State Capitol Park Plan

STN-8

Observation

New State buildings will be built directly across the street from residential lots in Spanish Town. The East State Office Building [Galvez Building] may harm the residential context of Spanish Town to its east. The same is true of any building which replaces the decrepit Insurance Building.

Discussion

Spanish Town buildings should not be dwarfed by new buildings, exposed to surface parking lots, or subjected to additional commuter traffic. The design of these buildings and their parking will have a profound effect on the quality of life of Spanish Town residents.

Recommendation

The east buildings must be designed to locate surface parking hidden below or at midblock or so that it is invisible to the east. This parking should be accessed only from the west. These buildings must mirror their neighbors across the street to the east, not as large towers behind deep setbacks, but as low buildings against the street, stepping upward, further back from the street.

Responsibility

Spanish Town Civic Association

Project Status

Skipper Post, architect for Galvez Building, and Roger Magendie held two planning meetings in 2000 with the Spanish Town Civic Association. The groundbreaking was held on February 15, 2001; the building was completed in July 2003.

Implementation

Explanation of Terms

Product

Information

Responsibility

STCA & DDD

Implementing Agent

SCA

Feasibility Analysis

SCP

Initial Financing

SCA

Project Financing

SCB

Timing