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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, December 20-23, 2008 A-3 The Park Record CITY BEAT ^ :•: Yarrow plans are likable CiTY EDITOR: Jay HamburgGr 649-9014 ext.l 11 citynews@parkrecord.com Happy Holidays From All Of Us! 649-8060 PURVEYOR OF GREAT STEAK AND SEAFOOD FOR OVER THIRTYYEARS. Prospector Square DAVID RYDER/PARK RECORD The owners of The Yarrow, with its highly visible tower, want to demolish the hotel and replace it with a new lodging property. The design of the new hotel will be "interesting," according to an official with the firm that owns the hotel. Corner of Sidewinder Drive and Gold Dust Lane 1 vwvw.grubsteakrestaurant.com City Hall panel takes a first detailed look Suddenly;-'" ' young Larry felt somehow out of place. By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff Plans to demolish The Yarrow and replace the hotel with a new lodging property won praise from the Park City Planning Commission recently. Panelists said they liked the idea and suggested to the developer the new building should be COURTESY OF ELLIOTT WORKGROUP inviting from the outside. The Planning Commission was The proposed property at the site of The Yarrow would feature not scheduled to make decisions radically different architecture than the hotel that is there about the project at the recent now. The designs will be critical as the Park City Planning meeting, but the comments from commissioners signal that the Commission considers the idea. developer might not become entangled in a drawn-out dispute the building would rise to five Elliott said the designs are the stories tall. The tallest part would result of 1 1/2 years of work. He about the project. It was the first meeting be situated at the southeast cor- said the idea is to put up a buildbetween the developer and the ner of the building, which is away ing that is a "blend of industrial and urban building types," a Planning Commission since from the intersection. departure from the classic skiElliott told Planning detailed plans were submitted. lodge look that is prevalent elseCommissioners the developers Commissioners earlier had indiwhere in Park cated the idea fits with City City. Hall's General Plan, an "I think it has overarching document that The building is really showing its age the opportunity to guides growth in Park City. set the tone for David Hart, the presi- ... It's good to update the building." redevelopment" in dent of the Buffalo, N.Y., the North of Main firm that owns The Yarrow, said in an interview after- - Jess Reid, real estate executive district," Elliott said. ward his side "spent a con- ^ ^ ^ I ^ H H H The Yarrow. siderable amount of time 1800 Park Ave, getting to this point" and the designers have an "open can- want to put up an "incredible dates to the late 1970s, and it has vas" since the building would be hotel for the site." The plans been one of the most prominent would keep ballroom and meet- lodging properties in Park City to razed under the plans. as a traditional hotel. Hart, who did not attend the ing space and add retailers. A operate Many other developers sell units garage would be put underneath recent meeting, said the proposal as condominiums and then they the project. is an "interesting design" with a are put into a rental pool. The Planning Commissioners variety of heights to make the lauded the blueprints, saying the With its meeting space, The building more attractive. Yarrow hosts conferences and The designs will be critical as new building will be welcomed. the Planning Commission contin- Rory Murphy, a member of the films are screened for the press ues its talks about the project. panel, said the designs display and industry workers during the The Yarrow occupies a highly vis- "modern architecture," he likes Sundance Film Festival. Rates at ible location at the corner of Park ideas to put work force housing The Yarrow are generally lower Avenue and Kearns Boulevard, inside the project and he sup- than slopeside accommodations. one of the busiest intersections in ports the use of solar power in But the hotel has long been seen building. Planning as lacking the pizzazz of newer Park City. Commissioners are the Commissioner Jack Thomas said hotels and lodges around Park expected to scrutinize the designs City, which has moved toward the designs are an "excellent, in an effort to protect the look of exclusive properties in the last excellent start." He warned that the intersection. decade. the architecture should not According to a November letThe developers have not set a ter to City Hall from the project's resemble a "fortress" that would be imposing for pedestrians. architect, Craig Elliott, parts of In an interview afterward, Please see Panel, A-4 Trying to find your place? Check out the Real Estate section of Classifieds. NEED SPINAL DECOMPRESSION? End chronic back and neck pain without surgery! ; LcYim all the facts including the cost at: www. 658DJSC .com AS LOW AS $99 A MONTH There's a new way to find your next job Online job videos! Dr. Donald A. 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