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daily nebraskan
monday, august 27, 1979
'UNL landscaping projects include courtyard and gazebo
By Diane Andersen
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The UNL Grounds Department is planning numerous
landscaping projects and improvements under the direc
tion of its new landscape architect, Kim Todd, according
to assistant architect Jim Magmi.
' "In my opinion, Kim is a really good designer and she
motivates the people around her," Magmi said.
An enclosed courtyard near Keim Hall on East Campus
is one of the more elaborate, and expensive, projects on
the drawing board for fall.
"ItH probably take the Central Planning Committee
and the regents about a year to get it approved," said
Magmi.
Magmi said the courtyard, designed by Todd, is called
"Experience of Space." It will contain curved brick path
ways, an amphitheater for lectures, and running water
along steps leading to a fountain. J
"One of the really innovative features is that every
thing is curved," Magmi said. (ftAAftA
He estimated that a contractor might charge $100,000
for the entire job, but a lot of money could be saved if
grounds workers put in the native plants and bricking
themselves.
THE COURTYARD also will feature a covered gazebo
and will be accessible to the handicapped, Magmi said.
If -Experience of Space" is approved by the Central
Planning Committee and NU Board of Reeents, as all
UNL landscaping projects must be, work could be started
next spring. The project will take at least a year to com
plete. The "North Core" project on East Campus is another
of the landscapes' long-term goals. Todd said that since
work started last spring, sidewalk from Keim Hall to the
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The model shows the UNL Grounds Department proposed landscaping design for the courtyard between Keim Hall
and the newly-built Plant Science building.
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East Union has been completed Another walk has been
staked out by the veterinary science building.
"We only have the funding for the first two phases of
sidewalk," Todd said, adding that the final two phases will
include plants that tolerate acidic soil conditions, such as
pines, spruce and certain shrubs.
THE "SOUTH CORE" East Campus project is even
farther along, according to Todd. She said the grounds
department has finished five sidewalks around the heavy
traffic area of the East Union. A considerable amount of
earthworks, shaped like hump's have been put In. .
"Again, we don't have the money to put in plant mat
erials," Todd said, adding that the South Core grading,
irrigation systems and lighting have already been installed.
"We're to the point with budget restrictions that we
have to be looking for private donations," she explained.
The University Foundation is a source of private funding,
she added.
Todd said that last year the landscape plant projects
received about $20,000 from the grounds department.
"ITD BE NICE to start on our fund drive this fall,"
she said. Magmi said plans for city campus landscaping
this fall include a facelift of 10th Street, near Memorial
Stadium. New trees will be planted in an effort to make
the "weedy" area look better, he said.
"It's an important part of the campus because it's the
only view of the campus that some people ever get," he
said.
Todd said large trees from four nursery sites on East
Campus will be tagged and replanted in the fall or spring
by a contractor.
"WE'RE GOING on the assumption that we can go
ahead and plant and maybe they won't expland the
stadium for a while," she said.
Thursday, the Central Planning Committee will decide
on the site they will recommend for the new Alumni
Center. Todd and Magmi said they are favoring site "D",
the metered parking lot west of the Selleck Quadrangle, if
an off-campus site is unacceptable to the committee.
"John Duve (UNL parking coordinator), Kim and I
have worked together on this," Magmi said.
He said Duve may try to get replacement parking space
in the Gunny's Complex or a ramp lot next to the Student
Union if the site is chosen.
Bus schedules changed
Lincoln Transportation System buses-will start fall
schedules on Monday. LTS General Manager Jerry Olson
said only minor time changes are involved.
Schedules that change include Bethany, Arapahoe, East
Vine, Gaslight Village, Arnold Heights, formal and West
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UNL's shuttle service between downtown and east
campuses also begins Monday. The shuttle bus runs from
Lyman Hall on the downtown campus to East Campus's
Burr-Fedde.
Student fare for the shuttle bus is 10 cent with a uni
versity I.D. Tokens can also be purchased at the Nebraska
Unions.
The university operates a shuttle bus between UNO
and UNL. The bus leaves UNO's Medical Center at 6:30
ajn., stops at the UNO mail room-at 7:00 a.m., and
Morrill Hall at 8:40 a jn.
The afternoon schedule starts in Lincoln at 1:00 p.m.
. at 171 West Nebraska Hall, arrives at UNO at 2:40 pjn.,
stops at the Medical Center at 3:10 p jti and completes
the circuit in Lincoln at 4:30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at theUursar's office for $1;
This bus is for university students and faculty only.
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