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[[Image:Triangle Center.jpg|right|thumb|The Triangle Center as seen along West<ref>Google Maps</ref> Main Street.]] The '''Triangle Center''' is primarily an office complex with several restaurants and a coffee shop in downtown [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. Originally envisioned as a shopping and dining complex bound by Broadway, East Main and South Mill Streets, it was constructed by the Webb Cos, to complement adjacent [[Victorian Square]] which had opened only one year prior.<ref>Gaines, John. "Webbs Announce Plans for 3-story Office Building." 27 October 1984. Herald-Leader [Lexington]. 5 December 2006.</ref>

It was first announced on October 1, 1984, by the Webb Cos. as a "[[festival marketplace]]" with boutiques, shops, and food kiosks.<ref name="100284_HL">Duke, Jacqueline. "Marketplace, office tower planned Webb project will replace the Galleria." 2 October 1984. Herald-Leader [Lexington]. 5 December 2006.</ref> The Festival Marketplace, as it was first named, was a combined effort by the developer with the [[Lexington Financial Center]] to replace the failed Galleria project. It was to be modeled after Harbor Place in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], Waterside in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], Faneuil Hall in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] and [[Toledo, Ohio]]'s Portside.

The open-air yet enclosed {{convert|114000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. structure would contain numerous small shops, a food court with a common dining area and a restaurant or a nightclub.<ref name="100284_HL"/> A [[farmers market]] was also considered as a tenant.

In addition to the marketplace, $7.5 million in state aid was announced by then-Governor [[Martha Layne Collins]] towards the construction of a six-level parking structure that would serve Festival Marketplace and the Lexington Financial Center.<ref name="100284_HL"/>

==References==
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==See also==
* [[Cityscape of Lexington, Kentucky]]

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[[Category:Office buildings in Lexington, Kentucky]]

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