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Five urban design concepts - <br />essentially a return to tradition - <br />are recommended. <br />1 ~ ,~~ _ <br />d ~ 14 !hi( <br /> <br />;.~ .! •~ <br />r r_ • <br />~~~~ <br />i 7~~^~ <br />A Grid <br />The 1983 redevelopment departed from the <br />original grid, severing it in three locations <br />and introducing a superblock. The plan <br />recommends restoring the historic grid. <br />6 Grain <br />Recent development has favored larger, <br />bulky buildings scaled for the speed of au- <br />tomobile tra~c and parking cars. The plan <br />recommends the reintroduction of finely- <br />grained buildings to restore the pedestrian <br />experience along the street. <br />C Pedestrian =Vehicle <br />In the past twenty years streets and park- <br />ing lots have been designed to favor the <br />automobile at the expense of the pedestrian. <br />The plan recommends streets and other <br />public areas be designed to give pedestri- <br />ans at least as much consideration as cars. <br />D Plazas <br />~~~ ~ ,vr <br />The original downtown focused on a richly <br />~ Q detailed and well-maintained plaza. The <br />„~ <br />plan recommends restoring the historic <br />.1 ~ platia as a focats. It also recommends Great- <br />/ \ ~ ing additional public gathering spaces <br />downtown. <br />I E Architectural Quality <br />The plan recommends continuing San <br />Leandro's tradition of architectural qual- <br />ity, expressing it in both modern and tra- <br />ditional forms -not copying a particular <br />period or style, but attending to timeless <br />architectural factors such as scale, propor- <br />tion, integrity of materials, and function. <br />San Leandro Downtown Plan & Urban Design Guidelines October2000 page 37 <br />