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Section H: Building Type Character and Quality <br /> Mixed Use <br /> Mixed Use includes buildings that will have a mix of residential with retail or office uses. <br /> Located predominantly in the Millwright and Fisherman's Districts, these buildings will activate <br /> the street with residents, which will extend the times of lively active streets and help create a <br /> stronger sense of community. Mixed Use buildings should express a historic maritime character <br /> through the use of maritime forms, materials, and details. Key design components include: <br /> For most mixed use buildings, the ground floor will be retail type of use and its design should <br /> follow the guidelines for Retail. The upper floors of Residential will provide a main entry on the <br /> street which should create its visual interest through design details, color, and form. <br /> Materials, forms and details inspired from historic nautical elements will reinforce the aesthetic <br /> quality of the District. The entry should include an overhang, hanging or mounted signage, <br /> decorative inlays, or other decorative detailing and articulation. Canopies, awnings, or <br /> overhanging balconies further serve to emphasize entries and create a pedestrian scale at the <br /> retail street level. <br /> Residential unit layout on the upper floors will help organize exterior elevations and reveal <br /> repetition and rhythms with windows and balconies. Proportions and patterns of windows <br /> should be organized to create a strong rhythm and balance to the exterior elevations. <br /> Top treatments of the <br /> mixed use buildings <br /> should have a distinct Ir' <br /> visual termination <br /> through a change ofr4 <br /> material, pattern, color, <br /> 3 <br /> or form. Exposed1060 <br /> pitched roofs, if used, <br /> should include <br /> prominent eaves. <br /> ; n <br /> Details of the mixed r ;;r; %ill <br /> 1:47 <br /> use buildings should be y !► �: ,? <br /> inspired by historical , 1,1 <br /> ___ <br /> maritime and nautical ,- <br /> elements to reinforce <br /> the aesthetic quality of <br /> the District. Relating to <br /> this aesthetic, details <br /> that are revealed and emphasized can express materials and their connections. <br /> Materials — Exterior materials on the ground floor will convey the unique district identity with <br /> stone and/or masonry, limited use of steel may also be acceptable. If concrete is used, it should <br /> have an inlayed ornamental building name or address. <br /> 2014 Waterfront Place Central Supplemental Design Guidelines - 109- <br />