EXHIBIT A 2025-4-10_The Day Final Concept.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- 2026-17 CONL
- Issued by
- New London County, Connecticut
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This is a concept design exhibit for the Atlantic Street Park project in New London, Connecticut, prepared by the City of New London in conjunction with a solicitation for professional design services. The exhibit presents a comprehensive master plan for the transformation of Atlantic Street into a new public linear park in downtown New London, featuring multiple functional zones and design elements. The project scope includes landscape architectural, civil engineering, mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP), stormwater and green infrastructure design services. Key design components outlined in the concept include gateway and wayfinding signage at the Eugene O'Neill Drive entrance, reduction of Atlantic Street to 24 feet wide with landscaped bump-outs featuring ornamental grasses and native shade trees, a redesigned pedestrian bridge with enhanced accessibility and ADA compliance, a decorative paved roundabout serving as a hotel pick-up/drop-off area, a meandering walkway system with mixed paving materials, seating areas with bistro tables and catenary lighting, a play area with playground surfacing and water features, amphitheater-style seating oriented toward Nathan Hale School, stormwater infiltration areas, tree uplighting, security bollards, and access lighting throughout the park. The design integrates nautical-themed art, climbing vines, murals, and sculpture installations as focal points.
The exhibit serves as the design concept and precedent guide for the professional services solicitation issued by the City of New London. The project is located in downtown New London along Atlantic Street and involves coordination with adjacent facilities including the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, a public parking garage, future residential and hotel development, and existing private parking areas. The City encourages responses from qualified professional design firms or teams and specifically encourages participation from minority and women-owned business enterprises. The contract is subject to state spending allocation goals and contract compliance requirements. Additional solicitation details, including submission deadlines, bid conference information, and specific evaluation criteria, are available through the City's procurement portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/newlondonct.
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1 GATEWAY/ WAYFINDING SIGNAGE AT EUGENE O’NEILL DRIVE ENTRANCE TO WELCOME AND
GUIDE VISITORS TO THE PARK, HOTEL AND PARKING GARAGE.
REDUCE THE WIDTH OF ATLANTIC STREET TO 24’ WIDE BY CREATING A LANDSCAPED BUMP
OUT WITH ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, COLORFUL PERENNIALS AND NATIVE SHADE TREES.
PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN CONCRETE SIDEWALK WITH BENCHES.
COLUMNAR EVERGREEN SHRUBS ALONG BUILDING SCREEN THE GROUND FLOOR OF
GARAGE.
DECORATIVE PAVED ROUNDABOUT ALLOWS VEHICLES TO TURN AROUND WHEN NOT
ENTERING THE PARKING GARAGE AND DOUBLES AS DEDICATED HOTEL PICK-UP/DROP-OFF
AREA.
PROVIDE SIDEWALK CONNECTION FROM PARKING GARAGE TO ATLANTIC STREET PARK.
REDESIGN THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO EXTEND ACCESSIBILITY TO HOTEL LOBBY, PARKING
GARAGE AND THE PARK, ENSURING ADA COMPLIANCE. ENHANCE THE BRIDGE WITH
CLIMBING VINES AND MURALS ON THE GARAGE SIDE TO CREATE VISUAL APPEAL.
MAINTAIN ACCESS TO EXISTING PARKING GARAGES.
BUILD A RETAINING WALL TO MITIGATE EROSION WHILE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR
VEGETATION, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AND PARK AREA.
INTEGRATE EVERGREEN TREES/SHRUBS, AND PERFORATED WALL PANELS WITH NAUTICAL-
THEMED ART TO SCREEN GARAGE AND ELEVATE BRANDING.
MEANDERING WALKWAY THROUGH ATLANTIC STREET PARK INCORPORATING MIXED PAVING
MATERIALS - COLORED CONCRETE FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND PEA GRAVEL FOR SEATING
AREAS.
IMPLEMENT SECURITY AND AUTOMATIC RISING BOLLARDS TO REGULATE EMERGENCY
VEHICULAR ACCESS.
PASSIVE SEATING PLAZA WITH INTEGRATED BENCHES AND COLORFUL BISTRO TABLES AND
CHAIRS.
FOCAL SCULPTURE IN RAISED PLANTER, SURROUNDED BY COLORFUL PERENNIALS AND
GROUNDCOVER WITH UPLIGHTING TO MARK BUILDING ENTRY.
ACTIVE SEATING AREA FOR DAYTIME FOOD TRUCKS THAT TRANSITIONS INTO A PASSIVE
GATHERING SPACE AT NIGHT WITH CATENARY LIGHTING.
STANDARD CONCRETE PAVING FOR ON-GRADE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO ACCOMMODATE
EMERGENCY SERVICE AND BUILDING TRASH COLLECTION.
ALLOW FOR A 15-FOOT-WIDE, THREE-POINT TURNAROUND FOR VEHICLES. ENCLOSE
RESIDENTIAL TRASH AREA WITH FENCING AND GATES. ALLOWING FUTURE USE FOR FOOD
TRUCK PARKING.
PROVIDE FOUNDATION PLANTING WITH FLOWERING SHRUBS AND VIBRANT PERENNIALS
ALONG THE EXISTING PRIVATE ALLEY.
DECORATIVE PAVED ROUNDABOUT DESIGNED TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND
PROVIDE DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP ACCESS TO ATLANTIC STREET PARK.
INSTALL “ATLANTIC STREET PARK” SCULPTURAL SIGNAGE AS A WELCOME FEATURE TO THE
PARK FROM WATER STREET ENTRANCE.
CONCRETE SEAT WALL TRANSITIONS INTO AMPHITHEATER AREA ORIENTED TOWARD
NATHAN HALE SCHOOL, FOLLOWING THE SITE’S NATURAL SLOPE. THE SPACE WILL
FUNCTION AS AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM OR EVENT SPACE FOR THE MUSEUM, WITH
SEATING INTEGRATED INTO LAWN.
PLAY AREA WITH COLORFUL PLAYGROUND SURFACING, A SMALL WATER FEATURE, SWINGS
AND SYNTHETIC LAWN MOUNDS WITH WOOD LOG PLAY FEATURES AND SLIDE.
INSTALL TREE UPLIGHTING AND CREATE LAWN MOUNDS THROUGHOUT THE PARK. PLACE
RECLAIMED GRANITE BLOCKS ON THE MOUND FOR SEATING AND PLAY OPPORTUNITIES.
STORMWATER INFILTRATION AREAS MANAGE SHEETFLOW FROM HARDSCAPE AREAS.
DECORATIVE CROSSWALK
NATIVE SHADE TREES, FLOWERING SHRUBS, AND VIBRANT PERENNIALS THROUGH OUT THE
PARK.
ACCESS LIGHTING THROUGHOUT ATLANTIC STREET PARK ENSURES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
PROVIDE SIDEWALK CONNECTION FROM PARKING GARAGE TO ATLANTIC STREET PARK.
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