Illinois Main Street Four-Point Overview Design

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Four-Point Overview: Design

Marengo, Illinois

January 24, 2012


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Agenda:

Design and Main StreetDesign Committee

Character-Defining Elements

Public Improvements & StreetscapeCommercial Building Anatomy

Basic Building Maintenance

Financial Incentives


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Design and Main Street


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Main Street Four Point Approach:

Design: improves the districts physicalcondition

Organization: independent local non-

profit that builds consensus within thecommunity

Promotion: markets the districts

unique characteristics and assetsEconomic Restructuring: diversifies

the districts economic base


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Sustainability (unofficial 5thpoint)


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Main Street is a preservation-based,

economic development program


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Downtowns as mixed use centers of commercial,

residential and industrial activities


9/89The Main Street effort was begun to combat this


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11/89Main Street Look


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Main Street Look


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Design Committee


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Community

Board of Directors Executive Director

Design Organization

Economic

Restructuring

Subcommittee #1

Public Improvements

Subcommittee #2

Private Reinvestment

Subcommittee #3

Design Education

Subcommittee #1

Fundraising

Subcommittee #2

Public Relations

Subcommittee #3

Volunteer

Development

Subcommittee #1

Market Analysis

Subcommittee #2

Recruitment &

Retention

Subcommittee #3

Real Estate

Promotion

Subcommittee #1

Special Events

Subcommittee #2

Retail Promotions

Subcommittee #3

Marketing

Volunteers


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Role of the Design Committee:

Unique role

Historic-Preservation based

Cooperates with existing organizations:

o Historical Societyo Historic Preservation Commission

o Planning and Zoning Board

o County and Regional Planning Agencieso State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)

Speak with one voice


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Four things Design Committee does:

1. Educate others about good design

2. Provide good design advice

3. Plan Main Streets development

4. Motivate others to make changes


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Character-Defining Elements


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Difference is

Good


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Preservation Ethic vs. Theme


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Authenticity


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Authenticity on Main Street


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Pike County Courthouse (1894)

Pittsfield, IL


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Worlds Largest Catsup Bottle

Collinsville, IL


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Painted ghost sign

Stewardson, IL


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Neon sign

Springfield, IL


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Makers marks on

Main Street


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Public Space Elements

Streets & Sidewalks

Alleys & PassagewaysCrosswalks

Parks & Open Space

Public ArtPlant Material

Lighting

Street Furniture

Paving

Parking

Maintenance


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Streetscape elements can reinforce

community branding


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Commercial Building Anatomy


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Proportions


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Proportions


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Early Period

1820s-1850s

High Victorian

1860s-1890s

Arts & Crafts

1900s-1920s

Art Deco

1925-1930s

Anatomy and proportions through styles


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Signs are an integral facade component


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Signs:

Function & Placement


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Signs:

Projecting or Hanging


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Signs: Banners


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Signs: Flush-mounted


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Signs: Individual letters


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Signs: Window graphics


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Signs: Sidewalk


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Signs: Historic


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Illuminated Signs: Internally Lit Plastic


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Illuminated Signs: External Lighting


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Canopies: Wood


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Canopies: Metal


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Awnings & Canopies:

Appropriate


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Awnings & Canopies:

Inappropriate


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Basic Building Maintenance


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Great architecture has

only two natural enemies:

water and stupid men.

- Richard Nickel


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Roof


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Flashing


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Rust Jacking


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Improper Drainage


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Rising Damp & Spalling


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Improper Repointing


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Proper Repointing


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Window Restoration


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Storm Windows


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Upgrade Mechanical

Systems


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Paint is necessary


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Paint is necessary but also pretty


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Paint is inexpensive


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Paint is inexpensive yet dramatic


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Dont Faint, Its Just Paint

Color is a design issue, not a preservation one


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Design and rehabilitation should be guided by

the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for

Rehabilitation.

The Standards are nationally adopted conceptsabout

maintaining,

repairing andreplacing historic materials, and

designing additions or making alterations



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Financial incentives for rehabilitation:

Federal & State Grants

Tax incentives

Local incentive options


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Federal & State Grants:

Not many available for brick & mortar

projects (e.g. CDBG)

Most are for:

o publicly owned or publically

accessible buildings or

o specific building type or occupancy

Planning grants can be available through

several sources such as NTHP or CLG


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Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits:

20% federal credit

Four criteria:

o Income producing property

o Historic building

o Substantial rehab (expenditure)

o Work meets the Standards


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Non-Historic Tax Credits (Federal):

10% credit

o Income-producing

o Non-residential

o Buildings built before 1936

o No Standards review

50% Disabled Access Tax Credit

o For accessibility improvements

o 50% of the amount of rehab up to

$5,000/yr


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Local incentive options:

Facade improvement grants

Zero- or low-interest loans

Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

Tax abatement


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1940s billboard, existing


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Possible?


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Thank you for your time!

Questions?

Darius Bryjka

217-220-5542

[email protected]

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Illinois Main Street Four-Point Overview Design