4. INTEGRATED URBAN STRATEGY
4.3 Historic Heart Character Area Projects
C. Shandon Heritage Plaza Project Public Awareness: Ensure suitable display of community noticeboard information within the plaza. Urban Plaza: Enhance the area between Church Street and Redmond Street with public realm improvements, greening, and place-making measures, designing out inappropriate/illegal parking to create a pedestrian-friendly urban plaza. Transport and Mobility Strategy: Undertake and deliver a transport and mobility strategy, including parking, to address current mobility issues and optimise the strong potential for enhancement of this historically significant public space in tandem with other identified projects in the area. Community Engagement: Engage the local community and businesses to revive the annual Street Festival and consider a Community Big Eat event along Church Street to celebrate local cuisines and cultures. D. Butter Market and Weighmaster’s House Explore the restoration and reuse of the Weighmasters House on Church Street, seeking uses that complement future plans for a enterprise centre in the Butter Market building. E. John Redmond Street Buildings Support efforts by Cork Community Landtrust (CCLT) to restore buildings at 6a and 7 John Redmond Street with a view to developing the CCLT Model for the wider benefit of the Shandon Area including the provision of community use with a potential link from the memorial park to John Redmond Street. Engage with the Community and Voluntary groups throughout this process. F. Revitalising Shandon’s Green Spaces Nature Play Areas : Introduce new nature play areas to encourage community and visitor use. Community Growing Spaces: Develop spaces for community gardening and growing. Sensitive Planting: Implement sensitive planting to enhance the parks’ natural beauty. New Pedestrian Link: Creation of a new access point from John Redmond Street to enhance permeability and legibility of the area and park.
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Traffic Management / Parking Review Area
Regular Upkeep: Ensure regular maintenance of park gateways and boundaries. New Pedestrian Access: Create a new pedestrian access point to the Memorial Park from John Redmond Street, considering archaeological sensitivities.
By the Firkin Crane should be more of a
Focal /Gateway Feature
Key Node / Junction Improvement
square, outdoor seating, planters, café, connecting through to the courtyard of the Butter Market.
Public Realm / Streetscape Improvement
Social and Green-Blue Street
Accessible and Welcoming Pedestrian Corridor
Park / Green Space Enhancement
New/Enhanced Pedestrian Link
Landmark Buildings
Building at Risk / Potential Regeneration Site
Existing Project
Cycle Route
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