SACRAMENTO RIVERFRONT

INTRODUCTION

Location: Sacramento, CA, California, United

State
Client: City of Sacramento, CA
Collaborators: Ned Kahn Studios, Psomas
Nichols Consulting Engineers
ICF Jones & Stokes
Planning Stages: 0-5 year, 6-15 year, 15+
Sacramento River Parkway approximately 125
acres( 505857.053 sq.m)

What's the goal of the redesign project?

The main concept in redevelopment of
Sacramento’s riverfront was transforming the
Sacramento waterfront into something that
looks more like Louisville, Kentucky, San
Antonio, Texas, or Washington, D.C.
The objectives is to remake the Sacramento
Riverfront into a “national destination”.
Old Sacramento attracts an estimated 6
million visitors a year, but city planners want
to create a neighborhood where people want
to love, work and play.
 GUIDING PRINCIPLES USE IN SACRAMENTO RIVERFRONT
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The main vision was to creating a high-quality riverfront public
space & surrounding it with urban neighborhoods will make a more
sustainable form of urban life where people work & live in close
proximity, thus reversing trends of suburbanization & resource
waste. This kind of compact & diverse urban district, where
cultural & recreational opportunities can be more readily accessed,
provide a riches social experience for those who live, work &
recreate within it.
In order to achieve this vision, the master plan for the Sacramento Docks Promenade Parkway Area
Docks Development Area
riverfront builds on four central guiding principles identified by
the communities:
• Creating riverfront neighborhoods & districts
• Establishing a web of connectivity
• Enhancing the green backbone of the community
• Creating places for celebration

Development
FOUR MAJOR OPPORTUNITY SITES Area
The two cities identified four sites that offer special opportunities
for development of significant public space or for redevelopment
of waterfront-oriented housing or commercial uses or a
Promenade
combination of both. The concepts for these four special
opportunity sites are described below.
• Stone lock bluff site
• The dock area
• The Jibboom street park site
• The triangle amphitheater site
1.STONE LOCK BLUFF
The city of west Sacramento is planning to
phase our the wastewater treatment facility &
public work complex located at Stone Lock
Bluff, freeing the land for a significant public
park at entrance to the ship channel. The stone
lock bluff park combines eco-friendly marina
facilities with a neighborhood park &
community center.

Creating a New park at the Southern End

.Parks form a major open space complex at the
Southport end of the riverfront & offer an
opportunity or significant ecological
enhancement not achievable in the more urban
portions of the riverfront.

Providing a community center

The master plan proposes a Stone Lock Bluff
community center to serve the surrounding
neighborhoods in the Pioneer Bluff
Redevelopment Zone. The special uses in this Providing Riverfront Dining
center would be determined by the city’s parks Opportunities
master plan & may include additional activity
centers for teens & seniors. The center could The restaurants would serve as a
provide ecological education for the destination, drawing people to the
community using the riverfront & its restored southern end of the riverfront &
riparian edge as a living laboratory & could enlivening the neighborhood into
serve as a location for a UC Davis river the evening hours.
ecology research facility supporting the eco-
marina & interfacing with community
ecological education programs.
2.THE DOCK AREA
The area on the Sacramento side of the river
just south of R Street is known as the Docks
Area. It’s a large undeveloped parcel of land
with strong riverfront orientation.

A New Riverfront Neighborhood

The master plan calls for a combination of
public open space & mixed-use in this area
creating an active new riverfront neighborhood.
The proposed development should be
predominantly medium to high density (5-8
stories) residential mixed with some retail, cafes
& possibly office space. Restaurants & cafes
located along the riverfront edge offer a
destination for local residents as well as
visitors.
Creating Two Parks for a New Neighborhood
At the north & south ends of the new residential
development are two new public parks that
connect directly into the riverfront park system.
At the north end, the park ties directly to the R The dock area redevelopment zone
to Garden bridge landing, at the southern end,
the park helps to separate & buffer the
residential uses form the city’s combined
wastewater.

Providing Access to the water’s edge

Additional public access to the water is offered in the area in the form of a visitor boat dock &
Existing Promenade Riverbank fishing pier. A floating restaurant could be developed in association with the dock.
 DOCK AREA

Rail road crossing

Existing promenade

Phase 1
Section A Section B

Section A Section B

Section C
3.THE JIBBOOM STREET PARK SITE

• Creating a visitor attraction at the former

PG&E building

 To the north of old Sacramento, the former

PG & E offers an opportunity for a major
public attraction & park destination along
the riverfront.

 The building itself is a historic structure with

distinctive architectural potential.

 Space for museum and restaurant.

 In order to achieve better waterfront
orientation, the lower level of the building
should be raised up to be the same elevation
as the levee top.

• Riverfront park
Offer a public open green space.

Jibboom Street public park & the former PG&E building

• Providing Access to the water’s edge
Additional public access to the water is offered
in this area in the form of public overlook &
fishing access on the historic water intake
structure.
 4.The triangle amphitheater site

Part of the original triangle specific plan, the amphitheater is the triangle
area’s central waterfront public space, offering a venue for riverfront
performance & events. The Amphitheater area represents an opportunity
to mix public & private uses fronting on this active public space as well
as to have a destination along the riverfront promenade.

The triangle amphitheater site

CONCLUSION
For the sustainable riverfront development, we
have to focus on Economy, environment, social
values & preservation. We have to identify the
opportunities in the location which can help to
redevelopment the riverfront. We also have
consider the principles & guidelines of
riverfront.
Thank you !!!
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• https://www.cityofsacramento.org/
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