Pictures of new apartments on Central and Highland
Pictures of new apartments on Central and Highland taken on July 11 2015. Note the generous use of limestone cladding, the use of rust/reddish paint highlights to mimic the color on the Landmark building to the north, and the non "flat" nature of the structure.
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Tree and landscaping
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Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU for the photo update! I've been craving to see what this area looks like with all this new construction! The feel of this area is a complete 180 from when I first walked its crumbling sidewalks summer of '09.
In the meantime, I do some searching on the backwebs through articles and facebook pages and come across tidbits of information. Take Monorchid for instance, a new coffee shop (in cohoots with Dressing Room) is open as well as a new decor/rare tree shop, the Bosque, and a resturaunt (no idea what the name is). Bike lanes on Roosevelt! I'm also really excited to see what becomes of the street-dubbed 'Mckinley Mile.' All successful urban cities I've seen have a smattering of districts with distinct vibes only blocks apart. Would be cool to see Mckinley start to attract more bars/breweries and Roosevelt Row the small, funky boutiques and coffee shops. |
Funny thing about trees everyone...they grow over time! Difficult concept to grasp -I know! Especially when a city is as cash strapped as the PHX!
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Cancer cntr and pbc garage.
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On the PBC garage .I wouldn't be so sure those storefronts will remain vacant as more and more employees and students head downtown both for the Bio Medical Campus and the ASU campus. By the way, I think that is a pretty sharp looking parking garage. To pretend people should be forced to walk in 120 degree heat is just silly. |
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I think 'South Roosevelt Row' as was unofficially used previously would have been a little smarter; build off Roosevelt Row's momentum and recognition, while still creating its own identity. 'McKinley Mile' is starting from ground zero in terms of brand awareness, and that's kind of difficult when you consider how long it's taken a place like RRow to get established. But, it's all coming from a great place - a small business owner who understands the benefits of building a community, and who is taking steps to overcome the challenges facing the area (meeting with the city on signage, setting up local business meetings, etc.). As exit2lef mentioned re: the substation on 2nd Street between Garfield and Roosevelt, there are a lot of obstacles blocking that area from connecting to Roosevelt. I'd like to see McKinley become more neighborhood-oriented (restaurants, live/work spaces, professional offices [dentists, doctors, etc.], and I still think a grocery store is more appropriate in a space like the Circles building than at Central Station), as opposed to the artist-focused Roosevelt, but it's really dependent on future developments fronting McKinley and for there to be at least some interest/demand for creative infill solutions to fill in some of the holes. For now, it'd be nice to see some of the tenants who aren't that great of a fit be replaced with ones that are more appropriate... I'm thinking of the west side of 1st Street between McKinley and Pierce, with two offices and a Pizza Hut across from 3, unique local restaurants. Quote:
This garden space was made out to be much more of a public space in the renderings- it could have been a place for yoga, exercising, and promoting health and wellness activities, for example. Instead, there is a 10-foot tall wall, which creates a fortress on all 4 sides, and another city block is being used for more related activities that could have been fit onto this site with better planning/design. The needs of the actual patients is obviously the most important goal of the building, but when those needs necessitate things that aren't necessarily conducive to an urban environment, the designers should think outside of the box. Otherwise, perhaps this wasn't the right location for such a space - and, with the amount of land available in central locations throughout Phoenix, there's nothing wrong with that. That's just my opinion, though... I just don't really 'get' the point of the PBC if it was never intended to be done in an urban fashion. There was plenty of space just outside the 7's or in Midtown if the sole goal was centrally-located jobs. Quote:
Regardless, the issue isn't the garage. It's that yet another large piece of a city block has been dedicated to storing cars, while there are multiple lowrises under construction nearby on more land - on an urban campus, one would expect the parking to be underground or at the very least, underneath the offices/classrooms/whatever. But, because they own that entire 1/4 of downtown, they haven't given thought to how the land is being used. And, that's a shame when private investment near 4th Street shows that - very likely - additional private investment would have spread onto adjacent lots if possible. I don't see this area being heavily trafficked by pedestrians to support much on the ground level. Skyline's retail has been empty across the street since 2008, and those spaces at least have potential to be modified for restaurant use (which I don't believe these garage stalls can). I don't see why ASU students would ever use 4th/5th Street - the majority of classes are focused near Central - 3rd Street. All other residents, who have no affiliation to ASU or the PBC, will have absolutely no reason to ever walk east of 4th Street, as every single building within the PBC has been single-use until this one. Now, if some housing for PBC students/workers were incorporated, and the Arizona Center developed its parking lot, and future PBC buildings included related retail, then it would all start making sense. I'm glad they've built it so that this potential exists - but, I think it will be a while, and will take quite a few things to happen, for them to be filled. |
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Parking garages
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Linear / Iluminate
Have a copy of the plans for both linear and iluminate. local architect CCBG did the design work (they are a local firm with an office downtown).
