The Green Street Plan-so called because it recognizes the street as a legitimate activity place while also providing alternative green spaces-extracts from the light rail a new vocabulary for open space. It invents a new development pattern which prioritizes public transportation, mixed income housing, vernacular architecture and land uses, and residual spaces, while improving north-south circulation and east-west connections. Finally, the scheme celebrates the light rail as a landmark to become synonymous with great public space. The Green Street Plan-so called because it recognizes the street as a legitimate activity place while providing alternative green spaces-extracts from the light rail a new vocabulary for open space. It invents a new development pattern which prioritizes public transportation, mixed income housing vernacular architecture and land uses, and residual spaces, while improving north-south circulation and east-west connections. Finally, the scheme celebrates the light rail as a landmark to become synonymous with great public space.