Board of Aldermen 5-12-2020 Page 5
if you looked at old pictures versus these unless you look close, but now you will see with that kind of the
yellow box sort to speak. On the second floor, you'll see there’s an overhang on West Pearl That is doing
a lot of things, | think from a design standpoint Tim, if you want to drop down just one slide, | am sorry go
up one. That is looking at it from West Pearl Street.
So from an architectural viewpoint rather than having that straight wall from the ground and the sidewalk all
the way up four stories, now you are going to have that overhang which | think architecturally makes it
good. But | think what is really important and we all liked was the overhang now creates a four-foot
overhang for weather conditions. So people standing out on the West Pearl Street sidewalk, whether it is
rain, snow whatever, they are covered. It also makes it where you have lighting and looking Tim, let’s see
— if you go down a couple of slides it is like the angle, a couple more, a little more, that one there. So if you
look closely at the overhang, there probably would be some lighting that now can be incorporated, lighting
down towards sidewalk as well. So you will have a nice walkway along that entire building.
The back of the building as we all know remains the same, the red brick building. That doesn’t change
character wise or the architecture. It’s really where the Alec’s Shoe Building and that is where the
overhang will be. Once it gets beyond that then that’s where the overhang would stop. So | think that’s the
key difference is lowering that pitch inside, the rake, as well as having this overhang which | think is a big
boost. And by coincidence we ended up gaining about a dozen seats is my understanding. Does that
sound right Tim, about 12, | think?
Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development
Correct.
Rich Lannan, Chairman, Performing Arts Center Steering Committee
Ok so there was a lot of added benefits beyond the reasons why they did it to begin with. So the Steering
Committee voted unanimously last week to approve that design change and the architects are back at
work. So from the Steering Committee’s Standpoint, you know, it was quiet for a little while, while the
architects and the construction managers kind of did their thing. So we had a good Zoom Meeting last
week with a good presentation. So they are back at finalizing cost for the entire project at this point. So
unless Tim wants to add anything to that?
Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development
No, no | think Rich you gave a synopsis, | appreciate you making the time this evening to walk the Board of
Aldermen through the various design elements that we have recently been discussing. This is a work in
progress. We are pretty excited about the progress we’ve made. So we are just diligently working our way
through. With that being said, Madam President, | know part of the reason why we wanted to give you this
update is due to the times that we are in. We thought it would be good for the Board of Aldermen to hear
directly from the Chair of the Capital Campaign Committee. So with that being said, Madam Chair, if | may,
I'd like to turn it over to Deb Novotny who is continuing to lead the efforts on that front.
Rich Lannan, Chairman, Performing Arts Center Steering Committee
And excuse me, Tim, after Deb is done, I'll just chime in for about a minute regarding the Nashua
Community Arts Board if that is ok.
President Wilshire
Ms. Novotny?
