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Riverfront East Park

A new riverfront park is proposed along
both sides of the river. The park will be
narrow and linear. It will be active with
trails but not with recreation areas. The
dam and the railroad bridge should be
developed with pedestrian and bike
trails. The trail on the south side of the
Nashua River should be improved with
additional connections to an extended
Park Street and selective clearing of trees

and shrubbery.

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There are, however, similarities. Like 45
Riverfront West, Riverfront East is pro-
posed to become a single place on both
sides of the river with the river as the
focus. The current trails are discontinu-
ous, inaccessible, and perceived as dan-

gerous. Many of the buildings back onto

the river with parking lots, service alleys,

and backyards.

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III R verfront East RIVERFRONT EAST PRESENTS A DIFFERENT experience and
opportunity than Riverfront West. The riverbanks are steeper,
and the river is more narrow. The crashing waterfall of River-

front East contrasts with the tranquility of the wetland pockets

at Riverfront West.

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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
flood plain delineation for guidance as to