Design ideas for the Asheville ‘pit of despair’

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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How should the public space in front of the US Cellular Center and Basilica of St. Lawrence in downtown Asheville be developed and designed?

Last week, a group of 21 Clemson University students offered up their ideas. Check out their renderings.

The students, from the university’s College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities, unveiled their concepts at the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design. Architecture Professor Doug Hecker, who lives in Asheville, led the group, who worked on the project in partnership with the Asheville Design Center.

It’s still unclear to me whether Asheville City Council has reached agreement on how the space should be used, but city officials are moving ahead with programming events at the site

Dana Frankel at recent meeting