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Amateur Update, Sunday 10/21
The Varsity (mein images) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8...232f368e_h.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8...d647e070_h.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8...fe15d999_h.jpg wdgarch.com: http://www.wdgarch.com/resources/pro...3901738201.jpg What's going on over here? Anyone know? (mein images part II) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8...e681a70c_h.jpg The thought of a highrise out in front of the Blind Pig feels strange. Bönüs: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8...5966d0fc_h.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8...f00c170a_h.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8...c732463f_h.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8...745aab54_h.jpg Man, I remember when the iPhone4 camera was Star Trek level shit. Now it's been surpassed by several phones. And before anyone asks, I had reasons other than picture-taking for being on multiple parking-garage roofs (rooves?) that day. |
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http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/201...332-101564.png Link: City Apartments An 8-story "luxury" apartment development on the southeast corner of 1st and Washington. A couple of other Ann Arbor development updates: A proposed development adjacent to the new Landmark student apartments on South U. was shot down by the Zoning Board of Appeals: http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/201...484-125425.jpg Link: South U. Apparently they wanted too many variations and the city is determined to keep that parcel zoned 'D2' with a shorter max building height. A 3-story flatiron style building won approval from the historic district commission to be developed at the corner of Detroit and Division streets (the site of a former gas station): http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/201...310-124619.jpg http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/201...251-124623.jpg Link: Flatiron The design board recently reviewed a couple of proposed 14-story downtown developments: Building over the Pizza House: http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/201...523-124784.jpg Building at northeast corner of Huron and Division: http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/201...288-124796.jpg http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/201...399-124789.jpg Link: 14-story Developments They seemed to have more criticism for the Huron development, as it seems a bit more dark and hulking. I like it personally and think it at least looks different than all the other new developments which are looking very similar. |
Their criticisms being:
- It doesn't have a setback. - It has ground floor retail. - The massing doesn't respond to context, even though the massing is pretty standard urban massing (the massing is basically a pre-war H plan) and the building is downtown. - The people who bought houses behind the street that's been getting large scaled development for decades are upset that there's a large scale development happening. They also don't like the materials (although one of the architects on the board spoke in their favor) even though it's the only development that seems to have nice materials. Some nice glazed black brick with wood. Maybe the bricks won't have enough expansion joints for their tastes? Or they prefer the holy trifecta of glass curtain wall, precast concrete panels, and brick? I agree that the development is on the big side, but I think it's important to build as densely as possible on the remaining sites downtown, or else you'll have to resort to demolishing good buildings in order to grow. The massing is a little clunky, but at least it's simple and straightforward, and not a convoluted mess. I think this is an improvement over all of the other recent residential buildings. |
The nimbys in Ann Arbor are bizarre. It seems that it almost doesn't matter the height or size or the location of the buildings proposed, they'll try and pare every project down. I'd understand this if development was encroaching miles outside of the city center, but there sky is not disappearing in Ann Arbor, and there is still plenty of room left in the core. I mean, honestly, sucks to be you if you're one of the few people to live in and own the single-family homes in the middle of the city, but what is the city to do?
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Yea, no kidding. I recently had a job offer in Ann Arbor and one major factor that kept me from moving was that housing was so scarce...and outrageously expensive by Michigan standards. This town is hugely short on housing.
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Well good to hear that pizza house thing went through. Part of the reason for building the restaurant addition was to provide foundation support for the building atop.
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UM School of Nursing at Cornwell Place
Just two buildings down from my old apartment! Would have been cool to see, but I'll be hypocritical for a moment and say "This would have taken away my parking spot!" Who cares though, more density is better. http://www.umich.edu/~ifmuth/nursing1.jpg http://www.umich.edu/~ifmuth/nursing3.jpg http://www.umich.edu/~ifmuth/nursing2.jpg Source: UofM Plant Extension http://www.plantext.bf.umich.edu/pro...006/index.html |
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This has been one of my favorite midwestern threads but doesn't get updated often. Anybody got an update on what's developing in AA? Thanks
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Yeah this was sort of my spot until 2009. But as you know, location changed and I make it to A2 maybe twice a year
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I'm back in suburban Flint. :(
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Report: U-M graduate students offer feedback on proposed $185 million 600-bed dorm
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Developer hopes to break ground on 618 South Main project in October
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Wow, Ann Arbor's really going nuts with residential development these days
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LOL, over 4 years in Chicago and I'm still trying to keep this thread alive.
Rendering of Munger Graduate Apartments http://www.plantext.bf.umich.edu/pro...lor_small2.jpg http://www.plantext.bf.umich.edu/pro...424/index.html http://media.mlive.com/annarbornews_...d699d00567.jpg http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/...an_munger.html There's a very detailed pdf somewhere on the net with a bunch more renderings and floorplans posted by the Michigan Daily I think. Can't find it |
Lol, did you go to Michigan Hayward?
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University of Michigan strikes $12.8M deal to buy 16.7-acre Edwards Bros. property on State Street
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Totally thought this one was dead, forever, but it's back. Though, it's been changed so many times it bears nothing to its original self:
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And, yet another - and more ugly - iteration of Kingsley Lane/Lofts:
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