Should comp4o*n«nt—not compote . . .
Defeatism shouldn't control
on downtown mall, architect declares
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CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, 1970 — A
possible re-arrangement of downtown Chapel
Hill as a mall-centered shopping area is shown
ifi this 'conceptual' drawing by architect Don
Stewart. The double building depicted bh North
Si', in the lower right hand corner is envisioned
as a town hall and auditorium, while the center
cluster of buildings would be commercial estab
lishments.
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By Ron Shumate
“T think something will have to
be done about Chapel Hill's traf
fic problem within - the next few
years.”
This statement was made this
week by lccal architect Donald j
S. Stewart. Stewart added that
there are many problems that *
must be dealt with in thinking
about a mall for Chapel Hill.
His thesis for a Master of Re
gional Plaining; , written in 1958,.
dealt with the redevelopmnet of
Chapel Hill's downtown business
district.
To ‘stimuia'e thinking
‘The main purpose of my
thesis,” Stewart explained, “was j
-jy stimulate^ thinking" in terms |
■' some me-hod of relieving traf- j
fie congestion here.
Stewart, wh<F~says he would ;
like to see something like a
mall here in Chapel HJI, says ,
parking is one of the major
problems here now,
“And, of course, you have to j
consider how the new Eastgate j
Shopping Center is going to work
—how much it’s going to affect!
downtown business.
"But you have to keep in mir.d !
that students are still going to!
shop downtown. They’r not go- i
ing to drive out there when they
can just waik right down here
and buy what they want.”
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Stewart feels that a mail-type
i f business district should be a
place where shoppers can go and
take their time if they wish; but
it should also be a plaee where
they can get in and out of in a
hurry if they need to.
“The mail in Kalamazoo pro
vides real atmosphere,’’ ^ he
said. “There’s no rushing, but
shoppers can taKe their time
going frr.m place to place and
not have to worry about park
ing meters.
“You have to make it easy for
the shopper," he said.
In his thesis, Stewart says that
“the betterment of the “existing:
conditions is not sufficient." There
fore, he says, people here must
take “a firm hand in actually
eliminating the undesirable condi
tions and completely reorganizing
physical, elements as deemed es
sential for the best passible solu
tion."
Scores ‘defeatism’
Stewart further states that in
terested persons should not look
upon such a project as “purely
hypothetical with a defeatist at
titude.” * ' '
He also adds that people should
approach ihe problems :lwiih
out any pre-conceived Ideas and
a broad mind with a view to
ward the future and the role
that such a central district (as
a mail) should play in a grow
ing community.”
But he hastens to emphasize
that his plan, while seemingly a
workable one, is both drastic and
visionary, and should serve .pri
marily to stimulate ether thoughts
toward the problems.
He also points out that the plan
outlined in his thesis is not the
only solution.
"You could write a thesis on
almost every topic in my thesis,”
he says. “It’s that broad aaj that
involved.”
Complement — not compete
With regard to shopping cen
tres, Stewart, said ia his thesis
that they should not compe e with,
but complement, a town’.* main
business district.
Therefore, he states, the dtain
business district muvt have “a
sound bads for its existence:
o herwise. it' can become sec
ondary. to the outlying shopping
center.”
Stewart feels that when and if
expansion come here, it will be
northward. “Rosemary m3y be
come the main artery through
town,” he feels,
“Land to the north of Franklin
Street is less expensive, jo ex
pansion should go that way.”
S ewurt says he doesn't profess
to know the answer to the traffic
problem here.
“But I do think something will
have to be done. It will take loss
of study on the part of merchants
as -well-as persons connected wr.h
the University.”
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