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Eau Claire Street
The City aspires to create a strong visual and circulatory link between the library-City Hall area and the downtown riverfront. Eau Claire Street lends itself perfectly to accomplishing this goal. A well balanced organization of programming and design will establish Eau Claire Street as a major draw for the downtown. Eau Claire Street could evolve into a hub of activity that attracts patrons to downtown for civic events, festivals, and downtown specific programming.
The 2001 Downtown Action Agenda called for the creation of a Town Square next to City Hall along Eau Claire Street. It also recommended developing an Eau Claire Street Promenade, a waterfront plaza connected to the Town Square and the waterfront through landscaping. It will link the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library/City Hall campus and the Haymarket parking lot at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers.
As with South Barstow Street, this design will use the principles and theories of "placemaking" – to develop this area so that it offers multiple activities to create a lively and interesting environment that will bring people downtown.
Preferred Alternatives (Updated 10/04/11)
- Pattern and Theme
- Eau Claire Street Preferred Plan Street Design
- Library/City Hall Preferred Plan Street Design
- Library/City Hall Alternative Designs
- Overall Street Design with Business Names
- Colored Perspective
- Trails, Plazas, and Streetscape Finishes
Updated City Hall/Library Campus Concept Alternatives - August 04, 2011
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