This site has more pavement (~85,000SF) than the school to the north has park space (~80,000SF) and that includes the playground, basketball courts and paved inner courtyard of the schoolNice find @MichaelS It's not a looker, but given it's location on a side street, it'll do. Especially if it can help get the owners of the huge lot to east to get off their butts and do something with their colossal waste of land.
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Yeah it's a pretty sad use of inner city space, and the parking usually at around 25% used too. I can't believe someone hasn't thought of developing the site.This site has more pavement (~85,000SF) than the school to the north has park space (~80,000SF) and that includes the playground, basketball courts and paved inner courtyard of the school
You're probably thinking of this proposal - 2400 Block - not sure where it ended up at, but it's not on DMAP anymore. I recall they had a fair bit of pushback from the community.There was another multifamily development proposal around the corner, I wonder what happened to it?
Totally. It's a waste of good inner city space.This site has more pavement (~85,000SF) than the school to the north has park space (~80,000SF) and that includes the playground, basketball courts and paved inner courtyard of the school
Our dear community rallied against the proposal until it got withdrawn. I was disappointed by that. But yeah, I'm excited about this proposal!There was another multifamily development proposal around the corner, I wonder what happened to it?
Someone dropped off a mailer in my mailbox yesterday regarding opposition. The usual concerns: Density, slippery slope, parking, shadows, etc.Our dear community rallied against the proposal until it got withdrawn. I was disappointed by that. But yeah, I'm excited about this proposal!
They've actually made decent progress on that one. They aren't wasting any time.Someone dropped off a mailer in my mailbox yesterday regarding opposition. The usual concerns: Density, slippery slope, parking, shadows, etc.
They also tried to kill the project on 22nd Ave and 4th Street but that's currently going ahead.
I try to see things from other perspectives...Density, slippery slope, parking, shadows, etc.
Join your CA, I did.I've come to expect every development that gets proposed to be opposed by any and every community association. If they are anything like my community association they're run by a bunch of female and male Karens.
Development doesn't bring in poor people, unless it's a shelter or subsidized housing. It usually does the opposite. In my last neighbourhood I saw bungalows with 2 tenants replaced by infill duplexes or townhouses. Low-rent renters move out, young professionals move in.Density: I don't see how density is a bad thing; is it just a way of saying: "I don't want poor people/renters in my neighborhood"?