tax burden.

*Ability to create parking demand

*Demand is established

connectivity to periphera

neighborhoods and Elem

schools

*New activeways that pr

bike, bus and ped activity

an asset to new and exis

properties.

*People begin to reconn

their community, outside

Establish Schoolways Public/Private Econ. Dev. + Community Conne


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New Pedestrian CoreHICKSVILLE HIGH becomes the new MULTI-PURPOSE HEART to the commu

W. John St @ New BridNew Public Investment in core promotes joint public & private PARTNERSHIPS.

The New Safe and Healthy Environment will support more economical housing.

Schoolways serve as a smart alternative for private auto travel to school.

New Schoolways spur reinvestment in Streetscapes, promoting

walkability, transit, open space and human oriented design.


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What if...New SCHOOLWAYS connected not just downtowns but multiple L.I. COMMUNI

Better Long Island Burbs

*Potential Long IslandTown Network of

Schoolways, organized

around centralized schools

& pedestrian connectivity.

New Schoolway System

*Establish newcirculation networks for

Hicksville Connectivity.

*Network allows

accessible for all age

residents, 5-t85 yrs old.

Original School Transportation Existing School Transportation A Better Burbs School Transportation

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