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Credits (12KB)
Introduction (140KB)
Executive Summary of Recommendations (174KB)
Planning Mission and Objectives (39KB)
Historical Perspective on Planning for the
Yahara River Parkway (170K)
Study Area Description (654KB)
Yahara River and Four Lakes
Air Photos
East Isthmus/Yahara Neighborhoods
Transportation
Yahara Area Parks and Open Space
Site Analysis
Part II - Publicly Owned Lands
East Johnson and East Washington Bike/Pedestrian Underpasses
West Riverside Bike/Pedestrian Routes
Thornton Avenue Alternatives
Burr Jones Field Area Redevelopment
East Riverside Foot Trail
Park Stewardship, Landscape, and Historic Preservation Planning
Educational Signage and Outdoor Educational Resource
Parkway Focal Points
Concept Plan (296KB)
Design Vocabulary and Site Amenities (384KB)
Part III - Privately Owned Lands
Private Development Guidelines (341KB)
Part IV - Implementation and Finance Plan
Implementation and Finance Plan (35KB)
Reference Material
Boat Count Through Tenney Locks
Census Data
Yahara River Corridor Priority List
Transportation Report on the Trial Closing of Thornton Avenue
Strand Letter on Bridges
Excerpts from the Tenney Park and the Yahara River Parkway Report (preservation plan)
Public Hearing and Forum
Resolution
Complete Yahara River Parkway Master Plan (3.1MB)
Photographs on front cover: 1) aerial view of river looking
northwest to Lake Mendota,
2) children fishing by the East Johnson Street bridge, and
3) Madison Recreation pontoon boat on the Yahara River.
(Photographs from the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association Report by Charles N. Brown. All other photographs and graphics by Archie Nicolette, except where noted.)