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a Land Use and Urban Design Plan Kenzie Terrace This street functions as a continuation of Silver Lake Road and a link to Lowry Avenue NE in Minneapolis. It already has a sidewalk on the north side and a median for much of its length. The median strip was recently landscaped with small shrubs in gravel. Again,we recommend addition of street trees within the median, in locations where they will not interfere with sight lines. 37th Avenue NE (County Road D) This street currently carries four fast-moving lanes of traffic and serves as an important regional "augmenter" in the arterial system. Obviously, any narrowing of the roadway is impossible. The sidewalk along the north side is important for pedestrian circulation and safety in the northeast residential and industrial area discussed above. One streetscape improvement that could easily be implemented to improve this area's appearance would be to plant street trees in the boulevard strip from the City's eastern boundary to Silver Lake Road. The boulevard in this area is seven feet wide, offering ample room for street trees. West of Silver Lake Road, the boulevard narrows to three or four feet, but the industrial and service land uses in this area are adequately landscaped. The lack of a sidewalk on the south side of 37th Avenue presents a safety problem for children living north of this street traveling to Wilshire Park Elementary School on the south side. Since there is no signalized crossing at the . school, they must cross at Silver Lake Road then walk along the edge of the street on the south side. This stretch is bordered mainly by the rear yards of single- family homes (fronting Edgemere), and there appears to be enough right-of-way to add a sidewalk on the south side between Silver Lake Road and the school. The City should also investigate the possibility of installing a pedestrian-activated signal at the Foss Avenue crosswalk. 33rd Avenue NE This street carries two lanes of traffic with two parking lanes next to the curb and no sidewalk. While this street is quite important for pedestrian circulation across the City, it is neither an arterial nor a collector, and does-not carry heavy traffic volumes. The roadway is 40 feet wide, with only two traffic lanes. Therefore it may be feasible to narrow the roadway enough to add a sidewalk and boulevard on one side, allowing for the addition of shade trees and light standards. The disadvantage would be the loss of parking on that side. However, since the street is bordered almost entirely by single-family and institutional uses,with adequate on-site parking, there may not be a need for parking on both sides. St. Anthony Boulevard The residential section of this street,west of Silver Lake Road, is one of the most attractive in the City, with ample sidewalks, boulevards and shade trees. The section south of CSAH 88 is equally attractive,with sidewalks and protected open October 1997 2-14 BRW,Inc. #2 LW