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4.8 Infill Examples
Scenario 2, View 1
Key features:
• A low-rise portion of a tower on the northern
corner aligns with the podium of the Alliance
5 Bank building (5) and provides opportunities
6 for an active storefront.
Building mass • The articulation of the building on the
anchors the corner southern corner corresponds with material
Existing skyway Cedar St changes on the first floors of the Saint Paul
connection 7 Athletic Club (1) and the First National Bank
maintained (2) buildings, with an overall height that
Tower at corner 5th St corresponds to the Athletic Club (1).
skyway connection • Potential parking levels above the minimum
Stepped form two levels of public space include architectural
relates to key
historic buildings screens to provide visual interest and a sense
2 of scale.
Transparent atrium/ 1
skyway celebrates • Active and celebrated public pedestrian
transit plaza plazas provide access to the transit platform
Building height at eastern and western corners. The design
aligns with mid-cap integrates with a large, glass interior atrium of
of Athletic Club
the building, providing eyes on the platform.
8 • Pedestrian access through the site is parallel to
Articulation aligns
with Saint Paul and distinguished from the transit platform.
Athletic Club and • Tower form highlights the 5th Street skyway
First Bank buildings 3 connection, creates a vertical connection that
New public plaza replaces the existing tower and provides an
celebrates access to Minnesota St
transit platform North opportunity for signage aimed at the western
public plaza.
38 General desiGn Guidelines for new development on the central station block