They look nice. The are both 5 stories tall with basement and 1st floor garages. Autos enter from the alleys. First floor is wrapped with apartments (with doors and patios off the street (along 3rd street for both projects) and with gyms, club house, rental office and lobby along roosevelt. No dead spaces! |
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I'm not interested in dragging out numbers but I can't think of the last parking garage that was built in Denver and there has been a ton of new construction. I respect that that Phoenix is NOT Denver nor need aspire to be like it. But good urban form is good urban form. There may be some parking that has been built on an interior side of a building that doesn't come to mind but the vast majority of parking is put underneath of new buildings. For full (or nearly) full block construction of apartments they wrap around the parking if it's not underneath. They may not activate the sidewalk but they do present a nice attractive edge for the most part. I should note that Denver is able to build with no more than 1.5 parking spaces per 1,000 SF of office space; so far it has not been a problem. It hasn't prevented this year's groundbreaking of a 22-story and more recently a 40-story new office buildings. With apartments that are not in or near downtown that parking ratio may be higher; I'd have to double check. I either fully agree with the points that Jjs5056 makes or I agree in principle if not in detail. EDIT: Oops, didn't take me long to recall that Novare Group is building one of their SkyHouse series in Denver. It's a 26-story apartment with a separate parking garage on the Lincoln Street side of the site. Fortunately that site accommodates that arrangement fairly well although there were no shortage of complaints on the blog. |
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When I go out in NYC, I drive around for blocks until I find a street spot and walk up to .5 miles to get where I need to go; the few times I have splurged on a parking garage, not one has been adjacent to my final point of destination. The focus should be on making the surplus of parking throughout downtown known and creating a more pedestrian environment so that it becomes more second-nature to walk a bit to get where you need to go, pass new stores and businesses, get people on the street, etc. This is the urban vibe the City has said it is trying to create - these aren't just my own philosophical thoughts. Comparisons to larger cities never hold water. If you really think Phoenix and Manhattan are comparable because there are garages throughout the latter, you're missing the entire point. Look at the block where 44Monroe is - the parking garage is almost seamless. That's how 99% of NYC garages are. 42nd St - 43rd St isn't an entire wall of garage like multiple downtown Phoenix blocks are. And, if you think that will create a great city, then sorry - read something. I'm sick of having to defend the desire for a parking structure to be incorporated into existing development. This isn't a radical idea. The city's own Urban Form guidelines specify requirements for garages. Nobody is saying parking structures shouldn't exist. I'm saying they should be better-integrated. And, I didn't even complain about the PBC garage, regardless. Could it have been better? Sure. But, my complaints are more disappointment at what's across the street at Arizona Center since it looks like they're actually creating a nice pedestrian plaza outside the PBC garage retail. Quote:
It's not the end of the world. It's a waste of potential to build off the positive momentum happening on other streets. But, regardless, I haven't even criticized a specific parking structure, but as usual, everyone just jumps down my throat. |
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Neither are terrible, and the architecture will be a nice distraction from Roosevelt Point. I didn't know about the alley entrances for parking - that's good to hear. Still pretty (pleasantly) surprised at just how many proposals turned into real development this time around. |
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i will try. garfield side of linear has apartments on 1st floor as well. retail would have been nice along roosevelt. hopefully what gets built where paz is will have some. |
"Phoenix bioscience IPO on the horizon, with plans to hire 200"
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If "money is the mother's milk of politics" then successful organic growth of local companies is the mother's milk for urban development, ultimately. |
Can I just say... it's a total bummer that a project called "Elevation" is only 5 or so stories tall? Laaaaame!
Or has somebody beat me to that punchline? |
I also want to add. What in Gawd's name have they done with Roosevelt??! We widened the sidewalk just to add gargantuan flower pots? And those shade structures...
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Does anyone think those shade structures are what the "cloud" will look like going over central at Hance Park if they ever build it?
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