At a February 26 open house, the Village of Woodlawn unveiled preliminary drawings for its Woodlawn Streetscape and Gateway Design Plan, part of a concerted effort outlined in the village master plan to present a high quality natural appearance along its major corridors.
Prepared by CDS Associates, Inc., Williams International, Inc., and Brownstone Design, the Plan builds upon the "Beautiful Woodlawn" theme, representing the village's ample parkland and mature trees.
Gateways were identified by traffic counts, visibility, and visual impact, and were separated into three categories:
- Three major gateways: Springfield Pike and Congress Avenue (OH-747), Glendale-Milford Road and the east corporation line, and Springfield Pike near McLean Street
- Five secondary gateways: Chester Road and the east corporation line, Wayne Avenue and the corporation line, Leacrest Road and Mayview Forest Drive, Leacrest Road and Riddle Road, and Sheffield Road and the west corporation line
- Two tertiary gateways: Leacrest and Grove roads and Springfield Pike and Barron Drive
Landscaping would be placed at the interection of Springfield Pike and Glendale-Milford, Riddle, and Grove roads.Visioning meetings leading up to the village master plan found that visitors get a negative impression from the sterile appearance of the major arteries, the visual clutter, the lack of maintenance of existing landscaping, and the dated, scattered gateway markers.
This lack of cohesive gateway elements was found to perpetuate perceptions of Woodlawn as an undifferentiated place between the two prominent communities of Glendale and Wyoming.The master plan calls for the Woodlawn Streetscape and Gateway Design Plan to be fully implemented by 2012.
