PORTSMOUTH A market pavilion design has emerged as residents preferred vision for redevelopment of the Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building property.
Boston-based design firm Principle Group revealed its final redevelopment sketch to Portsmouth residents and city leaders Tuesday night. It features retail and restaurant space, outdoor performance space, underground parking and the return of a post office to the site.
Russell Preston, founder of Principle Group, told the meeting’s virtual attendees the pavilion design, which he termed a market shed design, on average, ranked the top option out of four prior design sketches in a survey of Portsmouth residents. It scored an average of 3.8 on a scale of 1-5. The survey asked for opinions about multiple visions for the property created through a lengthy public input process.
PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth Listens hosted 160 attendees remotely Wednesday night for its virtual “McIntyre Project 101” opening session. It was the first in a series of events aimed at compiling public dialogue and opinion on how best to redevelop the long-sought-after Thomas J. McIntyre federal building property on Daniel Street.
Partnering with members of the McIntyre Subcommittee, city officials and Principle Group, a Boston-based urban design architectural firm charged with developing sketch proposals of the McIntyre property based on the results of public dialogue, Portsmouth Listens co-founder Jim Noucas said the road to beginning the public input process has been a long time coming.