2 days before Admiral Safeway’s design review, see the new plan

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That’s the proposed California SW side of the new Admiral Safeway store – the final part of the project that the Southwest Design Review Board needs to sign off on. They’re scheduled to meet this Thursday, 6:30 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, to look at the project for the 5th time, but you can preview the newest plan right now – we just discovered it’s available at the city’s Design Review website (click here – 12MB PDF) – the California side is shown on page 6 of that new “packet.” Note the additions include an ATM. The Safeway project’s also a regular topic of discussion for the Admiral Neighborhood Association, which happens to meet tonight, 7 pm, basement meeting room at Admiral Church (California/Hill). P.S. For comparison’s sake, here’s how the California side looked for the last meeting – it should be noted the changes are interior as well as exterior, since board members’ questions included what would be visible from the sidewalk as people walk past:

Scott February 9, 2010 (9:56 pm)

This is my first view of the plans, but I find them surprisingly and disappointingly low in density. Box groceries elsewhere in the city are getting several floors of housing above. Here, it’s just some parking in the sky. What a missed opportunity, and surprisingly similar to what is already on site.

JanS February 10, 2010 (12:50 am)

ummm..there’s gonna be 40 apartments and a whole bunch of work spaces along 42nd Ave. SW at the corner of Lander going north for at least a half block. I live right across the street from there, and that’s definitely dense enough for me. And this store will be half again as big, reaching all the way to SW Lander St. on the south side. No more parking lot there. And there will be a separate retail building along Calif. Ave. SW where the first row of parking is now. What exactly is there about that that isn’t dense enough for you? Does everything have to have 180 living units above it until it looks like we live in caves everywhere? I like this design, and think it will add a lot to the Admiral District.

sun*e February 10, 2010 (7:38 am)

I think it looks great and will be a huge improvement as to how it is currently. Can’t wait to experience the new digs as this is where I grocery shop 90% of the time. Let’s get it built already!!! :)

Dan February 10, 2010 (8:13 am)

This project will be a great improvement to the Admiral neighborhood. Let them proceed already! They have done a great job integrating the design into the neighborhood. Cant wait until it is completed.

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