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Physical Form & Patterns
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<br /> South Bend has undergoneperiods of dramatic growth, ' • -• f3 .:Z 'if'''.
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<br /> periods of urban renewal,and more recently periods of infilt ,:..i;;=. ' : ' '' ik s"'1.: ••' r-•. JE -•
<br /> Period-specific planning ideologies through "'II-'•'r!• �'s i :i V � �• •n ``:� i
<br /> eolo ies the decades i•;17: ; .• :J. • 1
<br /> have left their mark on Downtown's urban form.Mid-century, ��a i t:.;: !''. > .� °`.:'1 J r.:;K: i,1 d ' 101 .. - •
<br /> monolithic and single-use projects consolidates multiple ti+i1':.�ci'- =• ._a•, '!`_ �gy,�= .,: :�' •
<br /> city blocks at a time,while street-facing buildings were -y - e:11 C qr rt• r s.4 _• .. .•,, „q , i '`r� •
<br /> demolished.Many of these vacant lots were converted "' 1 I dil T '1. ! ' .:»w ....W;.i •76 i 1_P!
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<br /> into surface parking or remain as vacant lots.These gaps 14 ,t I■tP,. .. . 6�!..{.i ,,,,+',..'.404 ,..,,„, ,J, & R,1�r I - it- iti
<br /> were identified by residents as a hindrance to walkability in .:.aJ ,;O'I Pm it: • 1 '' ?— r a a .. <4 _• •e -is ' -
<br /> Downtown,but also as opportunities for future infill and growth. Pill-is' -!sr gr.: ,, • • • --#" "•��_- `J````��'L� '
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<br /> 1917 Building Footprints 2023 Building Footprints
<br /> Early in the 2oth century,Downtown South Bend had a Urban Renewal in the ig6os and ig7os eroded the building
<br /> legible and clear street and block network.The center was pattern Downtown.Buildings were demolished.Large
<br /> clear,with continuous mixed-use and retail frontage along interventions such as the First Source Center and Century
<br /> Michigan Street.Buildings ranged in scale from residential Center were built,and streets were removed,rerouted,and
<br /> neighborhoods at the periphery,to the heart of Downtown with converted to one-ways.
<br /> more commercial building types.
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