One of the surprises in my most recent sketches for the west side of Shepherdstown came about with the extension of West Washington Street all the way to the new firehall.
Where the extension lands at the western end, is where old Martinsburg Pike deviated from its current course. Good stuff, that.
Your plan artfully mixes uses and has nice transitions between uses. I particularly like the storm water management area.
Thanks, Robert. (PS: Before I approved your post I noticed an error in the Twitter email address. Don’t know where that email address makes a difference…in receiving notices that someone has added to this thread?)
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