Maybe this?
https://issuu.com/dia.coj.net/docs/dia_downtown_master_plan_summary_web_issuu/1
Interesting! There's a lot going on here, although it's probably early to say whether it's really going on.
For starters, this graphic is something, I guess:
I think it says a lot that the DIA is openly giving up on actually planning anything from a transit standpoint. Just hoping JTA figures whatever out, really.
I'm curious about the comparison of this document to other urban master plans, what we've done differently here (because I don't imagine this is of the same nature as others). I find it funny that the opening description of downtown on page 6 can't decide whether to call the subsections neighborhoods or districts. I've figured for a while now that Downtown was the neighborhood and LaVilla, Brooklyn, etc. were districts within it, but they don't seem sure. It also mentions that the boundaries were set in the 1980s and haven't changed since, and I wonder if perhaps that's something we should revisit.
Goal #1 is having downtown as the epicenter for business in the region, but that seems at odds with the permissive view towards office development in further-flung areas like Town Center, the Southside, and even as far as Nocatee (within Duval County).
Interesting that the Southbank is currently the residential core of downtown, with Brooklyn second and then Cathedral Hill third. Certainly a lot of room for filling in the core.
It's a little disappointing, even if understandable, that only about 5 streets are planned to be made two-way, with the remainder to stay for "thru traffic to bridges and I-95". While it does create a new "box" of street grid in City Center, it also walls off LaVilla and Cathedral Hill.
I think this graphic of the approval process is funny:
Now to glance at each of the neighborhood renderings:
Brooklyn's rendering probably is the closest to showing things really happening, although the two buildings on either side of Park St in the foreground don't seem to exist even on paper. I'm somewhat suspect of the concept of Park as a sharrow, unless they're really going to be okay with slowing vehicles down, not to mention that it's probably not good for Bus
Rapid Transit to be stuck in a sharrow.
I see LaVilla has a new logo now. Interesting choice to use the Terminal in it. It's not the worst but it personally feels a bit less polished compared to some of the others. I actually think the render looks quite nice, especially with the park, although I feel like it doesn't really strike me as "this place is directly adjacent to/part of an urban core." The TOD and JRTC elements are going to be an open question for a while, so it's unclear what more to say.
Something tells me those lights under the Skyway aren't happening. That aside, this seems fine, I actually don't see why this isn't something we can basically do tomorrow. Even if actually building the bike path to sidewalk-height takes time, you can plant trees and add signs tomorrow, or quickly repaint the lane lines in a week. The scooters already exist!
Making use of that parking lot is a great idea, again we should be able to do it tomorrow if we don't already. Personally it strikes me as sad that despite claiming it's so important Bay St have these nightlife options, there's no interest in creating more sidewalk space by taking away the street parking there. I've walked this part of Bay and if anything's happening outside the buildings it's hard to squeeze between them and the trees. Pretty nuts in general that the speed of the vehicles suggests continuing to use Bay as a high-speed thoroughfare while sidelining the people.
None of this looks real, honestly. Looks fine, but not real. Here's the equivalent perspective of Market & Monroe in Street View (Jan 2021):
Good luck, I guess.
This feels… empty, somehow. Less lively than most of the previous renderings. The parks and marina are fine, but obviously it's been nearly a decade now and we're still mostly watching dirt move around.
Interesting to finally see the convention center idea in some form. Basically zero detail in it, but more than literally nothing. Personally I think that if Khan wasn't willing to build a tower for the Four Seasons we're not going to get one here, but I've talked about Lori Boyer's idea of how this would all play out before so I guess this supports that. Of course the Hyatt's parcel is
juuuust out of frame so we can't see what happens with that here. The park looks nice but forgive me for doubting that it'll actually come out like that given the hard time we've had with all the other parks.
