From: Vision McMillan Partners <info@envisionmcmillan.com>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 10:55 AM
Subject: McMillan Buildings Presented to HPRB Today
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McMillan Buildings Presented to HPRB Today
The Vision McMillan Partners team presented proposed building concepts to the Historic Preservation Review Board today. The presentation, excerpted here, featured the first phase of new construction for the site: two healthcare facilities, grocery store and apartment building, townhomes, community center and the public park.
After the team’s presentation, the board heard testimony from the community both in support and in opposition. The Board deliberation was cut off at 5PM. Five members spoke before the cut off, and VMP was invited back on July 11th.
What we heard in brief:
- The park and community center were praised, particularly the south east edge with the stormwater pond, redesigned entrances with cell details and community center.
- The Board member who spoke expressed concerns about the cohesion of building designs and talked about the need for more uniformity and that everything on the site should express how special the site is.
- The Board hopes to see Cell 14 more activated and connected to the adjacent building.
VMP will return July 11th at noon to hear more, and will be sure to share what happens next.
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The hideous "Monstrosity on Michigan Avenue", a failure, smack on top of an infrastructure disaster.
ReplyDeleteYou have to pay your supporters, like Coalition for Smarter Growth(smallest coalition in the world) and Jamie Fontaine's slime campaign from Baltimore. Now that Armed Forces Retirement Home is building 4 million Sq. Feet and probably denuding 80 acres of trees, we need McMillan Park that much more. The theft of public land, and treasure for the profit of miserable designers,,, has to be stopped. Let us try democracy, and see what this city would look like.