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I I I Russellis a small community of about 5,000 people located on the plains of west em Kansas. Its economy was built on wheat, and bolstered by the discovery of oil in the 1920s. The Russell landscape, beyond the wide open prairie, is highlighted by miles of limestone fence posts; the town has brick streets and several significant historic and civic structures. I I Russell had been pursuing downtown improvements for several years through the Kansas "Main Street" program; they. felt that the time was right to begin developing plans for their downtown streetscape. Hoisington Koegler Group was hired to develop concepts for the downtown streetscape, and performed all work. including a community meeting and a summary presentation, in four days in the community. I The concepts focuses on creating a streetscape that could only happen in Russell, Kansas. The stone fence posts were used as community and downtown entry markers, leading visitors to downtown from Interstate 70. The stone was used as the base for new lights on the Main Street, with a reveal in the stone depicting an abstraction of the wheat and oil heritage of the community. Parking lots are defined by fence posts and wire which created a trellis for vines; these "fences" would then enclose the wide open parking lots much like the real fences "tamed the prairie." I I I I I I I I I I .-r;z.~~~ C;"~!Il""~"'r'. "'~D ~\."a.~ CHI'\"",,,c-:-all- 1!1.1I1\\./olT..... L~\1I~~O~4k~ 11-'--- ~=:;~.:~~ -- An empty lot was designed as new downtown park. The patterns and materials recall the surrounding landscape, and the structure -- a small pavilion - uses fonns and materials found in "oil shack alley," an area populated by well-used oil company structures. :n..... zwriD.., ;.. .,.uo... I The streetscape of Russell is meant to tell a story about the community and its place on the Great Plains. It was built around the idea that this place had opportunities that could be found only in Russell, and the design found ways to celebrate the relationship between the land and its people in Russell. I I Downtown Russell Streetscape Plan Russell, Kansas Russell Main Street, Inc. / Hoisingt~n Koegler Group Inc. [1][3 (30