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Published on: 7/9/2005
Last Visited: 5/28/2009
Debra Smith, the key city planner involved with the SOM plan, said the streetlight design, which she described as "neo art deco," was chosen because it blended best with the new and old architecture downtown.
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Smith said the city has not yet determined how to fund the rest of the 12th Street work or the improvements after that, but said it would probably be done incrementally.
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The Cordish Co. of Baltimore has agreed to follow the guidelines in much of the entertainment district it is developing in a seven-block stretch of the South Loop, and the company developing the former Fidelity Bank & Trust Building at 909 Walnut St. into luxury apartments also will cooperate, Smith said.