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RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - Rainrider22 - 10-19-2018
(10-19-2018, 09:50 AM)Spokes Wrote: Down goes some more of the old factory.WOW, what a lot of memories crumbling down !!!
From The Record:
Still a shame this couldn't be reused somehow
![[Image: B88415013Z.1_20181019080103_000_G2JC80CT...rtrait.jpg]](https://dynamicmedia.zuza.com/zz/m/original_/3/8/380df74c-92a6-452f-ba33-40238a79f4d0/B88415013Z.1_20181019080103_000_G2JC80CT.3-0_Super_Portrait.jpg)
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - KevinL - 10-19-2018
On the upside, Courtland will now have much more natural light.
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - Spokes - 10-19-2018
Are there any better renderings of the project floating around? All we've seen I think is the big site as a whole picture with captions all over it.
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - panamaniac - 10-19-2018
Other than refurbishment of the main office building, it's all just conceptual at this stage, is it not?
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - tomh009 - 10-20-2018
Correct. No permits issued or site plans approved yet. I expect they'll be working on those next year, and then be ready to start construction in 2020 as Arrow 2 starts winding down (Barrel Yards will have a few more years to go albeit with mid-rise buildings only).
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - Spokes - 11-13-2018
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - panamaniac - 11-13-2018
I thought that some of the older bits of the plant were supposed to be saved.
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - MacBerry - 11-13-2018
(11-13-2018, 10:13 PM)Spokes Wrote:
The pictures on a number of items do not show up when posted. Is this an issue at my end or is it theimport from Twitter not showing.
If it is at my end are there suggestions to get item showing?
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - KevinL - 11-14-2018
(11-13-2018, 10:13 PM)Spokes Wrote:
To compare, a 'before' view.
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - Spokes - 11-14-2018
(11-13-2018, 11:32 PM)MacBerry Wrote:(11-13-2018, 10:13 PM)Spokes Wrote:
The pictures on a number of items do not show up when posted. Is this an issue at my end or is it theimport from Twitter not showing.
If it is at my end are there suggestions to get item showing?
Are you using a connection that has Twitter blocked? That could keep embeded tweets from showing (it does at my school)
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - plam - 11-14-2018
(11-14-2018, 12:47 AM)Spokes Wrote: Are you using a connection that has Twitter blocked? That could keep embeded tweets from showing (it does at my school)
Also doesn't show up for me in Firefox while logged in. Does show up in Chrome while not logged in...
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - clasher - 11-14-2018
They're showing up fine for me with firefox.
I'm fine with that solid wall of red brick coming down... the buildings probably wouldn't have been cost-effective to reuse and it wasn't really architecturally interesting or significant imo.
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - Spokes - 11-14-2018
I'll test the twitter issue some more. It's been a PITA for a long time.
I would have been ok if they found a way to incorporate some of the brick facade. Although I don't know how realistic that would be.
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - plam - 11-14-2018
(11-14-2018, 10:28 AM)Spokes Wrote: I'll test the twitter issue some more. It's been a PITA for a long time.
I would have been ok if they found a way to incorporate some of the brick facade. Although I don't know how realistic that would be.
We're probably fine without the brick facade. It would have been just a facade.
Twitter embeds show up fine on this Firefox on my desktop, just not on my laptop. Go figure.
RE: Schneiders Site Redevelopment - tomh009 - 11-14-2018
(11-14-2018, 10:28 AM)Spokes Wrote: I would have been ok if they found a way to incorporate some of the brick facade. Although I don't know how realistic that would be.
It would have been just a huge blank façade, though, the kind of thing people here complain about in new buildings (worse than Kaufman Lofts, for example). Hopefully they will instead use some cues from the original buildings in their new builds.
As for the office building, I have only now come to realize that it is somewhat lacking in windows, having been surrounded by the factory buildings. This will take some additional work for Auburn to address, I think the current configuration will be too dark inside to be desirable.