Friday, January 18, 1980
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City annexes 490 acres; residential housing likely
University Daily Kansan
As students filtered back into Lawrence last week, it was unlikely that they observed that the city had grown substantially while they were news. But it had
At its Jan. 8 and Jan. 15 meetings, the Lawrence City Commission approved annexation of 490 acres of land for long-term development.
The area is between 32rd and 158th streets, which is the street to and including Drastagro Town, again existing Alvamar development. It is the longest annexation in recent Lawrence
"This is four to five times larger than any residential annexation in some areas of the country," she said this week. "We annexed 80 acres a couple of years ago, but nothing besides the airport and fire stations."
Because the developers' plans are only preliminary, the intended use of the 490 acres is unclear. But Wildsen had expected some multi-unit housing to be built, possibly near the Alvarium Racquet Club and the major trafficways such as 210rd Riverside.
involved in planning the area, said some student housing might fit into the area's long-range plan. But he said he viewed it as primarily a single-family and multi-unit facility.
Jack Rose, one of several homeowners in the affected area, said he thought that some commercial development was a possibility at 23rd Street and Dragstrip Road.
street. BRIAN KUBOTA, a Lawrence architect
THE REAL MEANING of the amexement, according to Kubota, is the position of the land in relation to Clinton Lately and whole area as a region. In the case of Kansas, University Endowment
Association and the State of Kansas both owned park land at Clinton Lake and that their development plans surely would have an effect on the ultimate character of the park.
When the lake opens later this year and Clinton Parkway is finished, Kukaba said, the newly amended area would be part of the increasingly used route between town and
Country. But the realization of development plans is a long time away, Kubota said.
"First you have to get streets, then you have to have a destination, an area that
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draws people, then you have to have sewers," he said. "Then you can start thinking about the Alvaram development."
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