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road will access these sites and create a
connection to Mine Falls Park. Redevel-
opment of the Millyard will create multi-
ple trail connections between Main
Street and Mine Falls Park.

Courthouse Oval and Other

Street Improvements

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discussion of the Broad Street Parkway is
located in the Transportation Appendix.)

Bronstein Apartments

Currently an inward facing public hous-
ing project, the Master Plan proposes a
transformation of the 48 units of public
housing into a 100-unit, mixed-income,
mixed-financed neighborhood. The ori-
entation and condition of the existing
units are such that rehabilitation or mod-
ernization will provide only marginal
improvements in the quality of life.

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nections

* not a Downtown bypass

The Master Plan recommends the Broad
Street Parkway connect to Franklin
Street as well as the Millyard. This align-
ment will route through-traffic directly
across Railroad Square, thereby alleviat-
ing the cumbersome dogleg movement

that currently exists.

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detracting from its beauty. A row of per-

pendicular parking should be removed
and replaced with a row of parallel
parking in order to provide a planting
strip to mask the base of the ramp.

Redevelopment of Nashua
Corporation Property and Buildings
Further adaptive reuse of the historic

Nashua Corporation buildings will

require improved access and replacement

parking. The Master Plan proposes

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Riverfront West Park

Much of the land on the north bank of
the Nashua River is in the flood plain.
These parcels of land can become the
jewel and center of Nashua's riverfront
park system. The park should include
both active and passive uses, including
play fields and an outdoor amphitheater.
All new development in the flood plain

are event oriented structures not subject

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single, mixed-use community.

In order to harness the power of the
river to drive the Mill’s turbines, many of
Nashua’s oldest industrial buildings were
located in the flood plain. Those that
have been redeveloped have sealed off

their lower floors to protect against
flooding. Building new, habitable build-

ings in the flood plain is not feasible.

Therefore, the Master Plan uses the 37
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Riverfront West

THE TERM “RIVERFRONT WEST” DOES NOT currently exist in the
everyday language of Nashua residents. Historically, the
Nashua River was both the engine and the sewer for industry.
Only in recent years has the City begun to look at its rivers and
riverfronts as opportunities for non-industrial, private invest-
ment and more importantly, for “quality of life” public invest-
ments in parks.

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Master Plan

The Master Plan is
comprised of many
initiatives throughout
Downtown.
Implementation will
belp transform
Downtown from a good
Main Street to a great

Downtown.

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1 Introduction

Nashua Downtown Master Plan

THE MASTER PLAN RELIES ON A BUNDLE of strategies that work 34
together to knit Nashua’s Downtown into a single, cohesive
whole. These strategies, in the form of five initiatives (see map
below), build upon the strengths and alleviate the weaknesses
of the Downtown. Together, these five initiatives will help
Downtown transform itself from a good Main Street to a great
Downtown. These strategies are illustrated and described in
the following five chapters.