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Old Posted May 5, 2018, 4:37 PM
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Downtown needs tall residential buildings. But wait, critics say: Not that tall. And not there.

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“Our Downtown core was essentially 10 square blocks for a really long time, and it’s clear that a city of 230,000 needs a bigger Downtown core than that,” Clegg said.

She said Boise zoning hasn’t caught up to the amount of development Downtown Boise has undergone the past five years.


“If Boise wants residential density Downtown, it’s going to have to support taller buildings,” Ludwig said. He said his plan is “going to test the city of Boise’s view on density.”

The commission found that Ludwig’s proposed buildings — a nine-story, 147,500-square-foot structure on the southeast corner of 5th and Broad Streets; and an 11-story, 130,200-square-foot tower on the northeast corner — are incompatible with the neighborhood and inconsistent with Boise’s master plan for the Central Addition, which recommends a lower height limit for the space where Ludwig’s south tower would go.
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While I don't support Ludwig's proposal simply due to the bridge that would span across Broad Street, to argue against it on the basis of density is an absolute joke. The "Central Addition" should not maintain its character as a warehouse and horse barn neighborhood when it's only several blocks east of The Grove, and in-between Front and Myrtle. One of the first things that comes up in any development proposal is how the developer is going to mitigate traffic impacts. Broad Street is in-between the two widest streets in the entire city. There will never be a more apt location for ultra high density development than along that corridor, but because of old antiquated thought, the City seems intent on trying to maintain an image for the neighborhood that was abandoned 75+ years ago. Setting development guidelines based on past or current building stock just means that you're planning based on demand from 20, 50, 100 years ago. Plan for the future not the past, or Boise will always fall short on its potential.
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Old Posted May 5, 2018, 6:04 PM
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I agree about the skybridge. That part of the proposal was zany, but the tower looked nice. Unless the proposal is a hospital or a retirement home, don’t bother with a skybridge. I’m sure the next proposal will be more realistic and better overall.

The idea that a 150’ tower would be too tall in that area is also zany. While I totally understand the need for historic preservation, more buildings like Imperial Plaza should be allowed east of Capitol. There’s a middle ground somewhere.
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Old Posted May 6, 2018, 3:26 PM
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I'm in awe at how often I have seen Boise in the national spotlight lately. Pretty crazy seeing this as the main image on Yahoo this morning... (at least they used a semi-recent picture)



"Boise is, by some measures, the fastest-growing city in America. It added 3 percent to its population last year and is projected to add another 200,000 people, around a third of its current population, by 2025."

"Despite a Boise State University study showing that the city will lose twice as much of its farmland if it continues to expand through sprawl rather than density, most local advocacy groups are making the same argument San Francisco homeowners have made for decades: If we don’t build it, they won’t come."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-a...120132790.html
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Old Posted May 7, 2018, 10:18 PM
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http://www.idahostatesman.com/latest...210744109.html

Leaders came from Kentucky to hear why Boise is cool. Then the talk turned to growth.
By Maria L. La Ganga
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The delegates from Lexington, Kentucky, all 180 of them, arrived in Boise Tuesday afternoon to learn what makes Boise cool. Really. The first session in their three-day fact-finding tour was a discussion on “What makes Boise cool.”
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Old Posted May 9, 2018, 2:38 PM
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the JUMP slide in action:

https://www.facebook.com/jay.ingle.7...type=3&theater

anyone know when the rest of the park is going to be open? the ugly orange barriers have been there forever now, and the website still lists almost everything as "under construction":

http://jumpboise.org/the-jump-park
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 5:12 PM
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https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/lo.../277-551406578

Downtown alley to undergo transformation, become community oasis

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The Union Building will also be getting a daylight basement, adding a whole new level to the hundred-year-old building.
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 9:26 PM
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We haven't heard any updates regarding Whitewater Station on 27th Street for a while. Any info, anyone?

http://pdsonline.cityofboise.org/pds...id=DRH16-00528
An article showed up in the paper today about this project. Looks like they have reassessed the project. I'm not sure where the statesman found the rendering. A quick run through of the past permits, don't show anything new since last March 2017. There is a new permit up but only has a parcel document on it currently.
http://pdsonline.cityofboise.org/pds...id=CVA18-00026

Developers retool project on Jerry's Market site. Here's what they have in mind

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Developers Michael Jobes and Jeanette Newbold are still trying to figure out if their project to remake the southwest corner of 27th Street and Stewart Avenue in Boise's West End is financially feasible, said Ed Bowman, a builder who's working with Jobes and Newbold.

The developers are scheduled to present their concept June 4 before the city's Planning and Zoning Commission on June 4, city planner David Moser said. Due to the rising construction costs, Bowman said, they backed away from their original plan, which called for a handful of townhomes and a four-story building with about 6,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor and 23 apartments or condominiums on the upper three floors.

The new plan scraps the townhomes, which would have been located just west of the four-story building. Instead, the project would be a single three-story building with 31 condominiums or apartments and a covered parking area. The ground floor still would have commercial space.

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Old Posted May 16, 2018, 2:41 AM
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She spent her teens in a Garden City trailer. Now she tears trailers down to build anew.



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May 14, 2018 10:21 PM

A 33-year-old could hold the keys to an increasingly desirable piece of Garden City's eastern end.

Her dream is big: to turn 34th Street between Chinden and the river into a cool, edgy version of Hyde Park in Boise's North End or Bown Crossing in Southeast Boise. She wants to finish transforming the street by this time next year. By mid-2019, she wants to add townhouses, cottages and other compact homes on the streets around 34th.

Today, Ball owns the equivalent of about 40 5,000-square-foot lots in the East End, 12 of which are on 34th Street. She said she'll plan, plat, design and secure city authorization to build the projects. But she'll sell the projects to builders to finish the job.

