Here's what I would love to see:
-Walkways of this type are not necessarily utilitarian in nature and do not offer a shortcut for pedestrians, but they do allow for cyclical traffic for citizens admiring the park or enjoying the area as more of a stay. This design incorporates shared cyclist/walkways that connect to surrounding alley spaces - which encourages more active use of surrounding alleys. If incorporated, they city and surrounding buildings would be encouraged to beautify their alleys with art work and improved road conditions.
-This design incorporates acoustic reflective fencing, acoustic features, and fountains to create a white noise that both reflects traffic and city noise, and improves the white noise of the water features.
-Large archways to the north and south entrances act as the primary entrances to the park. These portions of 107th ave are to be saved as a service road for nearby buildings, as well as food truck parking and event vehicle mustering. These archways are to be well lit - Roman architecture should be considered in spite of more modernist archways.
-3 reduced size basketball courts incorporated into site due to demand. If demand is there, this ensures consistent and active usage of park space.
-Wading pool and fountain to be converted in winter time to rink space. Weather/Waterprood "Under the ice" LED lighting to be incorporated into water feature with considerations of Edmonton's dark winters.
-Abutting redevelopments of lots south of north of park are to have inward facing commercial bays to allow for future cafe space. Loading and unloading to take place by removing bollards from current alleyway to allow vehicular traffic.
-Trees and vegetation to be consulted on by local arborists with a mixture of coniferous trees. Any spruce trees are to have large surrounding mulch beds with heavy rubberized mulch (high up front cost, low long term maintenance)
-This design takes into consideration design elements surrounding proposed and under construction projects. Developers are encouraged to improve utilization of the service way and alleyspaces and to incorporate public art into their designs.
-Note: walkways are not to scale to improve viewability. Basketball courts and other wading pool do represent accurate scale.