WARREN - New York students are back in town, this time joined by Kent State University landscape architect students to work on the Robins Project.

Students sat down with the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership on Saturday to present ideas to community members about renovating the city, particularly vacant lots in the designated Garden District in downtown Warren.

"Our philosophy is that everything we touch will be resident-driven," Matt Martin, executive director of The Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, said. "Applications from residents will only be approved and successful if residents keep up with the project."

Kent State University's involvement branched from The Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership visiting the campus and finding that landscape architecture students were interested in urban issues such as foreclosed and vacant spaces, Interim Director of Landscape Architecture Charles Frederick said.

"When they showed us a couple neighborhoods that they wanted to work on, I got really excited to start," Frederick said.

Returning are students from the New School in New York, who first visited the long-closed and vacant Robins Theater in downtown Warren a year ago. The students worked on the building and pitched plans that ranged from renovating the theater into a multipurpose building encasing a restaurant, brewery, recording studios, an event hall, or woodshop, among other ideas.

The thought was to make Warren a "cultural hub."

The New School took an interest in the city as a whole rather than just the renovation of The Robins Theater. They call this project the "Integral City."

"Integral means to make it more complete and that's the heart of your city - to make the center stronger makes the community stronger," the Robins Project organizer Melissa Holmes said. "As soon as the theater (space) opens up, downtown will really benefit from having the large entertainment venue."

Elliot Killen, a landscape architecture graduate student at Kent State and Warren native, also sees the benefits of a revitalized downtown area.

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First published in News Last updated by Matt Oliver, Reporter covering North Oxford, Jericho and Summertown. Call me on 01865 425498

A FLYING balcony bridge connecting the planned boatyard in Jericho with Rewley Road has been suggested by an Oxford business owner.

Landscape architect John Keyes said the design would remove the need for a swing bridge that is part of plans to redevelop the Castle Mill boatyard.

The swing bridges position has divided community groups and the Canal & River Trust, which raised concerns about safety.

But Mr Keyes, a boater and owner of Walton Bridge Moorings, off Walton Well Road, said: This idea would join the bridge with the rest of the development and bring more people into it.

The 20m boatyard redevelopment, approved earlier this month by councillors, would see a public square created between St Barnabas Church and the Oxford Canal. It would be bordered on its north side by a community centre and boatyard, which Mr Keyes said could be linked with a fixed bridge.

His idea, detailed in a CGI video, involves building a bridge from Rewley Road across Castle Mill Stream and the canal.

It would join with the community centres first floor and include a ramp to Canal Street for disabled access, not provided by an existing temporary bridge next to the site.

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Mr Keyes, an architect of 17 years, said: It would make the bridge part of the community centre and the boatyard and open up a new space.

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First published in News Last updated by Matt Oliver, Reporter covering North Oxford, Jericho and Summertown. Call me on 01865 425498

A FLYING balcony bridge connecting the planned boatyard in Jericho with Rewley Road has been suggested by an Oxford business owner.

Landscape architect John Keyes said the design would remove the need for a swing bridge that is part of plans to redevelop the Castle Mill boatyard.

The swing bridges position has divided community groups and the Canal & River Trust, which raised concerns about safety.

But Mr Keyes, a boater and owner of Walton Bridge Moorings, off Walton Well Road, said: This idea would join the bridge with the rest of the development and bring more people into it.

The 20m boatyard redevelopment, approved earlier this month by councillors, would see a public square created between St Barnabas Church and the Oxford Canal. It would be bordered on its north side by a community centre and boatyard, which Mr Keyes said could be linked with a fixed bridge.

His idea, detailed in a CGI video, involves building a bridge from Rewley Road across Castle Mill Stream and the canal.

It would join with the community centres first floor and include a ramp to Canal Street for disabled access, not provided by an existing temporary bridge next to the site.

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Mr Keyes, an architect of 17 years, said: It would make the bridge part of the community centre and the boatyard and open up a new space.

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Action News is talking one-on-one with the architect behind the aggressive plan to transform the Shipyards.

Bill Stindt is one of the architects behind Pittsburgh's booming riverfront neighborhood called the North Shore.

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Stindt sees a lot of similarities between Jacksonville and the North Shore, including a riverfront NFL stadium.

He hopes Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan's vision will bring the same kind of success.

It brings beautiful landscape, it brings paths, walkways that are lighted, its inviting; you feel safe there. A big part of these developments is just feeling safe and comfortable, Stindt said.

Stindt is also the mastermind behind the Pittsburgh Steelers' Heinz Stadium expansion.

