(05-05-2021, 06:26 PM)ac3r Wrote: Unless something changes, they've still got a Phase 2 in their plans for the site as they still own the property. They've got 3 more condo buildings - 8 to 12 floors - proposed, but I have no idea when they plan to construct those.

   

(05-11-2021, 06:21 AM)DK519 Wrote: This building at 851 King E. was painted entirely black at some point over the weekend.

Is there any reason why you'd do this to a building that will surely be demolished in the future?

(05-11-2021, 01:55 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Art installation? There were 2 houses on the OTIS property that (before being demolished) were painted 1 entirely white and 1 entirely black as part of an installation

(05-11-2021, 01:55 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Art installation? There were 2 houses on the OTIS property that (before being demolished) were painted 1 entirely white and 1 entirely black as part of an installation

(05-12-2021, 08:39 AM)DK519 Wrote: "Parcel of land at Weber and Cedar streets up for sale for $14 million"

https://outline.com/stat1k/ugUmUN.html

(05-12-2021, 02:27 PM)Nextasy Wrote: I saw this - it's a big parcel. The entirety of May Place. I'll be a little disappointed if a huge development blindly levels all of that. It's got a lot of character, and the city doesn't let anybody build nooks and crannies like this anymore.

Also one of the last remaining factory worker rowhouses of that era (there used to be a ton). Not everything always has to be kept, but I'd like it if we didn't remove every example of something that was once prominent.

Also very concerned we're going to see a repeat of Israel Pl or Vogue Pl, where the city issues a demolition permit for a bunch of afforable units, and it spends 10 or 20 years as a vacant lot getting passed around, or as surface parking, while we're in the middle of a housing crisis.

Would have really preferred several smaller intensification projects for this area. There's likely no chance for that though

(05-05-2021, 04:29 PM)ac3r Wrote:

(05-05-2021, 01:18 PM)westwardloo Wrote: I wish the downtown were surrounded with more of these stacked row townhouses. A modern version of This is the type of development I could see replacing the midrise buildings that were cancelled on Margaret Ave.

I'd love to see more contemporary row house developments as well. There's a decent looking project just outside of downtown called Victoria Commons off of St. Leger Street. There's at least 30 blocks of row houses there along with a couple mid rise condos. It's the perfect kind of urban middle housing we desperately need.