More Canopy Madness

Posted by Downtown Reno Development Feed on May 23, 2007 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Two of the three developers being considered would like a ‘clean slate’ regarding the design of the canopy when they start the retail building aspect of the 10 North Virginia project, or at the very least have some say in the design. They would like the canopy design to conform to the retail building design (which I thought was already designed by Sheean Van Woert) and not vice versa. Of course the council agreed, and it was hinted any further design work on the canopy would be postponed until a developer is chosen in two months. The discussion became so involved council members almost forgot they were simply motioning to accept the three finalists for the project. What does this mean for the design work already done by Sheean Van Woert? Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent on that work. Sure, there’s a good chance the reason two of the three developers would like a say in the canopy is so they can enhance it…but we have a canopy design approved by the public at meetings, approved by the design subcommittee, and given the green light by the council, and fits the budget allocated. I would love to get my readers’ opinions on this. At least there was some mild comic relief in listening to the ‘President of the United States’ talk about the evils of newspapers and how newspaper racks are ruining downtown. The council as a whole today was unusually witty and energetic, making for quite an entertaining city council meeting.