Mountain View, California
In the late 1980s, the city resolved to turn downtown Castro Street into the heart of the city by redesigning it to include, among features, a flexible zone where sidewalk café tables would replace parked cars in the summer. The city located a pedestrian-oriented civic jewel on Castro Street – a new city hall and performing arts center complex with an outdoor plaza.
• Drew $150 million in adjacent private investment
• Office-over-retail development
• Hundreds of attractive homes built at 47 units per acre
• Interspersed with pedestrian passages
• Today Castro street is a regional draw with bookstores, brew pubs, restaurants, and pedestrian friendly.
Barney Burke (retired), City of Mountain View, (650) 903-6454
e-mail barney.burke@ci.mtnview.ca.us
In the late 1980s, the city resolved to turn downtown Castro Street into the heart of the city by redesigning it to include, among features, a flexible zone where sidewalk café tables would replace parked cars in the summer. The city located a pedestrian-oriented civic jewel on Castro Street – a new city hall and performing arts center complex with an outdoor plaza.
• Drew $150 million in adjacent private investment
• Office-over-retail development
• Hundreds of attractive homes built at 47 units per acre
• Interspersed with pedestrian passages
• Today Castro street is a regional draw with bookstores, brew pubs, restaurants, and pedestrian friendly.
Barney Burke (retired), City of Mountain View, (650) 903-6454
e-mail barney.burke@ci.mtnview.ca.us
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