THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, September 19, 1996 TAG: 9609190366
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A1 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: 28 lines
FROM THIS...
Many objected to the original design of MacArthur Center, shown here in a computer rendering down City Hall Avenue, with the MacArthur Memorial on the far right. Critics said it looked bland from the outside, didn't appeal to pedestrians and didn't blend well with historic buidings downtown.
...TO THIS
The same view in an artist's sketch shown Wednesday: Designers have put windows where there used to be blank brick walls, such as at the entrance to Dillards, shown on the far left. Architecture on City Hall Avenue and Freemason Street meshes with historic buildings such as the MacArthur Memorial.
The most detailed drawings yet of what the mall will look like were unveiled Wednesday. It has the same layout, but restaurants and shop fronts can now be seen from street level, as in along Monticello Avenue, above. Critics, however, said the changes didn't go far enough.< Story, A13
ILLUSTRATION: Color drawings by CNB