On the aesthetics spectrum, she wants 34th Street as far from The Village at Meridian as possible.

"I love what Garden City was," she said. "I love that it was the auto-body, manufacturing, American companies with a little bit of ill repute and a whole lot of weird."
Gotta respect the hustle, sounds like she read The Art of the Deal. Great to see someone trying to grab the bull by the horns and really push the development of a funky river district.

I think she's a bit misguided on trying to capitalize on the auto-body, manufacturing history of Garden City, because that's what made it crappy and undesirable in the first place. This is why we should develop for the future and not the past or present. Though, if we really wanted to pay homage to Garden City's roots, it would be developed with an Asian influence and hanging gardens, since that's why it's called Garden City and Chinden (Chinese Garden), and not Oil Change City.

Plans potentially sound a little thin on the density. The higher the density, the better any businesses will do and life it will bring considering 34th is not a major vehicular connection, so it's going to need to heavily rely on creating a sense of place that people will seek out. Bound to be interesting either way. Love watching Garden City change.

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Old Posted May 16, 2018, 1:34 PM
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Growing up I always remember Garden City being picked on for being rough, "ghetto", and overall just dis-pleasant. This spring I found myself down there actually thinking about how it is really cleaning up. Sure, it is a little rough around the edges in some spots still, but overall and compared to what it used to be, I would say it has definitely improved.
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the JUMP slide in action:

https://www.facebook.com/jay.ingle.7...type=3&theater

anyone know when the rest of the park is going to be open? the ugly orange barriers have been there forever now, and the website still lists almost everything as "under construction":

http://jumpboise.org/the-jump-park
It does seem like it's taking forever for the orange barriers to be removed from that park.



https://idahobusinessreview.com/2018...tel-to-follow/

Home2 Suites garage to start construction in September, hotel to follow
By: Teya Vitu

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A Wisconsin group is expected to start construction in September on a new 540-space, seven-level parking garage at Fifth and Front streets in downtown Boise as part of a seven-story, 138-room Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel project.

The garage would wrap around the rear and Fifth Street sides of the hotel, said Clay Carley, general manager of Front Street Investors LLC, which owns the roughly 1-acre property upon which the hotel and garage will be built.

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Old Posted May 16, 2018, 5:06 PM
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anyone know what city this is on the Grove website? it sure isn't Boise...

http://thegroveplaza.com/april-13th-...-public-lands/
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Old Posted May 16, 2018, 5:09 PM
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Growing up I always remember Garden City being picked on for being rough, "ghetto", and overall just dis-pleasant. This spring I found myself down there actually thinking about how it is really cleaning up. Sure, it is a little rough around the edges in some spots still, but overall and compared to what it used to be, I would say it has definitely improved.
I've been working in Garden City for the past ~6 years and have been surprised by the quality of framing and materials in a number of the old warehouses and buildings. some of them would make great renovation projects for restaurants or retail shops. There are also a lot of well maintained pocket gardens.
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anyone know what city this is on the Grove website? it sure isn't Boise...

http://thegroveplaza.com/april-13th-...-public-lands/

Sure do. That's Caras Park in Missoula Mt.


From last year.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/bac...b120850fb.html

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A local nonprofit that is gaining lots of national media attention lately will be hosting a celebration of public lands access this weekend in Missoula, including the third annual Backcountry Brewfest on Friday evening in Caras Park, which last year drew 3,500 people.

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An article showed up in the paper today about this project. Looks like they have reassessed the project. I'm not sure where the statesman found the rendering. A quick run through of the past permits, don't show anything new since last March 2017. There is a new permit up but only has a parcel document on it currently.
http://pdsonline.cityofboise.org/pds...id=CVA18-00026
I found the additional pud modification permit. Though, it doesn't matter anymore since they withdrew it today. I think that this means they are going back to the original approved design?? I'm not sure they'd do this since the first permit was uploaded by a different architecture firm than the second one...
http://pdsonline.cityofboise.org/pds...id=PUD18-00013

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Original Design:
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I found the additional pud modification permit. Though, it doesn't matter anymore since they withdrew it today. I think that this means they are going back to the original approved design?? I'm not sure they'd do this since the first permit was uploaded by a different architecture firm than the second one...
http://pdsonline.cityofboise.org/pds...id=PUD18-00013

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Original Design:
This is interesting. Thanks for the info.
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Beautiful photos Sawtooth, and what a great eye on the Fine Arts building.
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BSU Baseball Stadium

An interesting tidbit about the new BSU Baseball stadium came to light in the Idaho Press Tribunes interview of Kustra
https://www.idahopress.com/blueturfs...4ce371de7.html

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IPT: Have plans been finalized for the baseball stadium, and when will that be announced?

BK: “We have just agreed on a plan with a developer to build the stadium, and you’ll be getting news on that in a matter of weeks. I definitely wanted to get that done before I left here on June 30 so the new president was not confronted with some kind of major financial decision. We have a very attractive way of dealing with this, where one might argue doesn’t place a huge burden on athletics. I didn’t want to create a baseball team and then force the athletic department to have to pay for the field.

IPT: What details can you share on the location or design of the field?

BK: “The initial plan to build the stadium does not include the entire build-out. Eventually we’ll want some nicer locker rooms and dugouts and all that, but the initial plan is that it’s on Beacon Street, right across from the new Albertsons that is going up. The best seat for a baseball game may indeed be on the second floor of the Albertsons restaurant, which they are building. It’s going to be a really cool restaurant up there. Bob Miller has briefed me, the CEO for Albertsons, on what they are doing, and the second floor on Beacon on the south side of the street literally looks down on where the baseball field will be.”
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