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1) North of Superior Avenue the street has acurb-to-curb width of approximately fifty feet, with curbside parallel parking and com- mercial frontage along both sides. .,. Indented frontage on the West and 1-580 on the East occur in the South MacArthur subarea. Existing Conditions Street frontages are in commercial use for the most part, and free- standing buildings predominate. However, there are two clusters of storefront buildings: one between Herma Court and Durant Avenue at the north end of the corridor (the area known as "Hollywood Plaza"); the other and more extensive area is between Estudillo and Dutton Avenue at the south end of the corridor. Adjacent to the Estudillo Avenue intersection is the Estudillo shopping center, includ- ing Rite-Aid and a number of other smaller tenants. Disinvestment is a problem in the corridor, with a number of sites and buildings remaining vacant for significant periods of time. The former Evergreen Nursery adjacent to San Leandro Creek is the larg- est of these sites. Combined with the former Piper's restaurant (cur- rentlyapproved for redevelopment as a community church) and other vacant and/or underutilized properties, the image created has tended to discourage new investment. The street itself has three significantly different physical configura- tions within the Streetscape Master Plan area: 2) At the bend in I-580, offramps split the street into two one-way segments. The southbound segment has commercial frontage on the west and the southbound freeway offramp on the east. The northbound segment is located between the offramp and the free- way retaining wall. 3) South of Dowling Boulevard the street is bounded by the free- way retaining wall on the east and commercial frontage on the west. The curb-to-curb width of the street varies between approxi- mately fifty-four feet north of Dutton Avenue, to approximately seventy-five feet in the "indented" frontage adjacent to the former Evergreen Nursery site, and approximately fifty-four feet again south from the San Leandro Creek bridge to Juana Avenue. Sidewalks are typically eight feet wide, and are in adequate condi- tionfor the most part. There is a generally consistent planting of shade trees; however, tree planting wells are surfaced with dry-laid bricks that have become uneven over the years and could pose a safety haz- ard for pedestrians. Lighting is in the form of tall, "cobrahead" high- way lights that tend to focus on the roadway more than on sidewalk areas. An important issue throughout the corridor is traffic speed and pe- destrian safety. In particular, southbound traffic speeds in the seg- mentsouth ofDowling Boulevard typically exceed the posted 35 mile- per-hour speed limit, as motorists exiting the freeway attempt to make the green phase of the traffic signal at Dutton Avenue. The Master Plan Process The Streetscape Master Plan was prepared with the ongoing participa- tion of the Redevelopment Area Committee (RAC), which includes local business and property owners, residents and other concerned citizens. Through the course of a series of public-noticed meetings, the RAC provided direction for the objectives of the Streetscape Mas- -6-