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Wednesday, November 30. 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Changing the look of LAWRENCE
Talk of future spurs Lawrence memories
By Deb Gruver
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Glenn Kappelman remembers the Lawrence of the 1930s as a young boy riding his bike down elm-shaded streets.
Now he's looking forward to seeing the future of the city as a Lawrence Plaza.
"It was in evolution even then," said Kappelman, of Calvin, Eddy and Kappelman Real Estate Inc.
Kappelman holds fond memories of Lawrence, particularly the city's
He recalled the tree-lined streets in the '30s.
Kappelman, who is working on a collection of prints on city history called 'Lawrence, Kansas Illus.' from his New York studies, has been capable of reshaping itself.
"The streets were lined with elms whose branches touched and looked just like an arch." he said. "The picket fences were just perfect. When you were on your bike, you were always in the shade."
Kappelman doesn't want to lose those memories of shaded Lawrence streets to a city that is unrecognizable in 1992. To control growth, he said he wanted two things to happen in the next four years.
"I think Lawrence needs well- planned, steady growth, not a boom growth," Kappelman said. "And we need to continue to use, reconstruct and encourage historical preservation."
So the 1992 he envisions will be a mixture of old and new.
He's excited about the riverfront project that will appear on the banks of the Kansas River within the next year.
"If the riverfront plaza develops, that area in itself will develop north." Kappelman said.
history of downtown.
Where will be given the Grand Regatta, by Eastern Rowing Crews, September 19 and 20,
during the week of the Great Bismarck Fair
Ron Schneider, a Lawrence resident who is involved in historical preservation, said he believes the riverfront project will add to the
"The riverfront project is going to celebrate old buildings," Schneider said.
Both Kappelman and Schneider believe the downtown will grow in the next four years.
"As town grew westward, businesses had to squeeze down Sixth Street and Ninth Street, kind of like toothpaste coming out of the tube," Kappelman said. "Because it's always blocked by the North, the downtown has always squeezed the other way."
Although Kappelman thinks the northern end of the downtown area is open for growth now, he doesn't see it coming. He says the plan was thaned the planned riverfront project.
He said he had a pretty good feel for the city he had seen transform in the last 50 years.
There's not much to keep Lawrence from growing, Kappelman said, and he wonders just where it will end.
Lawrence might someday connect with some of its neighboring townships. Kapelman predicted.
"Johnson County is moving to the west, toward overland Park and Lenexa. It will ultimately connect with DeSoto, and DeSoto will move toward Eudora." Kappelman said. "With the industrial park, we'll squeeze into Eudora. And we'll have a heavily populated Highway 10."
That population excites, yet concerns him.
By 1992, the city's three main arteries will be Sixth Street, 15th Street and Clinton Parkway, and Wakarua Drive, Kapelman said.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
Price Banks, city planning director,
said Sixth Street would extend
the bank's service to the West Side.
This print shows how the Kansas River, near downtown Lawrence, looked in 1882. Glenn Kappelman, a Lawrence realist, is working on a project that records Lawrence's evolution.
"You're going to see new industry by then and more schools," Kappel
Catherine Wheeler/KANSAN
man said.
But in all the redevelopment and rezoning, Kappelman said he wanted Lawrence to be preserved.
"Historic preservation can't exist in it," he said. "It has to support itself."
Schneider agreed.
"Real preservation encourages the use of a building," Schneider said. "Adaptive use, that's the key. Preservation is an act of conservation."
A print in the private collection, "Lawrence, Kansas Illustrated," shows Lawrence's townspeople lining the river. Both Schneider and Kappelman are glad the buildings will find new life.
"It's the total environment," Kappelman said. "It's social and economic activity. It's part of the interest. It's part of the action."
The Bowersock Mills and Power Co. is the site where the riverfront project will be built. The project is scheduled to be completed within the next year.
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OWNERS
"I think the downtown will grow stronger with the riverfront project," she said. "The brewery is going in next door to Liberty Hall. That's going to be a neat thing. Many students have never seen a brewery. That whole block is bought up and is already planned."
But the waiting is slow for some business owners. Peter Zacharias, owner of Goldmakers, 723 Massachusetts St., said he thought downtown business would be about the same after the riverfront project was completed.
Although he said he thought the riverfront would encourage customers to come downtown, he didn't know how far they would travel from the riverfront.
I think the downtown will grow stronger with the riverfront project. The brewery is going in next door to Liberty Hall. That's going to be a neat thing. Many students have never seen a brewery. That whole block is bought up and is already planned.'
- Linda Lester owner of The Etc. Shop
"There's the rule that people won't walk more than 300 feet out of their way," Zacharias said. "Maybe Lawrence people will be more adventurous in four years and will walk out of sight of their car."
A Lawrence businessman for about 15 years and in his present location for two years, Zacharias said he loves Lawrence's downtown and township is one of only a few towns in the Midwest, with a thriving downtown.
"I'm against a suburban mall in the future — 1992 or whenever," he said.
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