ASU selects housing project developer
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My assumption would be that they construct the residence halls in Duck Pond first, and then tear down either Gardner/Coltrane or Bowie/Eggers to begin construction on parking spaces before they start tearing into Stadium Lot itself. They could begin building the Winkler Parking Deck tomorrow if they wanted to, as there is nothing there now outside of a volleyball net.
This.HighlandsApp wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:20 pmI think that all of those dorms need to be replaced....
But....
1- parking decks need to be located adjoining Rivers Street or have direct ingress and egress onto rivers street. In the concept drawing cars have to pass through all of the pedestrian traffic areas. That is nuts.
2- parking decks need to be hidden behind a face of a building from the street view.
3- The stadium lot should become a giant green space with and enforced base that will support cars parking there for games and then support campus activities and pickup games when not in use. This was a recommendation in the 2025 Master Plan that was adopted only a year ago.
Open 2025 Master plan:
https://irap.appstate.edu/planning/master-planning
4- Creating East-West pedestrian walks and views to better connect our fractured Rivers Street campus divide is paramount.
Yes, build new dorms. But please build them behind the existing dorms as best possible and keep that middle area as open as possible and as free from vehicle traffic as possible.