When University students return to campus next fall, a newly designed Palmer Square will await them here in Princeton.
The Princeton Borough Historic Preservation Review Committee recently endorsed plans for the plaza's redesign, with construction to begin this summer.
The feature of Palmer Square that will change the most is the newsstand kiosk on Nassau Street. Vice President of Palmer Square Management David Newton said the old kiosk was "designed strangely" and had inefficient features, such as an overextended roof line.
Newton also emphasized that the current kiosk dominates the plaza and detracts from a viewer's first impression of Palmer Square.
Plans for a redesigned kiosk would extend the current building's square footage to between 230 and 330 sq. feet. The kiosk, which is currently owned by the McCaffrey's supermarket chain, will increase its inventory to include more convenience products in addition to the newspapers and periodicals it currently sells. A new illuminated clock also will be added to the kiosk.
In addition to renovations to the kiosk, the new design of Palmer Square plaza will replace the current fountain with a water wall and incorporate new benches.
The water wall, designed by architect George Myers, will be four to five feet in height. It is intended as an aesthetic structure and as a means to decrease noise pollution in the area.
Proposals for the Palmer Square plaza renovations were first submitted in March of this year. For two months, Myer's plans for the new plaza underwent considerable scrutiny by the Historic Preservation Review Committee, which critiqued all aspects of the proposal — from the height of the water wall to the optimal distance from eye level for lighting from light poles.
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