West Palm Beach Transit Village
City of West Palm, Palm Beach County, FloridaDate:
October 20 – 26, 2007
ROLE & PROGRAM:
The charrette developed a master plan Community Redevelopment Area along the working marine waterfront, residential neighborhoods, and a portion of Singer Island. Key components include the following:
- Ocean Mall remain a public beach with public access in a Caribbean style of architecture
- Naintain and enhance working waterfront
- Broadway (US Highway 1) and Blue Heron Boulevard as attractive mixed-use gateways into the community
- Avenue E becomes a mixed-use district with shopping and residences
- connect existing neighborhoods to the waterfront
- Tri-Rail station at 13th Avenue and Old Dixie Highway
- Economically feasible and “revenue driven” plan
- Multi-cultural facility in the immediate area
- Rebuild Newcomb Hall
- Balance of housing price ranges
- Improve city marina and Bicentennial park and keep them both public
- Improve streets and neighborhoods west of Broadway
- Evaluate the five previous plans
- Create a long-term strategy for mobile home parks
- Reconfigure the widening of Martin Luther King Boulevard, the historic main street
TEAM:
- Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council: Marlene Brunot; Marcela Camblor; Anthea Gianniotes; Wynsum Hatton; Dana Little; ArX Solutions Inc.- Ramiro Contreras, Paula Lopez, Patricio Navarro, and Lucila Rodriguez; Dan Cary & Associates – Dan Cary; Devlin Architecture – Doug Devlin ; Economics Research Associates – Tom Lavash; Glatting Jackson – Billy Hattaway, Traffic Engineer; Juan Caruncho & Associates – Juan Caruncho; Seth Harry and Associates, Inc. Architects and Planners – Seth Harry
- Urban Designer: Steven Fett; Catherine Prince; Shailendra Singh; Jose Venegas
