HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.hpc.19800805Aspen Historic Preservation Committee August 5, 1980
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The Aspen Historic Preservation Committee held a special meeting on August 5,
1980 at 1:00 PM in the City Council Chambers. Members present were Jon Seigle,
Terry End, Mona Frost, Richard Cicero, Georegeann Waggaman and Florence Glidden.
Planning staff representative, Sunny Vann, was also present. William Clark was
excused because of a potential conflict of interest.
PROJECT REVIEW
Park Place Development
Preapplication Review
Don Fleisher appeared before the committee with a totally
new design for Park Place. His new architect is Tom Wells.
He said that the ground floor will be all commercial with
employee housing on the second ievet. The commercial
space will consist only of Pitkin County Dry Goods and the
Unicorn Book Store. He said that since Terry End had
suggested that they create a relief for the wooden walk-
way which comes from the Aspen Leaf, they took that into
consideration and the new design evolved from that idea.
He pointed out that some of the statistics, such as the
square foQtage of the building, were in the letter handed
to each member before the start of the meeting. He said
the building materials will be brick with some accent of
aggregate textured concrete. There will be oak moldings
for the windows and doors with some concrete under the
retail display windows. He also pointed out that since
the building is very visible to Wagner Park and other
activities, they are creating a rear to the building
which is reminiscent of the front. At this point there
was alot of discussion amongst the members of the com-
mittee. Jon then asked Don to bring in a brick sample
to the next meeting and he agreed but said that the real
brick sample eannot be chosen until the building is
ready for construction because what is available now will
not necessarily be available then. He also said there
will be a very soft contrast between the brick and the
concrete, which will both be in brown tones. Richard
asked if there was going to be a parapet and Don said
there would only be a very minor one. Jon asked if there
would be any access onto the roof and he was told that
the employee housing would have sundeeks but there would
be no access onto the roofJ Jon then said he appreciated
what Don has done, responding to the committee's reserves
and going to the trouble of setting up a special meeting.
He thought it was nice to see a developer who was willing
to cooperate with the HPC. Richard then made a motion to
give preliminary approval. Terry then seconded the motion.
Ail in favor; motion carried.
The special meeting was adjourned at 1:45 PM.
Robin R. Berry
Deputy City Clerk