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Union Station Advocates: News > Land Use & Urban Design
This page contains news items, announcements, documents, and other information relating to the land use and urban design aspects of the Union Station project.
September 23, 2008: Public Realm Design Programming Meeting
The Land Use/Urban Design Breakout Group (BOG) will meet
Tuesday, September 23, 2008, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Wellington Webb Municipal Office Building, 4th Floor. The agenda for this meeting will focus on obtaining feedback from the public regarding the desired programming for Union Station's public spaces--as in what kind of activities does the public want to see happen at Union Station (concerts, farmer's markets, play areas, etc.) and specifically where. Marilyn Jordan Taylor (SOM) and Mary Margaret Jones (Hargreaves) will again lead the discussion.
September 3, 2008: Public Realm Design Alternatives Update
The Land Use/Urban Design Breakout Group (BOG) will meet
Thursday, September 4, 2008, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the offices of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), 555 17th Street, 5th Floor. Marilyn Jordan Taylor (SOM) and Mary Margaret Jones (Hargreaves) will continue the conversation started on 8/7/08 with BOG participants and the community about the public realm for the DUS Transit District. Following up on the design team's site analysis and framework for a connected transit realm, Marilyn and Mary Margaret will propose design alternatives for the outdoor transit "rooms" and identify opportunities for streetscapes. Participants will be encouraged to contribute their ideas in an interactive conversation about open-space programming.
August 25, 2008: Public Realm Design Framework Plan Now Available!
Hargreaves has completed their preliminary Public Realm Design Framework Plan. A PDF of this plan presented by Hargreaves at the August 7 Land Use & Urban Design BOG is now available on the Resources > Presentation page. This is not yet the design, but the organizing features, ideas, and conditions around which the design will be developed.
June 18, 2008: Public Space Consultant Selected
The Union Station Executive Oversight Committee and the Union Station Neighborhood Company have selected Hargreaves Associates as the design consultant for the public realm spaces at Denver Union Station. Click here to read the full press release.
May 10, 2008: Public Space Consultant Firms Short-Listed
On May 8, 2008, the Union Station Executive Oversight Committee announced the four consultant firms short-listed for the opportunity to design the public spaces at Union Station. Those firms are (with links to the firms' websites):
These firms will be interviewed by the Selection Advisory Committee (see April 27 news item below) and the winning firm will be selected in early June. Prior to their interviews, the four firms will make public presentations regarding their qualifications and design approach. See the News > Public Meetings page for more information. The full Press Release issued by the Union Station Executive Oversight Committee is presented below:
Public Space Design Firms Short List - Press Release (PDF - 43 kb)
May 8, 2008: Land Use/Urban Design BOG Summary
Please use the link below to view a summary of the May 8 Land Use/Urban Design BOG meeting:
May 8, 2008 Land Use/Urban Design BOG Meeting Summary (PDF - 31 kb)
April 27, 2008: Two USA Board Members Named to Selection Committee
Union Station Advocate board members Dana Crawford and Anne Hayes were recently appointed as two of the eight voting members of the Union Station Public Space Consultant Selection Committee. This important group, chaired by Peter Park, Denver Manager of Community Planning & Development, and Marilyn Taylor of SOM, will interview and select the design firm to plan the public spaces at Union Station.
The significant representation of USA on this committee reflects the respect that the Union Station planning team and the community has for Union Station Advocates!
April 14, 2008: RFQ for Public Realm Design Services
The Union Station Executive Oversight Committee, along
with its development partners and the architectural firm Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill (SOM), released the following RFQ (Request for
Qualifications) for consultants for public realm design services. The
RFQ process will identify qualified firms to lead the design of the
public spaces and public rights-of-way within the proposed Union Station
transit district. Consultant responses to the RFQ are due on April 29,
2008.
A short list of the design firms will be announced at the end of April,
followed by public presentations in mid-May by each of the finalist
firms. On May 22, the winning design consultant will be announced.
Please click on the link below to view the RFQ document:
Public Realm Design Services RFQ (PDF - 149kb)
Provided with the RFQ is a Briefing Booklet that contains numerous maps, diagrams, and renderings related to the project. View the Briefing Booklet here:
RFQ Briefing Booklet (PDF - 3.89mb)
April 10, 2008: Land Use/Urban Design BOG Summary
Please use the link below to view a summary of the April 10 Land Use/Urban Design BOG meeting:
April 10, 2008 Land Use/Urban Design BOG Meeting Summary (PDF - 9kb)
April 10, 2008: Land Use/Urban Design BOG Meeting Scheduled
A Land Use/Urban Design Breakout Group (BOG) meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 10, 2008, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. The Land Use/Urban Design BOG will be held at the Wellington Webb Municipal Office Building, 201 W. Colfax, in Room 4.G.2. This meeting will focus on reviewing comments received regarding the Master Plan Supplement. As a reminder, the project team will be accepting comments via the web site until Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
March 27, 2008: USAC Meeting Material Available Online
The presentation by Marilyn Taylor with SOM from the March 27, 2008, Land Use/Urban Design Breakout Group meeting is now available on the project web site at: http://denverunionstation.org/meetings/bogs.aspx
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