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PlanningBoard | 2005-02-14 | 7 | retail, the auditoriums, the second-level lobby, and multilevel connection to the historic theater should be expressed as individual elements, the team believed the Cineplex should be designed to read as a single structure. The building also should acknowledge the garage presence at Oak Street. The design team had six recommendations for the Board to consider under Architectural Form and Articulation: 1. The second-level lobby will project three feet beyond the property line at Central to bring the activity of the lobby into the public domain, and to animate the street. 2. The strong horizontal line created by the existing marquees will be acknowledged in the new design; 3. The design should have continuous fixed glass, metal or concrete canopies to shelter the pedestrians in the street; 4. The frontage should have consistent transparent retail (80% of the retail space should be left open), and the activity of the shops should spill onto the street; 5. All mechanical equipment should be fully screened from view; and 6. The individual cinema at Oak and Central should project two feet beyond the property line to improve the general massing of the theater. The lighting recommendations were: 1. The overall lighting should be subdued and indirect; 2. The canopies over the retail spaces should have continuous downlights onto the public sidewalk; 3. Concealed lighting will be employed to illuminate the rosette and the curved section; 4. Exterior lighting will be controlled on a photocell or a timer; and 5. Lighting will be available in a vacant retail space. The signage should be subdued. Materials and colors will use a broad palette that will be consistent with the range found in the downtown district, and will be of high quality. Metal panels, glass panels, glass block, architecturally treated and painted concrete, ornamental stone, and masonry units will be available to the developers. Mr. Stanton described the parking garage, which will be brought before the Board in more detail at the next meeting. He noted that gates should not be necessary; there will be six levels, with the greatest massing in the middle of the block. President Cunningham advised that seven speaker slips had been received. M/S Mariani/Piziali and unanimous to limit the speakers' time to three minutes. AYES - 7; NOES - 0; ABSTAIN - 0 The public hearing was opened. Planning Board Minutes Page 7 February 14, 2005 | PlanningBoard/2005-02-14.pdf |