Special Bd. of Aldermen — 03/26/2019 Page 3
just do it more efficiently so that’s why they have pulled back from that thought that they originally showed. So to
answer your question, that is gone.
Alderman Lopez
Just thinking about the buildings in the area like at 62 feet are you going to be staring at George Russell’s Radio
Show like if you’re on the balcony or how is it going to affect who are at that level?
Mr. Cummings
So just right in here, | don’t know who you are referencing, where they are.
Alderman Lopez
George Russell the radio show.
Mr. Cummings
Yeah they might be on the second floor | think, second or third floor across the street. So if you are on the roof
terrace looking down, | mean you'll see downward on to that but you know you’ve got Main Street right here. And
then all the lighting if you will, so that’s going to be self-contained. So you are not going to have much lighting or
visibility on 3 walls and then the lighting off of the first floor still needs to be determined as to how transparent if you
will the first, second and third floors would be. The Steering Committee | think has a desire to see it be pretty
transparent so you can see into the lobby as much as possible which will make it more of an active space.
Alderman Lopez
| just wasn’t sure how this compared to the building across the street, like it is taller than it or is it around the same
height?
Mr. Cummings
So that’s a great question and very early on the Steering Committee gave feedback that they wanted it to fit in with
the proportions and they wanted to always keep in mind that the old and the new should blend together
appropriately. So those were guiding principles that our architect and designers took and have been designing with
that in mind.
Alderman Lopez
Ok thank you.
Alderman Schmidt
In the area where the chairs will fold back up, that leaves space that you called “multi-purpose”?
Mr. Cummings
Correct, yes.
Alderman Schmidt
Would you put tables and chairs in there? Where would you store them when they are not being used?
