A hearing is underway in Lexington. The topic: city leaders are looking at one group's request to stop demolition of historic buildings on Main Street, which is making way for the CentrePointe project.

Not everyone is against the plans to build a 35-story high-rise.

Some people are taking this opportunity to take a creative spin on the project.
Over the weekend, design students from the University of Kentucky and outside experts designed several new options for Downtown Lexington.

Team Chicago's building is "snake like."

Team Los Angeles has a space-age design.

Team Lexington's building looks like a stack of phone books. The Dean of the UK School of Design says this proves the value of thinking outside the box.

"What we really wanted to show was what was possible, some alternatives to what's happening down there right now."  Michael Speaks, the Dean, told Action News 36.