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The unanimous approval of the land development plans sets the stage for construction to begin this fall on the $25 million, four-story performing arts center that will sit just south of the old blast furnaces.
It is to include a two-screen cinema that will show independent films, a bistro and an area called the PodZone. The PodZone will feature furniture arranged around flat-screen televisions, allowing patrons to do everything from sharing Powerpoint presentations to playing Guitar Hero.
The building will also have a cabaret-style Musikfest Cafe with a 900-person
capacity and a 4,000-square foot Blast Furnace room, which will host community and educational events.
"Essentially, there will be something for everyone," said Julie Benjamin, SteelStacks campaign director.
While questions at the Planning Commission meeting focused on the technical aspects of SteelStacks, the presentation provided an in-depth view of the first building in a $53 million arts campus driven by ArtsQuest, which runs events such as the 10-day Musikfest, and PBS-39, WLVT-TV.
ArtsQuest is heading up the performing arts venue, but PBS-39 is the force behind a new broadcast center.
PBS-39 President and CEO Patricia Simon said in a telephone interview that its $15 million part of the project won't start until spring.
Both broadcast and performing arts centers are expected to be open by spring 2011.
Other parts of the project are to be a festival center, a visitors center, a music pavilion, an outdoor plaza and space for community events. The campus is to provide space for artists and farmers markets and festivals run by ArtsQuest.
Those festivals will include portions of ArtsQuest's established festivals, such as Christkindlmarkt and Musikfest, but also new festivals such as Oktoberfest.
The project, part of the redevelopment of the former Steel plant, will be built at the former Hammer Shop No. 8 with a view of the blast furnaces. The performing arts center will be built from scratch, meaning the old Steel shop will be coming down.
While that decision has aggravated some critics who want to preserve what's left of the plant, ArtsQuest President Jeff Parks has said that the rehabilitation of the building would be too expensive and the building is too small for the programs.
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