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MINUTES ATLANTA CIVIC DESIGN COM~I~SION FEBRUARY 23, 1967 The regular meeting of the Atlanta Civic Design Commission was held Thursday, F c brudry 23, at 2 p.m., In Committee Room

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City Hall, with the following members present: Sam 1 1 Inman Cooper, Chairman Joseph S. Perrin, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Alvin M. F e rst, Secretary Harry J. Baldwin John C. Gould Julian Harris Mrs. Edith Henderson J. Ben Moore Paul Muldawcr Guests present: Robert H. Jones Foy L. Hood McKendree A. Tucker H. Griffith Edwards Herschel S. Owens Dave Lunde - Old South Motel Associated Industries of Georgia Tucker & Howell, Arch. Edwards & Portman, Arch. II II - Aeck Associates, Inc. Minutes of the February 9 me eting were approved. C!-fAIR MAN REPORT Chairma n Cooper read the following: (1) Letter d ate d February 23 to Mayor Allen re appointments to ACDC for 1967; (2) Letter dated February 23 to the Senate Ch a mber, State Ca pitol, endorsing work of th e Georgia Arts Commission, and urging reinstateme nt of funds in the 1967 budg et PRES EN TA TIONS TUCKER & HOOD Messrs. Tucker and Hood met with the Commission for furt her discussion of the proposed Associated Industries of Georgia office building at Washington and Hunter Streets , as presented by Mr. Clifford Clarke at the last ACDC meeting. �- 2 Before the diseussion began, the Chairman pointed out that ACDC has no legal jurisdiction, but that it reviews and suggests, and hopes for cooperation. Concerning the suggestions for certain changes in the street floor plan, whereby a more open effect would be created, and also the relativ~ height of the building, Messrs. Hood and Tucker feel th e se ideas would not be economically feasible, as much rentable floor space would ·be lost and they need all the revenue they can get. Mr. Perrin comment e d that since there is little space, then it demands the maximum utilization. He added he was very concerned, as a citizen in this community, with the fact that we arc finding space more and more precious, and are getting increasingly out of scale with huma n beings. Mr. Perrin concurs that we want Atlanta to make economic progr e ss, and that this is done by bu il ding things that are economically feasibl e . But, h e addedJ the Commission is charged wi th the re sponsibility to see that more than just an economic eff ort is made. Mr, Mul dawer expresse d -his personal opi ni on that as the Capitol is very important, he f eels it should be higher than all th e buildings around it, and that other buildings should humble themselves to it. He also feels that in this case the exterior material should be neutral to the gold on the Capitol dome, rather than harmonize with it. Chairman Cooper stated he is of the opinion that as buildings looked different heights from different angles, and that as the Capitol is several hundred feet from other buildings, he feels from an economical point of view, that the Commission should not hamper, even with suggestions. He feels this building is better than the average building, and is an asset to �• J - the City. Mr. Cooper added that the Commission would like to see the building haNionizc with surrolindirtgs as much as possible, but that we do not want to discourage to ~he extent that it won•t be constructed. He concluded that the Commissibn is inle~estcdt as are Messrs. Hood and Tucker, in doing the best job possible on this property. Ur. Tucker expressed his appreciation for the rrview, and stated he feels something has been accomplished. JONES Mr. Robert H. Jones, owner of th e Old South Motel on the South Expressway at Cleve land Avenu e , met with the Commission concerning the rezoning of a small strip of land in front of his motel and adjacent to the e xpressway. Ho objects to this rezoning, as a filling station is pro- posed to be built on that site. Mr. Jones stated that he has discovered that many of these small remnants of land adjacent to expressways are being petitioned for filling stations, and he hopes that some city group can study this problem and claim an overall approach to the entire thing while there is still time. He added that this particular petition will be brought up at the Zoning Committee meeting, which was being held that same day~ Mr. Muldawer c onc urs that this is a special problem that needs a general policy on what should happen to th e se strips, and how they can be enhanced. The following recommendation was approved and was presented to the Zoning Committee during its session: �• 4 • Subjects 11 Proposal for Rezonin~ of Forrest Hills Drive, Petition #Z-66-281-G s. ~ . It is recom.m.ended that aetion on the petition ·for rezoning of ~he above project be deferred pending furthe~ s.t.udy of this site and its partieular environment and other similar remnant parcels thr 0U,£thou t t.he Ci. ty • It _is further recommended that based on these studies, a general policy be established by the City Planning Department relati~e to strip development,.s with particular consid e ration given to thcil.' relationship to interstate highways. 11 ARCHITECTURAL REVIE WS: At the invit.ati~ of Mr. Muldaw~r, chairman of the Archit e ctural Revie w Committee, the follo wing architects were present to revie w with the Commission plans previously submitted , Archi t e et H. Griff i th Edwards Project & He r schel s. Owens Trail wa y s Bus Terminal & Parking Garage (Edwa rds & Portman Dave Lund e (Aec k As so e., I n c.) F i ne Arts Bldg. for Ge or g ia State College & I vey Construction Co mpany Off i ce Bldg . Mr. Muldawer added that several se hool submissions are to be reviewed at the next meeting, and requested a representative of the School Department and also the School Architect be invited to the meeting for discussion of the reviews. The meeting adjourned at Ann Butler Reeording Secretary 4:45 p.m, �