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as support the residential uses. The site design should include an open space
should host outdoor gatherings associated with the conference center as well
structure. (See examples of parking structures that contribute to the aesthetic
of a campus on the opposite page.) The combined parking structure and Arts
Green Center. Arapahoe Street should remain a vehicular and service street
Development patterns should balance the developing urban and pedestrian-
circulation of the 6th Avenue interchange. New and preserved open spaces
South of the site is the 13th hole of the Fossil Trace Golf Club. Views of the
Center facility may bridge over Arapahoe Street to connect directly with the
focused character of the north Mines edge of 19th Street with the vehicular
golf course should be highlighted within the development, and views of the
off-campus neighborhood. The design of the structure should appear more
oor parking
The recommended new parking structure on Lots O and N near the Green
Center should integrate will with the surrounding edge of campus and the
The site is a very visible gateway for Mines as well as the City of Golden.
like a traditional academic building that a conventional sloped fl
like a central park or plaza that could serve as a festival space.
development from the golf course should be considered.

that is welcoming to pedestrians.

THE SITE

ground floor on the 15th Street facade. The structure may connect directly to

Green Center through a second story bridge over Arapahoe Street.

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-campus location.

Mines should construct or lease an off-campus building for central storage and central service space, located with easy access back to campus. The off-campus central receiving should accept large deliveries, break them down, and deliver them to campus users in Mines vehicles. Some deliveries such as fresh food deliveries at dining halls and gas deliveries at laboratories should The existing electrical generator station is designed

still occur directly on campus. and storage should relocate to an off

Parking Structure. Enabled projects: None

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