Assessment Overview

• Opportunity to create a pedestrian oriented district along Easton Road and Glenside Avenue
• Floodplains limit commercial development potential near Tookany Creek
• High vacancy and incompatible uses near Glenside Station
• Opportunity to meet excess demand for retail and restaurants in Glenside
• Although there are many grocery stores nearby, Glenside needs a food anchor to attract convenience shoppers
• Opportunity for stronger pedestrian links from Beaver College and residential areas along Easton Road to the Glenside train station and commercial destinations
• Isolated parking lots with weak pedestrian walkways discourage walking to nearby destinations
• High traffic speeds discourage pedestrians

Enhancement Opportunities

• Create the Glenside Town Center at Easton Road and Glenside Road - enhance the Train Station, create a Farmer’s Market, create a Town Green, build additional retail beneath a two deck brick parking garage and create a high quality transit facility
• At the Roberts Block create a new loop road connecting the train platform and Ruralside Avenue and renovate the Roberts Block for restaurants
• At Easton Road between Mt. Carmel and Waverly, introduce a landscaped median, bike lanes, improved crosswalks, street lights and an allee of street trees
• Create a piazza at Wesley and Easton for outdoor cafes and monthly antique fairs
• Encourage vintage products shops to organize an association to coordinate events and promotions and establish a quality retailing seal of approval
• At Easton Rd. south of Waverly consolidate curb cuts, link parking areas, plant street trees and hedges and narrow the cartway to define a pedestrian street
• At Limekiln and Easton create a landscaped island to slow traffic, create a gateway entrance and improve pedestrian connections to Beaver College
• Along Limekiln and Mt Carmel encourage automobile-oriented commercial uses to this area

Below are views of the draft plan.

Possible Commons at Wesley (Looking East)

Plan View of Wesley Commons

Plan View of Easton Road

Closeup of the North End of Easton Road

Closeup of the South End of Easton Road

Plan View of Glenside Station Area

Perspective View of Train Station

Sketch of Train Overpass Gateway

Perspective at Easton and Limekiln Roads (New links to Beaver College)