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P.s. if you want to get angy about some part of the new point park renders, focus your rage at that horrible asymmetric seating bank in the main theater. I thought we stopped doing that in the 70s.
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But sure, if you think "but it's a theater!" is a get-out-of-jail-free card, then there is no point discussing all the ways in which this project is terrible. It may be terrible by normal standards, but it's a theater!, so it is all actually OK. |
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It is when non-developer entities (universities, sports teams, foundations, etc.) and their captive politicians are running the show that things tend to go so wrong. |
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But ignoring the Historic Preservation Code? Horrific street design? Gross underutilization of Downtown land? Those are matters of public concern. |
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Cool article about how they are integrating new water management techniques into the redevelopment of Larimer:
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/ci...s/201501260008 |
In this article on the interior decor of the Hotel Monaco, it notes they have ordered a statute of a Great Dane (the official state dog) to stand in front of the hotel:
http://www.post-gazette.com/life/fas...s/201501260017 |
This article on the revival of the One Grandview project is mostly old news at this point, but it does mention that the development would "reach up to 12 stories":
http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/7...#axzz3PvyEjMVy That could be cool. |
In this television interview with Walnut Capital, they mention they are breaking ground on Bakery Living 2 (the second large apartment building), and that the final residential phase of townhouses should follow later this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5-...ature=youtu.be Meanwhile once they get an anchor tenant for the second office building, they will start on that as well. So it sounds like maybe all of Bakery Square 2.0 could be built out as soon as mid-2016. |
Quick note about this:
http://www.post-gazette.com/business...s/201501230050 So it appears there was an odd slowdown in the Pittsburgh economy a little bit ago. Specifically, it apparently lasted from about March 2013 through March 2014. However, things picked up again around April 2014, and actually looked very robust in the second half of 2014 (this is all based on employment data). I'm noting this because the timing of the data in latest Brookings report (they do these periodically) as referenced in this article happens to coincide with that period of slowness. That's not to say we should completely discount it, but for now, at least, it looks like that was just a temporary slowdown in an overall strong trend. |
Can't remember if it has been posted before, but this interactive graphic of freight data is supercool:
http://www.brookings.edu/research/re...ht#Interactive Click on Pittsburgh on the circle (at about 1:30), and it will show how import/exports combined (in dollar values) are distributed to different areas. There are two different visualizations. One interesting note--as often discussed, there is roughly the same amount of trade with the Northeast as with the Great Lakes (probably a little more in goods trade with the Great Lakes, but I believe there would be more in services trade with the Northeast). So Pittsburgh continues to really straddle both regions in that sense. |
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Doesn't make it a better outcome, but if that is accurate it means it wasn't Walnut's fault, but the local NIMBYs/public officials. Edit: By the way, though, it looks to me like 19 or so of the townhouse units will have direct access to Social/Renning/Marchand, I assume from integrated garages: http://bakery-square.com/wp-content/.../strata_05.jpg It also looks to me like it would be a trivial change to open up the new internal road to Social if that ever becomes politically viable. But of course ideally the plan would have continued the extension of East Liberty Boulevard all the way to that spur of Marchand, and it doesn't look like that would ever be possible without removing some of the townhouses. |
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Regardless, agreed about what the ideal road pattern would be. The whole arterial/cul-de-sac is such a failed model, particularly for urban areas - it's a shame it's so widespread still, at least regarding residential development. At least we know the Lower Hill and ALMONO are going to look more like South Side Works and less like this in terms of road layout however. Quote:
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