A look at how the new design compares to the 35-story design | Bizlex.com
A look at how the new design compares to the 35-story design | Bizlex.com
“New project plan, little city planning: CentrePointe or not, design rules urgent”
Excerpt from Kentucky.com, Op-Ed, posted 6/11/10
…On the broader question of what we want downtown to be, how it should look and feel, scant progress has been made in the last two years.
Had there been follow-through on the downtown master plan’s recommendation to adopt design guidelines, and a robust review process, the decisions about CentrePointe would be easier. We wouldn’t be arguing over the design of a new drugstore at Main and Vine. Investors would have a clearer picture of what to expect when they consider a downtown project.
The council’s planning committee recently authorized creation of a task force to study design guidelines and other downtown planning issues…Read more at Kentucky.com
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The revised CentrePointe design submitted reduces the height of the development to 25 stories. | Kentucky.com
The revised CentrePointe design submitted reduces the height of the development to 25 stories. | Kentucky.com
“Dudley Webb submits scaled-down version of CentrePointe: Nothing will happen at site until after equestrian games”
Excerpt from Kentucky.com
By Beverly Fortune & Cheryl Truman, posted 6/10/10
Developer Dudley Webb submitted a redesigned, vastly scaled-down version of his long-delayed CentrePointe project to Lexington’s Courthouse Area Design Review Board on Wednesday.
Webb’s new design takes the CentrePointe project from 498 feet and 35 stories to the equivalent of 25 stories, or just under 288 feet — about 58 percent of its previous height. The building would be about the same height as nearby Kincaid Towers, which houses Central Bank…Read more at Kentucky.com
“New Design for CentrePointe Submitted”
Excerpt from Bizlex.com
By Tom Martin & Erik A. Carlson, posted 6/10/10
…The submission of the new plan to the Courthouse Area Review Board sets in motion a June 30 public hearing, scheduled for 2pm in the Urban County Council chambers at the Government Center on Main Street, two blocks from the 1.7 acre project site, now a grassy square bounded by Main, Upper, Vine and Limestone streets and surrounded by the black plank fencing typical of many area horse farms…Read more at Bizlex.com
Honestly, I like the old design better. This looks like a jail to me.