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A plan to breathe new life into one of the City of Langleys more troublesome corners was greeted with a mix of enthusiasm and caution by members of council on Monday night.

At its Monday (Feb. 16) meeting, council issued a development permit for the construction of an eight-unit townhouse complex on a strip of land at the corner of 56 Avenue and 201A Street an area that is somewhat notorious for illicit drug use and prostitution.

At a public hearing earlier in the meeting, architect Fred Adab and landscape architect Mary Chan presented a plan for the development on behalf of the property owner, Jasbir Singh, who operates the Stop and Shop convenience store on the opposite side of 56 Avenue.

The lot, which is long and very narrow, presented a unique challenge for designers, said Adab.

The solution came in a plan for two buildings of four units each, to be constructed in a single line fronting 201A Street, with driveway and parking access at the rear of the property.

The eight three-storey units will be 1,500 square feet, including three bedrooms and a den. Each unit will boast a private rooftop garden with lattices and a two-car garage.

The development is geared toward affluent people who are downsizing from a detached house, but dont want to live in a tiny apartment or townhouse, said Adab.

The proposal includes skirting the property with 40 trees and 750 shrubs all drought-tolerant, said Chan, during a brief presentation.

Only one person spoke at the public hearing. A resident of the condominium complex at 20145 55A Ave., located across the street from the proposed development, complimented the architect on the design, but told council she is concerned about the impact that eight new units might have on already limited parking in the area. She asked whether any measures could be taken to designate street parking as resident-only.

Its a lovely building, she said. I like the urban design and the gardens.

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A landscape architect, a small-business owner and a schoolteacher are competing in Tuesday's primary election to fill a vacant seat on the Milwaukee County Board.

Wauwatosa Ald. Jason Wilke, Nicholas Hunt and Edward Cullen the son of the former supervisor who held the seat want to represent the board's 15th District in the final year before major changes are coming, including a pay cut, reduced authority and a part-time job status for supervisors.

Wilke, 42, is the only candidate with experience in public elective office. He has served on the Wauwatosa Common Council since 2009. He works as a landscape architect with the Waukesha County Parks Department.

Hunt, 34, is the owner of Nova Energy & Automation in Milwaukee, maker of power distribution panels for medical imaging equipment, and a few other businesses. He described himself as an entrepreneur with a work history as an accountant and financial analyst for General Electric and Johnson Controls.

Cullen, 23, who goes by Eddie, is a first-grade teacher at the Lloyd St. campus of Milwaukee College Prep, a public charter school.

A special nonpartisan election is needed to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of David Cullen. Cullen was elected Milwaukee County treasurer in November.

The top two finishers in the primary will compete in the April 7 general election. The winner will represent the district for the final year of the term.

The district on the west side of the county extends from the north edge of West Milwaukee and the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center through Milwaukee neighborhoods to the east side of Wauwatosa before turning west toward the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Capitol Drive.

After the April 2016 election, supervisor terms will change from four years to two, under a 2013 state law known as Act 14. The law also took away the Milwaukee board's power to negotiate contracts and land sales.

At the same time, supervisor pay will be cut in half, to about $24,051 a year, to comply with a 2014 referendum required by the law. The board chairman's salary also will drop 50%, to about $36,000.

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A proposal for further residential development around the western shoreline of Lake Wanaka in an outstanding natural landscape should be turned down, a council planner says.

Sharpridge Trust has applied to the Queenstown Lakes District Council for a third building platform on a 137ha property next to Lake Wanaka, 5km from Wanaka township towards Glendhu Bay.

The trust already had approval for two residential building platforms which would extend the boundaries of the subdivision.

A hearing to consider the proposal will be held at Edgewater, in Wanaka, tomorrow.

Council senior planner Hanna Afifi has recommended the application be refused, as adverse effects of the development had not been appropriately addressed.

The proposal would lead to a reduction of 19.6ha of land designated for passive revegetation and would have ''moderately significant'' adverse effects on the outstanding natural landscape because of the cumulative effects of further extending a ''ribbon of residential development'' along the western shore of the lake.

Nor had potential effects on archaeological sites been addressed in the application.

Based on an assessment by the council's consultant landscape architect Marion Read, lake users would be the most adversely affected by views of the development, Ms Afifi's report said.

Dr Read considered one proposed building platform would extend the built form along the western side of Lake Wanaka by more than 2km, reducing the openness and natural character of the lake margins.

Five submissions objected to Sharpridge Trust's application, 77 supported it and one was neutral.

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