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Show ! A ' ,.. ' . ' . v V- : vf Ti Marsac ; -'. , . - '3tliri". ' I tC - igfr'. Municipal ( v r V ' ? - I The Park City Redevelopment Agency, upon recommendation from the Historic District Commission, has . I asked Chicago-based First National Development and Realty to modify the design of three cubicles (indicated 1 by arrows) in the proposed 275-room RDA hotel planned for the area just north of the Marsac Municipal I Building. I Change glass cubes in hotel design, I developers of Marsac RDA project told I The commission found cubicles on the proposed structure's west, east and north ends protrude more in the model than in the rendering. The hotel will be more noticeable than the Main Street Marketplace mall upon entering town, said Lige-ty. Lige-ty. With about 235,000 square feet of space, the proposed hotel will be three times the size of the mall. At an Oct. 3 work session of the Park City Council, which sits as the Park City Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors, the city extended extend-ed by 30 days its option agreement with First National Realty and Development, a Chicago-based firm now negotiating with the RDA. The council asked the developer to bring back preliminary plans that reflect suggestions of the Historic District Commission. If the agreement is finalized, the RDA would sell the parcel just north of the Marsac Municipal Building to First National in exchange for the construction of 200 parking spaces to be located adjacent to the hotel. In addition, the developer would be required to provide 200 parking spaces for use by hotel patrons. In the RDA work session, Pete Alvarez, who represents First National, Na-tional, said Chicago architect Walter J. Lawrence, who is designing the proposed $55 million project, does not want to give up the steel-and-glass cubicles. "His main concern," Alvarez said of Lawrence's design, "is that he does not want a breakdown of his design criteria."" He added the cubicles are the architect's signature on the hotel. City Councilman Al Horrigah said he was perturbed by the Historic District Commission's recommendations. recommen-dations. "We loved this "(design) last week and then the people who made Mrs. McAlevy sit through a g n rain storm without a roof on her house are making us change it," he said. Mrs. Jessie McAlevy last May was r told by the commission the shingles on the unfinished roof of her Park Avenue home did not meet historic guidelines. Installation of the roof was halted with two-thirds of the job finished. But Councilman Bob Wells told the council it might be worth asking the architect for a clarification on the discrepancy between the artist's rendering and the scale model. "The last thing we want is to see something from the belt route you wouldn't want to drive into ... We need an attraction there." Contacted by the Park Record at his Chicago office Tuesday, Lawrence said he is considering the commission's recommendations. Calling the scale model a "study tool," he said he will offer some alternatives and clarifications of the proposal as laid out in the rendering and the scale model. Lawrence said he would be able to work within the RDA's 30-day time frame. by CHRISTOPHER SMART Record staff writer Park City has asked a Chicago developer to modify the design of a proposed 275-room hotel to be located between Marsac Avenue and Swede Alley north of the Marsac Municipal Building. The Park City Historic District Commission asked for the modifications modifica-tions Oct. 2. Planning Director Bill Ligety, who acts as the planning staff liaison to the five-member appointed board, said the commission wants parts of the hotel redesigned. He explained that, although the commission generally approved of the design, it wants three glass cubes planned in a manner that will make them less prominent (see artist's ar-tist's rendering). The commission favored the artist's ar-tist's rendering of the proposal over a scale model that also was presented to the body, Ligety said. 'i . ,r |