Lot 5
The Town of Chapel Hill now has some drawings that visualize the plans for the high-rise mixed-use development they are constructing downtown on parking lot #5, known as the Downtown Economic Development Initiative. In my opinion, this is a visionary project that has suffered from not having enough public input at the right times.
So how does the Town make this critical information available to the public? Oh, it's "on display" down at Town Hall. So those of you who work downtown or have a lot of free time during the day can stroll down to the Mayor's office and check it out. The rest of us will have to make due with looking at photos of the plans on the N&O and Herald web sites.
The Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commission invites you to preview the artwork planned for the Lot 5 Downtown
Economic Development Project.
Chapel
Hill Public Arts
Commission
Lot 5 Artwork
Community Meeting
5:00 to 6:00
pm
Monday, January
28,
2008
The Chapel Hill Public Library,
Downstairs Meeting
Room
During the community meeting,
highly acclaimed public environmental artist Mikyoung Kim will present the Arts Master
Plan and a preliminary art piece for Lot 5.
This condominium, retail and parking complex, at the intersections of West Franklin, Church and West Rosemary Streets, is a
private development project by Ram Development Company. Ram has committed
one percent of this project budget to the artwork.
Kim’s master plan identifies two
areas for artwork. She will work within the main plaza of Lot 5, and a second artist will be
selected in early February to create art along Rosemary
Street. Both projects will highlight the
processes of nature through the use of water and light.
For more
information about the project, please visit these
websites:
·
Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commission (http://www.chapelhillarts.org/programs_percent_curr_5.php)
·
Mikyoung
Kim
(http://www.mikyoungkim.com)
·
Ram Development
Company
(http://www.ramrealestate.com)
·
Town of Chapel Hill, Downtown
Economic Development Initiative (http://townhall.townofchapelhill.org/projects/dedi)
Date:
Monday, January 28, 2008 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The Chapel Town Council has a big meeting tonight. I meant to blog about it in advance, but since I didn't I will start this thread and hope to post live comments as it goes along.
Here's the agenda. I'll stick with this at least through the Public Forum on the Downtown Development Initiative.
Are we ready? As a lover of urban spaces, I must say I am pretty excited about the proposals brewing for downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro. (I have linked to respective towns' websites who have pretty good information, and maps!)
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