euclid creek 5 green corridor

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Frissell

RunLilly Creek

Babbitt RunCreek 5

Burk Run

Salt Run

Green

Creek

Gilchrist Harbor

Gaw

ne

Run

Euclid Creek

Lake Erie

Portage Escarp

ment

lake plain

the

“Creek 5”Green Corridor

Re-Imagine EuclidWith healthy, vibrant streams

Expanding


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Frissell

RunLilly Creek

Babbitt RunCreek 5

Burk Run

Salt Run

Green

Creek

Gilchrist Harbor

Gaw

ne

Run

Euclid Creek

Lake Erie

Portage Escarp

ment

lake plain

the

“Creek 5”Green Corridor


Expanding

Among our buried lake plain stream channels, Creek 5 is a test case for expanding a green corridor.


Lake Erie

Source: W of E 250th, S of Marsdon

Mouth: Just E of the Fishing pier

Stream length: 2220 yd (1.26 mi)

NW across Euclid Greens Golf

N between E 238th &Benton Village

W to Sims Park

Let’s look at land use along to whole stream corridor.

Creek 5 Profile

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Total built corridor: 700 yd

Lake Edge-Luikart segment: 120 yd

E 238th segment: 500 yd

E 250th segment: 80 yd

Creek 5 Built Corridor

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Three built segments


Total green corridor: 1520 yd

Meander segment: 360 yd

Bend segment: 170 yd

Source segment: 230 yd

Briardale segment: 760 yd

Four green segments

Creek 5 Green Corridor

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Meander

Bend

Source

Briardale


Green corridor

Each green segment has unique character.

Creek 5 Green Corridor Profile

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Meander Bend

Source

Briardale

Meander

Bend

Source

Briardale


The Creek 5 green corridor can be expanded with two open parcels.

Expanding the green corridor

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St. Robert lot: 340 yd


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Stevensons segment: 30 yd



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Total green expansion: 370 yd

24% increase in the current green corridor

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Total green expansion: 370 yd

24% increase in the current green corridor

Let’s take a close look at St. Robert and Stevensons.

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St. Robert lot

7.6 acres with just one building

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St. Robert lot

Faces Stevensons


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St. Robert lot

Faces Stevensons


Rectory lot already cleared

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St. Robert lot

Faces Stevensons

340 yd bioswale possible

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St. Robert lot

Wooded wetland

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St. Robert lot

Magnificent Burr Oak pair

Wooded wetland

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Burr Oak pair

E 241st at Elmwood(looking west from Maplewood)

Sets the model for new plantings in the Creek 5 green corridor

St. Robert lot


Stevensons lot

StevensonsThe Stevensons buildings lie on the south end of the Bend open segment.

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Stevensons lot

StevensonsThe Stevensons buildings lie on the south end of the Bend open segment.

Opposite, on Lake Shore, the 1898 interurban RR railing marks the stream alignment.

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200

We can lengthen the Bend green segment by 30 yd, from 170 to 200 yd.

If, after demolition, the Stevensons lot can be kept open

Stevensons lot

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200

Let’s take a close look

Stevensons lot

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parcels

Plan viewsaerial

Bend

St. Robert

Stevensons lot

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parcels

Current inward sloping bioswaleaerial

Bend

St. Robert

Stevensons lot

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parcels

Scale up to parcel viewaerial

Bend

St. Robert

Stevensons lot

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15’ 0 15’ 15’ 0 15’

Stevensons lotGoogle Earth


15’ 0 15’Stevensons buildings

15’ 0 15’

house

garage

Ste

vens

ons



15’ 0 15’ 15’ 0 15’

Current elevation contours

house

garage

Ste

vens

ons



15’ 0 15’ 15’ 0 15’

Post demolition configuration

11.5’

8.5’

drain

manhole

culvert (3’ dia)

Plan View

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Upon demolition: Establish a 30 ft wide bioswale channel

15’ 0 1

5’

15’ 0 15’

15’ 0 1

5’

15’ 0 15’

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Solidify bioswale with inward grading

15’ 0 1

5’

15’ 0 15’

15’ 0 1

5’

15’ 0 15’

Plan View

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ash

Green with plantings

osage orange

honey locusts

silver maple

extant

silver maple

15’ 0 15’

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ash

osage orange

honey locusts

silver maple

silver maple

hardy grass

hardy grassbiosw

ale-adapted natives

15’ 0 15’Green with plantings

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extant

proposed ground cover


15’ 0 15’

ash

Oak grove goals: Demarcate/shade the riparian corridor Provide an attractive corner lot Connect with the St. Robert lot burr oaks Compliment/eventually replace extant trees

osage orange honey locusts

silver maple

extant

proposed oak grove

burr oak

burr oak

burr oak

silver maple

burr oak

burr oakburr oak

burr oak

burr oakburr

oak


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extant

proposed oak grove


Oak grove goals: Demarcate/shade the riparian corridor Provide an attractive corner lot Connect with the St. Robert lot burr oaks Compliment/eventually replace extant trees

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Escarpment Ravines + Vacant parcels= Portage Escarpment Ravine Preserves

The Creek 5 segments of St. Robert and Stevensons are the first building blocks in our must-have series of Lake Plain Green Stream Corridors

Restore places & eco-functionsEnhance cultural richnessPrepare for a better future


In conclusion:

With them, we may begin to:ReImagining Cleveland

euclid creek 5 green corridor

Education

riparian corridor

stevensons

vibrant streams

bend open

green corridor

stevensons

open parcels

south end