East High Street model, Hamilton Ohio, 2012 ("the preview")

Greetings all,

I apologize for yet another delay in posting.  I've been caught up in the next 3D sketchup model and admittedly I can bury myself in these things very deeply.

This post is a break from what I thought would be the blog format of looking at the past models, reviewing them and highlighting anything learned since then.  Instead, we're skipping around in the listing taking a brief and informal look at the most recent model, East High Street, Hamilton Ohio.  The reason for the switch, demand from others, which goes to show what could happen if you just ask me.

Hamilton Plaza Wrap-Up/Review

First off, my apologies for the delay, there were a few other projects I had to complete.  Work is also proceeding on some newer Sketchup 3D models.

Without further delay, the wrap up for Hamilton Plaza 3D model.

Model: Hamilton Plaza Retrofit
Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Original Completion Date: February 2010

The first thing that comes to mind each time I see this model is the fact that I was incorrect, as this wasn't my very first urban planning retrofit/architecture retrofit 3D model (a post on that is coming).  This still doesn't take away from the other main point I gather when looking back on this model - how far I've come and how far I have to go in terms of 3D modeling in Sketchup.

Hamilton Plaza 3D Proposal (Part 2)

Previously... on the Planner 47 blog

Its basically some origin story, just go look at the previous post to catch up already.

And now... the continuation.

The Hamilton Plaza 3D model overall:

It falls in line with the "suburban retrofit" type of thinking though on a basic level when taken as a whole.  Buildings are perpendicular to the existing shopping center and brought to the point where it resembles an urbanist development.  The buildings extend to the street in question, State Route 4 and amenities for walkability and bikeability are accounted for.

Looking at the south most building

Looking from the lighting "park to art" at the next northern building