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daily nebraskan
Wednesday august 18, 1982
Kwik Shop drops development of R Street lot
The development of a small lot on
campus has been the subject of a major
controversy in recent months. The lot is
located on R Street between St. Mark's
Church and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Earlier this year the lot was purchased
from Nebraska Book Co. Inc by Kwik
Shop. However, many people, including
the NU Board of Regents, were opposed to
the building of a convenience store at that
location.
UNL Business Manager Ray Coffey said
he had "never seen the Board of Regents
more united" in their attempts to prevent
a Kwik Shop from being built.
The regents felt a Kwik Shop would
commercialize the campus frontage and
would be inconsistent with the otherwise
university-related buildings in the area,
Coffey said.
Additional traffic load across from the
Administration Building was also a
concern. Coffey said the regents were
ready to use condemnation proceedings if
necessary to keep Kwik Shop out.
Kwik Shop was willing to sell, though,
and on July 1 sold the property to the NU
Foundation for $165,000. The foundation
made a rental-purchase agreement that
gives use of the lot to the regents.
According to Coffey, the space will be
developed for metered visitor parking be
cause of the many visitor attractions in the
are, including Kimball Recital Hall,
Sheldon Memorial Gallery and Temple
Theater.
Bids for the resurfacing the 35-space lot
are due Aug. 20, and Coffey estimated the
lot would be ready for use two to three
weeks after that date. The rock surface will
remain for now, but Coffey said money
from the meters could be used to blacktop
the lot in about a year.
Plans for the lot include the planting of
shurbs on the south end to serve as a
barrier. The lot now is blocked off, "to get
people used to not parking there," Coffey
said.
Lambda Chi Alpha had the consent of
the former owner, Nebraska Book Co., to
use the space for their own parking lot.
Because the house won't officially be open
until Aug. 16, no one from the fraternity
could be reached for comment.
The Rev. Don Hanway of St. Mark's
Church said he is "delighted" with the uni
versity's purchase of the property for
several reasons. First, he said it would help
ease some of the parking problems church
goers have on Sunday morning. The
congregation also hopes to make use of the
lot for various other church activities
during non-metered hours.
Hanway also said he thinks the open
parking space will be much more attractive
than a convenience store, "no matter how
architecturally beautiful a Kwik Shop
might be."
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