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Wednesday, August 22, 1884 Daily Nebraskan Pago 39 Lied Center moved to new block By Lise Olscn Bal'y Nebrsaktst tT Writer The Lied Center h&3 a new home, or will once it's built. The $20 million performing arts complex will be located on the block bounded by 1 1 th, 1 2th, Q and P. streets, a block west of the original location. The change was made in order to better coordinate the Lied Center with Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Howell Theater and Kimball Re cital Hall, a ccording to Kimball Director Ron Bowlin. However, because the build ing will be set at a 45 degree angle to K street, the 12th and 13th streets block will also be acquired by UNL for additional landscaping and possibly park ing purposes. Ted and Wallas and the Neb raska Bookstore, as well as the other businesses in the area, will eventually be displaced, said UNL Business Manager Ray Cof Coffey. Only one property in the area has been purchased so far, State Printing. Seven more have yet to be purchased, although prop erty owners have been notified of UNL's plan3 to buy them out, Coffey said. Once the property is acquired, all existing build , ings will have to be torn down. The actual design of the Lied Center, which will include a 2,500 seat theatre, is now in a "sche matic phase," Bowlin said. A basic floor plan, flow, accesses and ceiling arrangements are being discussed by the archi tects and university officials. Pre liminary exterior designs have also been submitted but none has yet been approved, he said. The actual plans will be drawn up after the schematic phase is completed probably in Sep tember, Bowlin said. , Planning has been complicated by the nature and size of the building and those that will sur- round it, he said. Though plans for a major per forming art center have been part of the campus master plan since 1086, the immense price ha3 been a barrier to any con struction, Bowlin said. The $10 million donation by the Lied Foundation leaves only $3 mil lion to be raised by the Univer sity Foundation, he said. UNL hopes that the remain ing $7 million will be allocated by the state. Coffey said there are indications that Gov. Kerrey supports the project. Even after financial consid erations are taken care of and property is acquired, one more major barrier remains to con struction. The Lied Center will remove 200 existing parking places for faculty and UNL work ers. "We have adequate space (for faculty) but it is not as conve niently located," Coffey said. The question of parking facilities for the theater itself including up to 2,500 patrons in attend ance of a show, remains un answered. Although the expected com pletion date of the center is 1088, the construction will have effects on UNL and the city of Lincoln well before its complet ion. "Preliminary thoughts are that 12th street will be closed," Cof fey said, "and it is part of the long range plan that R will be closed from 10th to 11th.' Street closing and demolition of existing buildings and busi nesses will create a mall-like atmosphere and stretch the cam pus border to Q street. When the center is completed in 1988, it will provide a mid size auditorium for major per formances that are too big for Kimball, and too non-commercial for Bob Devaney with better acoustics than the Coli seum (which was once used for mid-sized productions). The Lied Center will offer con certs, operas, classes, student recitals and Broadway plays. Although it will basically be shared by the theater and music departments, everyone at UNL will be encouraged to use it, Bowlin said. I I JLI nrr w m NEWMAN CENTERST. THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH 320 N. 16th. 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