Adirondack Hamlets

HAMLETS 3:
Planning for Smart Growth and Expansion of Hamlets in the
Adirondack Park - An Illustrated Guide

Roger Trancik, FASLA
Urban Design Consultants
Ithaca, New York

Hamlets 3, a guidebook developed through a project sponsored by the Adirondack Community Housing Trust and Essex County, presents a planning and design model for smart growth of hamlets in the Adirondack Park. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s Adirondack Park Community Smart Growth Grant Program provided the funding for Hamlets 3.

The book identifies principles, problems and opportunities for hamlet expansion illustrated with maps, photographs, design analysis diagrams and a step-by-step community planning process. The Hamlets 3 model features Smart Growth Rings that overlay current Adirondack Park Agency land use classes to create 15 unique expansion zones each with its own set of guidelines. The model applies to the 130 settlements throughout the park and can be used by local citizens to successfully plan for and implement future hamlet growth.

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1.0 About Hamlets 3
2.0 Smart Growth Principles
3.0 Study Elements
4.0 Field Analysis
5.0 Expansion Model
6.0 Achieving Success

HAMLETS 1:
History, Preservation and Investment

Roger Trancik, FASLA
Urban Design Consultants
Ithaca, New York

Hamlets of the Adirondacks 1, published in 1983, educated persons and agencies (especially those outside of the Park) about the existence of the hamlets, addressing any perception that the Adirondacks is entirely a wilderness, without any communities or resident population. It made the case that the hamlets had pressing needs for new investment and revitalization, and that appropriate policies and programs were required to meet the needs of hamlets.

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1.0 Chapter One: The Process Begins
2.0 Chapter Two: The Hamlets in Time
3.0 Chapter Three: The Hamlets are Analyzed
4.0 Chapter Four: The Hamlets are Grouped
5.0 Chapter Five: The Hamlets in Focus
6.0 Chapter Six: The Next Step

HAMLETS 2:
Development Strategies

Roger Trancik, FASLA
Urban Design Consultants
Ithaca, New York

Hamlets of the Adirondacks 2, published two years later in 1985, provided local governments, community organizations and concerned individuals with ideas and strategies on hamlet revitalization, but not hamlet expansion, the goal of Hamlets 3.

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1.0 Chapter One: Introduction
2.0 Chapter Two: Sample Communities
3.0 Chapter Three: Redevelopment Strategies Section 1
4.0 Chapter Four: Redevelopment Strategies Section 2
5.0 Chapter Five: Redevelopment Strategies Section 3
6.0 Chapter Six: Model Action Programs

Direct questions and/or inquiries to:
Roger Trancik
rtt2@cornell.edu