About Flagpole. (Athens, Ga.) 1987-current | View Entire Issue (March 2, 2011)
' met «f iy aSGooiB iMig WHAT'S UP IN NEW DEVELOPMENT Oassk Center Update lfit Tuesday evening aw the second fofUttmtat of th* Ctoak Center e*p*mteo public mput proc* i\. The design team presented four detign concepts, focusing chiefly Oh ethert to ht th# main bulk a# th# fapamton: the desired 50.000 square foot of evhibtt Noli spec* In iK>#f. th# **istmg had could be ** pended to btocfc Hancock Avenue as per th* original pm gram pom; * nrw hail could span Hancock, leaving passage space below H could stretch nit abov* foundry Street end the warehouse meeting rooms: or it could rest wholly on the blotir earns HaflCOCfc to the north, leaving bf»»* itom OOP-- to th* v* t iocot achftocs tort M bwcoiw presented § Wtt otto* wathm ammed by *wto**sted cWmm, mih a separate mew etoMilt Mi connected to the aeHttog io -‘My «tt too ihniNon acne** ttMtoPCfc. dtowh One* inf?- to* design too* dt*«ws»*d the pm end iom of the* W option addhmmg cast ** « wtpami# tattoo — • *.■**•- I- ■>^/<|l 1lW ^ — - a fill W^» — -»- -■»■■ ^ -ff. 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Happily, th* adjacent property owntft, *ho pian to d*v*iop a hot*! o* that tocation. were represented at th* meeting. As tact week''! 4th#m fonrw Ht*eM reported, CommHtioner K*«y G»rtl H mitiatmrj ton venation with d*v*iop*r Robert Smail. who owm i control ii«$ interest w th* property j and has evprecad a wittm^ ; ness to tail with the city. Th* hitum of the hotel and **p*mion are dearly intertwined already a larger enh^tjnf hail wiU brit^ more hotel ^uestv. a»«d an eKparwon deswjn th/4 Mtows the streets to be active and inviting «nit create a more attrac tive business environment for tha hotel. Th* mayor and commissioner* have stated then determination that ttm major investment needs *to be don* right.* so &<U is leading th# way by taptonng space sharing opportunities. What's best; l« the meantime, th* project architects «tU be elaborating then design* further shewing poss^titm fer reahaing the n{F«tom of both cmiem and th# Uassx (enter Authority Despite the bey citiaen ton cams being connectivity views and pedestrian j appeal, the designers were net able (In the admittedly short tl days «tac» the wwtiat meeting) to shew either pedestrian routes or epa*-leeetl peeppocthrea on the o opt ions y»t weed, iuf as pnrrteu* 5410IT design contievfrsws have made cleat they* wi® be esienfiei H / mating informed judgment* on th* concepdh Wb am aspect these designs to male the OawWc Cantor ama tar were ******** to wad m and through StoMgnen petoted mA the •wed tor better may- hmbeg. and ad Oabehoto ; m hope to* tmufwn of clear routes through to «wr*e*t dbsbmettons east and to htoety hebere detotoettoM ewiWnmg thw thm ItoWtoL $*me the pgicfi announcement cWtotns have put tottb *umomu» emedmd totes to* meting ms a tndy mtoant urban pl:t* tobw 4 touting outdoor pertoemawce ioor.es. adding cato and gadmry tome amf pftormg meed aggerton^tos to aciietto sttoet I -■ -^---- • ^ -# fMtoto iftoiillWi fH ^~r flirt’ a * •^Tto* : ’Tjpt^P to 4WWI ^ttory5rWr' w^W^nr J tog banton town dwwwtewn ctoetod by Thomas Ittoft In tod desptoe toe Oastot Center totohertof s irnde tote* pe piggtatotoitw wh. we had toe iefltoi* avben geett m th* tewNws ensaton ’>* enttonc* to* gwdtoy of *.?% m ****** Oato# town** by wevtog as the tyNutofc «bdt e«d MHtol emtoi* tf the c«m nun^fy -tvto iy ! jO'' k w ,f -sting ww* <wi^ne(*t* { •mywKl, * toady ~gh* mo toss than too tmttol toilet. eMtoitoi but: tof t hope tom d*stoh does irs* -eimeist, to wane * «* g«n« itt»d»im idtoPto^i»*to®togpeto -•*** • ’ _ * * ” J . ■ i __ • * ***** jwrww j J : j v CIOTHJNG AND ACCESSORIES 170 College Ave • Athens, Georgio . m
