2.2.1Main Street Area (Broadway Street)
2.2.2 Large Format Area (East of Broadway Street)
The length of Broadway Street, between Bridge and London Streets, is lined primarily with mixed-use main street development. However, one exception includes the Broadway Street facade of the Tillsonburg Town Centre Mall, which incorporates large blank wall segments and a rhythm and proportion of retail facades which is not in keeping with the main street character of Broadway Street. Through future development, opportunities exist to improve and extend the main street condition along Broadway Street. This can be accomplished by reconstructing the facade of the Tillsonburg Town Centre Mall to incorporate materials and proportions which are in keeping with the main street character of Broadway Street. The main street treatment is also proposed to be extended along Broadway Street north to Venison Street and south to Prospect Street, as well as along intersecting streets, wrapping the corner of Broadway Street and extending into adjacent secondary commercial and large format areas. Establishing quality landmark street oriented gateway buildings at the north and south ends of the study is recommended in Section 2.4 Gateways and is a central focus of this document.
The large format area is generally bounded by Broadway and Harvey Streets to the west, Venison Street and the adjacent ravine system to the north, Lisgar Avenue to the east, and Brock Street to the south. This area contains primarily large format retail development, either in the form of standalone buildings or as part of the Tillsonburg Town Centre Mall, as well as a few utility and service buildings, and vast expanses of surface parking. Through future development, the guidelines focus on recommendations to improve street edge conditions in surface parking areas and to create an improved transition between the large format retail area and adjacent areas including the main street, secondary commercial and residential areas. Such improvements can be achieved by greening the surface and edges of parking areas, providing street furnishings, seeking opportunities for limited development adjacent to the street edge, and by strengthening pedestrian connections throughout the area.
Opportunities exist to improve and extend the main street condition along Broadway Street.
Opportunities exist to improve street edge conditions in surface parking areas and to create an improved transition to adjacent uses.
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Tillsonburg Central Area Design Study
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