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University Daily Kansan, October 11, 1983
Newest downtown plan explained to committee
By SUSAN WORTMAN Staff Reporter
Developers of Lawrence's newest downtown redevelopment plan met yesterday with the Downtown Improvement Committee to promote both and to calm committee members' concerns and make possible parking and financing problems.
But although the session answered some questions for committee members, it raised even more for others, and commissioner and committee member.
The plan, which calls for a mall in the 600 block of Massachusetts Street, was proposed last week by the Town Center Venture Corp. It is estimated to cost $41 million, which is about $3 million less than the first downtown proposal, which was submitted by Sizer Realty Co., Kenner La.
Shontz told, "We still have a lot to know. We don't know much about the firm, we don't know what the financing resources of the developers are, we don't know what their shopping center experience is or if the retailers will even listen to them. They are the new kids on the block."
Duane Schwada, president of Town Center, told committee members that his group's proposal had several
advantages over other redevelopment plans.
He said Town Center's plan would cut only two water lines in the area during construction. Most other utilities, he said, would be left intact.
land that the developers want to use for the project.
schwada also said that no new streets would have to be built to accommodate the Town Center mall.
The Lawrence Opera House would become a focal point in the Town Center plan, but it remained a position for many of the committee members.
Bob Gould, a Town Center partner,
said he saw the Opera House as an
'We still have a lot to know. We don't know much about the firm, we don't know what the financing resources of the developers are, we don't know what their shopping center experience is or if the retailers will even listen to them. They are the new kids on the block.'
- Nancy Shontz,
Lawrence city commissioner
The proposal would, however, require that the 600 block of Massachusetts be permanently closed.
"There wouldn't be the expense of relocating streets taking up perfectly aligned streets and rebuilding them and rebuilding them with the utilities," he said.
Also, Schwada said, acquiring land for the mall would be simpler because the city and Lawrence National Bank already own about 40 percent of the
important part of the project. Many Lawrence residents, he said, want to keep the Opera House intact because it is part of Lawrence's heritage.
"But the key to it is its feasibility. We need a use that is economical," he
Gould said he saw four options for the Opera House: It could be renovated, it could be rebuilt or a project; it could be bought by a private company and be renovated as
a center for the performing arts; it could be renovated for some alternate use, or it could be torn down. Crash or Crashed did not think the last option was likely.
Having the Opera House situated close to the mall could be a plus for the project, Gould said, as would be having the mall on Massachusetts Street. The street has already been developed by retail merchants, and the mall would add to the shopping and draw more people, he said.
But Dale Glenn, another member of the Town Venture group, said that an increased number of people would also mean an increased number of cars in the downtown area. However, the developers have plans for a parking garage to accommodate the inflow of traffic, he said.
The developers have planned to include 1,000 parking spots in a parking garage next to the mall, and in a garage beneath it. Glenn said that two elevators would be available to take customers into the mall's two department stores and various other retail shops.
But to keep traffic moving downtown, New Hampshire Street would probably need some general improvements, he said.
With Town Center's plan, Schwada said, expansion would be possible.
KU will conduct experiments on next flight of space shuttle
By GINA K. THORNBURG Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas will be participating in a group of experiments on the next flight of the space shuttle Challenger on Oct. 28, the KU coordinator of one of the experiments said yesterday.
The KU Remote Sensing Laboratory, in Nichols Hall on West Campus, will conduct two experiments chosen by the European Space Agency to be a part of its Space Lab, which is a joint effort by the ESA and the National Aeronautics Department, said Pa Wuab Walzy, director of the Remote Sensing Laboratory.
KU will have two of only four
ships from the United States, U.S. saily
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology will each have one project, he said.
One of the two KU projects accepted by the ESA was proposed by Ulaby; the other was proposed by Louis Dellig, and another works for the Remote Sensing Lab.
The experiments will be conducted at a test site in Iowa, Ulaby said, where
the shuttle will pass only once in the correct configuration to enable the experiments to take place.
"The grand total time we have to do the experiment is one second." he said. The shuttle will fly over the site at a speed of 7,500 kilometers a second.
The KU experiments involve the first use of high-frequency radar in space by NASA, he said. Projects flown by NASA in 1981 used low frequency radar, he said.
In one experiment, Ullaby said he would use photographs taken at radar frequencies to study global patterns of biological production. In another experiment, radar would be beamed from the shuttle to a receiver on the ground beamed back to the shuttle to determine the performance of the radar.
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"LORD OF THE FLIES"
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Thurs.: "CITY LIGHTS"
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1983-84
STUDENT SEASON BASKETBALL TICKET SALE OCTOBER 10, 11, & 12 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EAST LOBBY OF ALLEN FIELD HOUSE
1983-84 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME
NOVENBER, 1983 18 EXHIBITION GAME HOME 7.30
Wed 16 HOUSTON HOUston, TXES 7.30
Wed 16 HOUSTON HOUston, TXES 7.30
DECEMBER, 1983 18 ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, MO 7.30
Thurs 1 1 ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, MO 7.30
Mon 5 JACKSON STATE HOME 7.30
Mon 5 JACKSON STATE HOME 7.30
Sat 12 *RENDER* FORSTER HOME 7.30
Sat 12 FORSTER SOUTHERN HOME 7.30
Mon 19 ORGAN ROBOTS COLUMBUS OHIO 6.70
Thurs 2 19 ORGAN ROBOTS COLUMBUS OHIO 6.70
Wed & 2 SUGAR BOWTURN TOURNAMENT NEW ORLEANS LA (S.W. Louisiana, Tulane, Florida) 8.00
Thurs 2 29 SUGAR BOWTURN TOURNAMENT NEW ORLEANS LA (S.W. Louisiana, Tulane, Florida) 8.00
JANUARY, 1984 17 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL HOME 7.30
Wed 11 TEXAS SOUTHERN HOME 7.30
Wed 11 TEXAS SOUTHERN HOME 7.30
Sat 18 *MISSOURI* HOME 7.30
Sat 18 DKA STATE HOME 7.30
Sat 21 NEBRA STATE HOME 7.30
Sat 21 KANKSAS STATE HOME 7.30
FEBRUARY, 1984 15 OYLAHOMA NORMAN, OKLA 7.30
Wed 5 WOHA STATE HOME 7.30
Sat 11 **OWHA STATE** NORMAN, OKLA 7.30
Sat 11 **OWHA STATE** NORMAN, OKLA 7.30
Wed 11 **OWHA STATE** UNCOLN, NEB 7.30
Wed 12 NEBRASTATE UNCOLN, NEB 7.30
Wed 22 **OWLANGA** UNCOLN, NEB 7.30
Wed 22 **OWLANGA** UNCOLN, NEB 7.30
Wed 29 COLORADO BOULDER, KANAN 6.05
MARCH, 1984 3 OYLAHOMA STATE HOME 7.30
Thurs 9 EIGHT BIG EIGHT BIG EIGHT CANYON, KAZI (KEMPER ARENA)
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1983-84 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
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Friday. October 28
Kansas Union Ballroom
8:00 p.m.
$4.00 Students with K.U. I.D.
$5.00 General Public
Tickets available at SUA Office
BREAKING AWAY
DEMINE CHRISTOPHER DEMINO DIAMOND CANBERE DANIEL AND JOSE ERALE HAILE
BARBARA BARRERA FRAUDE DANIEL RETRONTURE DENYOUDGLASS
Wednesday October 12
7:00, 9:00, and 11:00 $1.75
Auditorium in Duche Hall next to the Union
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Shown in Downs Auditorium in Dyche Hall(next to the Union)