I don't have much to say about the aesthetics and architecture of the The Randall Jarrell Performing Arts Center suffice to say that it should be beautiful and not just another brick and concrete box-- the only type of architecture that Greensboro's downtown proponents seem able to produce based on everything that's been built downtown for say, the last 50 years.
The great thing about locating the East Greensboro Performing Arts Center in the location I've chosen is that it can and will be the focal point of the entire area and everything else can be designed around it.
Within the green circle are two filled lakes that could be dug back out if that's what the people want. And while they're not rivers there are 2 full time streams that have continued to flow through every summer drought in memory. Downtown certainly can't offer that. And should a high rise hotel be built nearby the view will encompass the many wooded acres of the 3 nearby neighborhood parks that already exist there.
Because the chosen site is not downtown the aesthetics won't need to comply with what is already built-- a bunch of drab brick and concrete boxes. Then, local businesses can come in to create a second downtown Greensboro built around the theme chosen for the East Greensboro Performing Arts Center.
It just makes sense.
As a matter of fact, if Greensboro residents would like to design their own performing arts center and send their proposals to GreensboroPerformingArtsCenter@gmail.com I'll be more than happy to post them online for everyone to see. Any budding architects, engineers, civic planners or designers out there? Just put "Greensboro Performing Arts Center" in the subject line of your e-mail so I'll know it isn't spam.
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