What’s appalling is the singe-family houses in Roxboro across the river, they should be demolished to fit into the urban contextIt's in Cliff Bungalow, a dense growing neighborhood near the city center. Don't worry, those homes will be demolished and replaced next. Then this building will fit right in and you won't have to worry about it looking out of context
Ideally, we would all love to see empty blocks built out first but unfortunately, that's not possible. A lot of the owners of these empty blocks are just holding on for the land value appreciation or cashing in from leasing out parking to other companies. Meanwhile, someone, specifically a developer, sitting on a few decaying homes might have the pockets to build something right now rather than in the future.
My bad, I wasn't referring to those homes in particular, just generally to the situation in the Beltline/Inner City/Downtown.
With the homes already built, I'm fine with leaving them there. For me the big thing is the river access, I wish there was a strip of land along the river that could be used for public pathway. I think the mansions along the river could coexist nicely with a public pathway.
