97-03-27 South Campus District Forum

SECOND FORUM TO CONSIDER SOUTH CAMPUS DISTRICT PLAN

	COLUMBUS - The Ohio State University will hold the second in a series of
public forums on Tuesday, April 1, on the development of the South Campus
District Plan.  The forum will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in room 130 of
Drinko Hall (Ohio State's College of Law building), 55 W. 12th Ave.

	The forum will include a presentation and discussion of alternative
planning concepts formulated by a planning team employed by the university.
The team is led by Sasaki Associates of Boston.  Other team members are
Michael Dennis & Associates of Boston, Design Group Inc. of Columbus and
Burgess & Niple of Columbus.

	Ohio State's Board of Trustees in October 1995 adopted a master plan for
the Columbus campus which considered planning and development policies for
the next 50 years.  As a follow-up, Ohio State's Office of University
Architect and Physical Planning has embarked on a series of district plans
which study specific portions of the campus in greater detail.

	The South Campus District Plan generally includes areas within or near
those university-owned properties south of West 12th Avenue, west of North
High Street and east of the Olentangy River.  The district plan will focus
on open space and landscape, circulation and parking, and design and
development guidelines.  It also will consider how university development
and land-use policies will affect the surrounding neighborhood.

	Ohio State's Office of University Architect and Physical Planning sponsored
an initial forum on a South Campus District Plan on Jan. 30.  A third forum
is likely to be held in June.  For more information on the district plan,
call Nancy Sullivan, campus planner, at 688-3893.

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Contact: Nancy Sullivan, Office of University Architect and Physical
         Planning, 688-3893
	 Steve Sterrett, Campus Partners, 294-7300


[Submitted by: Ruth Gerstner  (gerstner.2@osu.edu)
               
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 14:05:35 -0500]
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