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HistoricalAdvisoryBoard | 2005-04-07 | 5 | Jennifer Ott, DSD, informed the Board that this project consists of three parts: the rehabilitation of the Alameda Theatre; the construction of a seven screen, two story Cineplex with retail at the ground floor; and the construction of a 352 space, 60+ foot high parking structure. Tonight staff would like the Board to provide comments on the parking structure and Cineplex. CINEPLEX: The Henry Architects Inc, design team gave a presentation on the proposed Cineplex and proposed parking structure. The presentation included various pictures of the proposed Cineplex from different views of Central Ave. to address the concern that the Cineplex would block the view of the Twin Towers Church. Mr. Henry concluded that in order to see both towers of the church, over half of the upper levels of the new Cineplex would need to be eliminated. Another concern Mr. Henry spoke of is the 20 ft. overhang element on Central Ave and Oak St. Mr. Henry stated that in order to provide a viable Cineplex it is critical to have the proposed overhang. Without this overhang auditorium #7 would suffer greatly, losing 28 seats and reducing the screen size significantly. This will have a severe impact on the quality of the presentation and reduce the ability to compete effectively with Jack London Square. In addition to the severe economic impacts, deletion of the overhang. would be detrimental to the architecture. The overhang provides a clear separation of stories and materials thus reducing uninterrupted wall would create. The last concern Mr. Henry addressed was the corner element. Mr. Henry stated that this design included a great deal of surface articulation to eliminate the box like effect. Vertical recesses continuing the line of the columns from the ground level have been added to the upper sections at the auditoriums along with the horizontal elements to reduce the tallness of the building. They have also rounded the corner "tower" on Oak St. and Central Ave. to match the curved corners of the historic theater and the Starbuck building on Park St. This will also reduce the box like effect shown in previous plans and adds more set back to the corner for better visibility of the church. Lastly Mr. Henry briefly went over the three different ideas for the color of the proposed Cineplex. Boardmember Lynch stated she was not in favor of the proposed sign on the new Cineplex. Mr. Henry responded by stating he had no problems eliminating the proposed sign. Boardmember Tilos opened the floor to public comment. Minutes of April 7, 2005 Regular Historical Advisory Board Meeting 5 | HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf |