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  1. Texasota
    And it only took, what, 60 years? Decades of lost potential.
  2. Texasota
    No. Philly for one, but I'd say it's not that unusual regardless of city size.
  3. Texasota
    Now they just need to put a residential tower on top of the bus bays.
  4. Texasota
    I can live with that site plan, and the architecture shown in the concept images is above average. Hopefully they keep to that.
  5. Texasota
    I feel strongly that Riverside/Riverside Terrace should be preserved as much as possible, but this is a vacant lot on the edge of the neighborhood. In general, I'm much more sympathetic to wanting to save something that could be demolished than to worrying about the impact of new construction on existing "character". I used to live a few blocks from here, and, in general, would have loved to see more development. More people. More stuff. Hopefully these houses turn out above average, but, even if they don't, homes are better than vacant lots.
  6. Texasota
    Always has. There's some storage up there for pieces not currently on display and offices.
  7. Texasota
    That's a photo of the existing complex.
  8. Texasota
    I really like the service alley and the separated garages so everything facing Waugh serves people rather than cars. The building itself is reasonably handsome though a bit too officey looking. If it werent for the balconies it would just be an above average office building. But it's not bad.
  9. Texasota
    I'll forgive a lot of sins for GFR
  10. Texasota
    That would be the "awful strip mall" I was referring to. I have to assume tear-down is the plan, but until we see a site plan who knows. And until we see shovels in the ground for that matter. Hopefully this won't be another Regent Square.
  11. Texasota
    Phase I, yes. But look at the Phase II and III map.
  12. Texasota
    Ho. Ly. Crap. Don't tease me with the redevelopment of that awful strip mall. It's my white whale.
  13. Texasota
    I hate it so much I maybe like it?
  14. Texasota
    I lived in Minneapolis. It is absolutely an oasis but let's not overstate things.
  15. Texasota
    That Kroger is fine, but this is still a good spot. Something more specialized or maybe a Trader Joe's would do well.
  16. Texasota
    Disgusting. They of all people should do better.
  17. Texasota
    I genuinely wish they had built new, though I'm sure keeping that one attic window grandfathered them in as a "renovation". This is just ugly.
  18. Texasota
    Balconies are good. I do like them recessed like this, but I think *every* apartment and condo should have some sort of private outdoor space.
  19. Texasota
    health-forward restaurant ... based in the Midwest... Nope. It doesn't add up.
  20. Texasota
    I kind of want the TMobile store to be completely different. This whole thing is shaped like an exclamation point - make the TMobile store bright pink and covered with neon as the "point".
  21. Texasota
    But why? I've never liked this setup on streets that have it, and there's plenty of space to have bike lanes protected by a door buffer and parking. *Maybe* if forces drivers to slow down because you have other drivers (the only kind of pedestrian most drivers even pretend to respect) walking from the middle of the street to the sidewalk? Eh, I'm not a fan. I don't like it in South Philly, and I don't think it's the best approach in midtown.
  22. Texasota
    This has absolutely been talked about and I remain staunchly against that idea. Moving at-risk people away from a neighborhood where they have easy access to services and public transportation is, at best, unproductive and unhelpful to those people. I think there's an argument that they should have built bigger, maybe selling part of their land and building denser on a smaller parcel, but Montrose is absolutely where this kind of organization should be.
  23. Texasota
    I can't take this name seriously.
  24. Texasota
    well I suppose it counts as a skill...
  25. Texasota
    no
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