Site visit

I got to visit the site this morning. My experience of it was very quiet and there was very minimal foot traffic. The parkway did have a steady flow of vehicular traffic. The high st side did offer a much more pleasant walking experience as far as noise and had a steady breeze moving through that corridor. You also hear some sense of the natural environment on high st as well, a few gulls and chirping birds were heard. The Chinatown/ leather district border was a lot more lively with pedestrian and vehicular traffic, as well as by the fort point channel area during this weekend slot. The area is lacking the vibrancy of color now that the mural has been painted over. I am going to see if I can make it over there during the farmers market to experience how that can influence the site.

The use of storm water mitigation can have a fairly great impact on the block of our site, there are very little places on this block to allow water to infiltrate into the ground aside from a few tree boxes in the side walk. There are quite a few areas which could be retro'd in to allow for some storm water mitigation existing planter boxes and raised beds along the roadside. The mix of granite paved sidewalks and concrete could also be improved upon as well to be utilized in the overall system.