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CHAPTER 2 : FORM AND CHARACTER

On Main at 6th Street looking toward new intersection at Newhall Avenue

A. Main Street (formerly San Fernando Road)

A fundamental strategy in revitalizing Old Town Newhall is the transformation
of San Fernando Road from Pine Street to Lyons Avenue into a Main Street.
Its current ‘pass-through’ traffic status will be changed to a condition of being
a major destination. This is accomplished by terminating San Fernando Road
at Lyons Avenue, providing a distinguished site for a public building that will
give identity and presence to the downtown area. The regional traffic is then
distributed to the flanking streets: Newhall and Railroad Avenues.

The result is a five-block Main Street that serves as the recognizable focus
of Old Town Newhall. This is where traffic is most calm in Old Town to fully Lively sidewalks and shade
balance the needs of pedestrians with those of cars, and to enable pedestrian-
oriented shops, restaurants and services. This is the place where the
commercial nature of the downtown area is most visible through the intensity
of activity and excitement. This is where one feels at the 'center' of the
entire place with sidewalk dining, shops, a sophisticated landscape engaging
pedestrians.

Buildings along the Main Street are 1-3 stories tall with an average of 2.5 stories
and are close to or at the sidewalk to appropriately define the public realm.

Parking is addressed through new diagonal on-street parking with the other 2/3
of the parking for the district in the form of strategically located ‘Park-Once’ Slow traffic and on-street parking
garages on the east side of the Main Street.

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