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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
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Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
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ARB ACTION MEMO - EXCERPT
Date: 05 -16 -2011
Time: 1:00 PM
Meeting Room: Room #241
Members:
Charles T. Lebo: Absent
Fred Missel, Chair: Present
Paul M. Wright: Present
Bill Daggett, Vice Chair: Present
Bruce Wardell: Present
Staff:
Margaret Maliszewski: Present
Eryn Brennan: Present
Sharon Taylor: Present
WORK SESSION
Stonefield (Albemarle Place): Concept elevations
The ARB held a work session on the Stonefield (previously Albemarle Place) development. The
applicant discussed the concept elevations for the Regal Cinema and Trader Joe's with the ARB. The
ARB provided the following comments.
1. Building transparency enlivens the street edge. The Trader Joe's should incorporate transparency
along the EC.
2. The grocery store columns aren't supporting enough. They feel thin and applied.
3. Stepping out the corner of the grocery store may be appropriate.
4. It is difficult to see the connection to local architecture in the grocery store design.
5. There was continued discussion about the appearance of the corner building, with board members
noting that the Hydraulic /29 corner is potentially the most important in the County.
6. There was much discussion about the material and overall color palette and how it relates to local
architecture.
7. There is concern about how the large expanses of a single material will appear.
8. What material are pedestrians walking next to?
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9. Stucco and synthetic stucco were discussed. Long -term durability and permanence are issues.
10. Consider a more civic - character material for the infill panels between the cinema's pilasters.
Hardipanel doesn't seem appropriate.
11. The horizontal lattice piece along the cinema was considered an appropriate feature. Extending it
further may be appropriate.
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