City Of Miami Approves Wynwood Streetscape Mater Plan Designed by ArquitectonicaGEO

City of Miami Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the ArquitectonicaGEO-designed Wynwood Streetscape Master Plan. The approval follows over two years of public hearings and community workshops. The construction will begin immediately and is funded by the Wynwood Business Improvement District (BID) as well as local property owners. The streetscape will feature the conversion of three streets to Woonerfs, which open up space for pedestrians while also allowing car access. It will also feature a green half-mile pedestrian and bike trail; landscaping designed to help combat climate change by capturing stormwater runoff, as well as reintroduce native plant species and provide shade via tree canopies; additionally, the installment of safety and mobility improvements such as new crosswalks, widened sidewalks, updated signage and protected bicycle lanes.

ArquitectonicaGEO's Wynwood Streetscape Master Plan Presented To Wynwood Business Improvement District

The ArquitectonicaGEO Wynwood Streetscape Master Plan is moving closer to fruition after ArquitectonicaGEO’s Michelle Cintron and John Hutchens presented the proposal at a meeting of the Wynwood Business Improvement District in later February 2019. The proposal calls for transforming Wynwood into a pedestrian-oriented streetscape with public spaces and more tree canopy for shade. The Wynwood BID expects to have the final plans, of which they are considering the public’s input, completed by Summer 2019. The initially proposed plans were first introduced in December 2018. The Wynwood BID has not yet identified a source of funding for the master plan.