New map pictures where new Burge Union, science building will be constructed within KU’s Central District

This presentation slide shows a site plan for redeveloping the area of Kansas University's Central District near Allen Fieldhouse. KU officials will brief the Lawrence City Commission on redevelopment plans, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015.

Goodbye Stouffer Place and Burge Union. Hello integrated science building, parking garage and new Burge Union.

We’ve been reporting on Kansas University’s plans to majorly transform its Central District in the next couple years — including tearing down and rebuilding the Burge — but KU’s conceptual master plan has only vague, conceptual maps of where all that new construction might go.

KU has now shared a more specific map — albeit still tentative, as buildings have not yet been designed — showing how it envisions an integrated science building, the new union and a parking garage fitting between Anschutz Sports Pavilion and Irving Hill Road. The tract currently is home to the easternmost Stouffer Place apartment buildings, the Burge Union and parking lot 72.

KU is on tonight’s Lawrence City Commission agenda and is scheduled to update the Commission on its plans for the Central District, as well as discuss the possibility of a transit hub between Naismith Drive and the rec center, currently lot 90 (here’s city reporter Nikki Wentling’s writeup on that). The new map is part of the materials KU shared with the commission prior to the meeting.

Here’s a slide of the map…

…and even better, a nifty before and after GIF by the Journal-World’s digital editor Nick Gerik.

http://imgur.com/CnfxJes

• Also, a quick note about something else happening tonight if you’re not stuck in the City Commission meeting, or watching the Royals in Game 1 of the World Series. Rain Pryor, the daughter of famous comedian Richard Pryor, is on campus for a screening of “That Daughter’s Crazy,” set for 7 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. During the event, which is free and open to the public, Pryor also will discuss the film, her life and career, according to KU. More information on Pryor and the film here.