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<br />3us Terminal
<br />C:1Urch
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<br />Do...-n t 0\..'11
<br />Swing
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<br />Pr. r~:
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<br />Pa,'dng G?ra~e
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<br />Condominium
<br />!,partments
<br />Convention Centers
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<br />Factory
<br />Gas Station
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<br />Government
<br />Buildings
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<br />),on d o\"'n town *
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<br />Do\..-nto,,-,n
<br />1\ on d o\..'n t o\,,'n
<br />l\ on d o\..'n t o\..'n
<br />Do...'nto\..'n (S\Jing,
<br />if separated
<br />by e:-;pal1sive
<br />L,"\..'n or parking)
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<br />Parking Lot
<br />Post Office
<br />Railroad Station
<br />Restaurant
<br />Restaurant with
<br />Perking Lot
<br />Sto:-es: Co..-,parison
<br />Goods
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<br />Grocery Stores
<br />::otels
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<br />NO:1do'~'nto\..'n
<br />Do\,-nto'~'n
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<br />Stores; Conveni-
<br />e:-:ce Goods
<br />Sy:-.?~ony / Ope r a
<br />::211 s
<br />Telephone Company
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<br />~ospitals
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<br />1~ 0:"1 d O~~~j) t o.~"n
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<br />Institutions,
<br />},isce1l2neoL:s
<br />Libraries
<br />};otels
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<br />$;.:ing
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<br />DO\.."11 t o\,,'n
<br />$\..'ing
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<br />The2ters
<br />University Bldgs.
<br />Utility Co. Bldgs.
<br />V2cant L2nd
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<br />Attachment A
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<br />S\..'in~
<br />Do\..'n t o\,'n (110:1-
<br />d o"-'n t o....n, i fit
<br />serves nondo;.:n-
<br />to\,,'11 use)
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<br />Swing
<br />Do\..'n t o\,,'n
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<br />Down t 0\"'11
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<br />S\Jing
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<br />)\ondo'~'n to""n
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<br />DO\,,'D t o....n
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<br />),ond o'~'n t 0\..';')
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<br />Do\,'n t o\"n
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<br />Do\.."11 t 0\..'71
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<br />Do;.:nto\,,'n
<br />Nondo,,'n to\,,'r.,*
<br />Down t o\"n
<br />Nondo\.."11 town
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<br />* Note: Buildings primarily in nondo"'71to\..-n use, such 2S high-rise apartment build-
<br />ings, are considered dO\.."11to\.."11 uses if the ground floor contains a downto\.."11 use.
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<br />Surveying cOw"11to\.."11 with this list in hand, the researcher notes the use of
<br />land. Next, using a list of eight rules, 2 ~2? of those uses is drawn that demarks
<br />dow"11town. Within dOw"11to"'"11 as it is defined, the same methodology permits delin-
<br />eation of the retail and the office-core components.
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<br />Surrounding the total OO\.."11town core are a series of generally larger support
<br />areas, which also can be mapped using the same techniques. These are sections that
<br />"support or are linked to the dO\..'11to....n core. There are, says La;.:rence, at least
<br />seven functional types of support areas: residential districts, institutional dis-
<br />tricts, industrial districts, loft districts, entertainment districts, transporta-
<br />tion/utility districts and open space districts. Co~bined, the Do\..~to\..~ Core plus
<br />the Support Districts make up the total Do...-nto...-n Area.
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<br />J:1ow Zooing C"an~BJ9c~"Dqy{ntoyvO Rebuilding
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<br />Could a large part of your downtown be rebuilt after a disaster? If fire
<br />seriously damaged a whole dO\,~to~~ block or if an explosion wrecked most of the
<br />premises, could that block be rebuilt? h~at about damage to a single structure?
<br />The ans~er is no in many cases, says planning consultant John L. Gann, Jr. of
<br />Roselle, IL.
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<br />Gann comments that under the zoning ordinances in effect covering 17\ost do.....n-
<br />to\'-ns, after a disaster that destroys substantial property (typically to the extent
<br />of at least 50 percent), it \Jould be impossible to build ne~ structures on the lots.
<br />That's because in many do~nto\Jns requirements for such things as setbacks fro~ the
<br />lot lines, mandatory on-site parking and on-site loading docks ~ould make develo?-
<br />::lent economically unfeasible. hnile a ",'hole block might possibly be redcv\?"ioped,
<br />doing the job lot by lot ~ould be out of the ~uestion.
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