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Interesting to compare Norhill's deed restrictions to the limitations applied by the historic district. 

The historic district really just regulates scale and exterior materials, so garage apartments and 2 story multi unit buildings are no problem. Especially since both were built in the neighborhoods during the historic period.

The deed restrictions actually limit you to one unit per lot though, so they block any kind of small-scale densification, even garage apartments. 

The Norhill area? A lot of that is already historic districts and/or deed restricted. 

what a welcoming gate. who wouldn't look at that and think "these people want me to be here".

Huh. Strong Enron vibes. Fits in with Greenway but wouldn't be my first choice for the site.

I worked at a (different) Whole Foods for two years, and I can promise you that the idea that only rich people shop there is nonsense.

Its reputation for being expensive has also always been overblown- it has expensive items but it's (mostly) not overpriced and their house brand stuff is really good.

That said, it's gone downhill quite a bit since the Amazon buyout.

But if you want a store that really is overpriced, I'd argue for Randall's personally. 

Why would you argue with someone who literally chose the name "MaxConcrete"? That's, at best, not someone you're going to convince.

Yes, good point. Apartment dwellers rarely buy groceries. 

His and Hers bathrooms where Hers is always significantly better really irritates me. Also, why does the toilet need its own door if you're not sharing the entire bathroom with *anyone*?

Why are massive rooms better than more bedrooms/true dedicated home offices? 

This is a deeply unhelpful tangent. In no way is anybody's ability to access their home by car being threatened. 

Yeah, if you find a $5 lobster roll, definitely do not eat it.

They didn't "rehab" these; they're almost entirely new materials.

Definitely some questionable taste going on here.

These look good, but why bother "keeping" the original houses for this? Just build new.

nobody tell the mayor about those curbs.

wait. a cheesesteak place is being replaced by someone named Hoagland? That can't be right.

That's standard-issue artist blurb and is really just about the art they're using not the (bar?) itself.

Awful. How much money is this funeral house making that this was worth it to them??

Go do that then.

To put a finer point on it, the church needs parking *exactly* when it's most available downtown. No one is at work. No one is out clubbing or bar hopping or seeing a show or whatever. Acres of available parking surround this church.

Blech. He's complaining about them charging for professional photoshoots and making it sound like anyone who takes a photo with their phone will be fined. 

I like these quick turnaround reuses of mediocre buildings. This is great, and it wont be a surface lot or something for years waiting for something theoretically better.

My wife used to live in the Rice (other side of downtown, but if anything more active). Noise was not an issue. 

The strings would be pretty minimal for interior changes. The main thing it would add is time. 

On 2/27/2024 at 12:05 PM, steve1363 said:

Why would the church do that?   Jackson Square was not property of the church. 

I'm withholding judgment until the area is completed but I wholeheartedly agree the church needed this parking solution in front of the building. 

*rolls eyes*