All the River View project principle players are here in the comfortable (well, half the room, anyway) confines for a status report.
Jack Bobo starts at point guard. He explains the history of the project and what happened last year.
"What have we been doing?"
In terms of money, he explains that banks are not going into lending again. Condo projects are not popular right now.
“What can we do to make this project more financially appealing to banks and investors?”
Answer: New design that could “really meet the needs” of the project. Yet to be explained what this means.
Mose Putney is out. New architectural firm is Studio A, or QK4, or both. New architect introduces himself, but in the absence of audio, little can be heard. Louisville firm, office in NA. Slick video presentation.
There now is an arch over the plaza area, which makes it look even more like the Ostrava-Poruba socialist realist project I mentioned yesterday. Stone and masonry on ground floors, different bricks on upper floors and stone accent. Rises to five and six stories from three or four toward the center (away from smaller existing buildings).
"Private space, also intended to be a public space." Buildings facing Main Street much less grandiose, scaled to surroundings.
(to be continued)
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