[yakumoto]

Here are some pictures of the projects under construction in downtown San Jose.

First off, the city hall has a nifty little model of downtown redevelopment.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/assrapist/Downtown/San%20Jose/DT1.jpg

One East Julian: 43 units

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/assrapist/Downtown/San%20Jose/DT2.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/assrapist/Downtown/San%20Jose/DT3.jpg

Up a block is Keystone Place, with 42 units

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/assrapist/Downtown/San%20Jose/DT4.jpg

City Heights at St. James and San Pedro, 124 units

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/assrapist/Downtown/San%20Jose/DT5.jpg

Axis, with 358 units, wrapping around the Hotel DeAnza

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/assrapist/Downtown/San%20Jose/DT6.jpg

The Globe wedged in there at 2nd and Santa clara, 76 units

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/assrapist/Downtown/San%20Jose/DT7.jpg

Tower 88 at 3rd and San Fernando coming in at 406 units

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/assrapist/Downtown/San%20Jose/DT8.jpg

We all know how horrible European cities are with their lack of skyline, so we can cool it with the height limit comments.

[Smiley Person]

forget height limits, the kind of limit cities really need is block size limits. nothing kills an area quite like a superblock.

[EastBayHardCore]

You know, that's a great observation about DTSJ. The walk from my office to the bars is exactly half a mile but it seems to be unbearably long. I attribute this to the streets that are 6 lanes wide, cars that routinely travel at 45+mph down the unnecessarily wide streets, and downright offensive buildings that shun the street and anyone using it.