2023 Freetown DAT Report - Flipbook - Page 33
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Legend - Government Wharf Illustrative Plan
1. Ferry Landing Government Wharf.
2. Proposed Cable Car Station and Welcome Center .
Note the dashed outline showing future cable car line
connecting to western stations.
3. Proposed Freetown Museum. By relocating the
Army Port facilities [B], the Museum can open onto
the Wharf Plaza and can become part of the entry
experience and orientation to Freetown and your
history/story. This relocation also opens the Wharf
Steps for easier access and visibility.
4. Old Wharf Steps.
5. Market street with vendors’ booths.
6. Big Market.
7. Mixed-use redevelopment opportunity.
8. Waterfront Boutique Lodging Opportunity in vacant
property.
9. Enhanced Wharf Plaza with redeveloped market
stalls, restaurants and informal vendors. Give visitors
reasons to linger and engage.
10. Waterfront Boutique Lodging Opportunity in
historic Council Building Restore the historic
character of the buildings. Add ancillary buildings to
facilitate outdoor spaces, patios, pools that overlook
the harbor.
11. Proposed restaurant/eatery. Enhance the
waterfront and provide options to engage.
The Government Wharf area is one of the most critical defining features of Freetown, and could become the single most
important placemaking focal point in the City.
12. Mixed-Use redevelopment opportunity. Scale
and variety of architecture along Wallace Johnson
is authentic and charming. Work with owners
to stabilize and restore the historic fabric of
downtown.
a. Cable Car line above coming and going from Annie
Walsh School.
A. Freetown Council
B. Proposed new facilities for the Army Port Authority.
Plan shows a fenced area adjacent to the pier, a gate
and viewing platform on the second level.
C. Police Headquarters. Consider redeveloping the
corner two-story building for an information center
and rendezvous point managed by the police.
