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  1. MorganRehnberg
    That’s a bummer. I would think that residential on the edge of a big park like Centennial would be a slam dunk. I lived next to a big park in a prior city and the quality of life bump was huge.
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    I live in Infinity Lofts (aka Velocity). They’ve paused whatever the balcony repair project is, maybe until the spring? In the meantime, they have locked most residents off their balconies (nailed shut from the outside).
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    I thought there was a new Metro law so that you couldn’t block sidewalks indefinitely? There’s not a wheelchair-accessible route on either side of Church now accept to be (sometimes the wrong way) in the bike lane. That seems pretty poor.
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    This is an incredibly exciting project. The combination of an improved Banker’s Alley, Printers Alley, pedestrianized 2nd Ave and revitalized Arcade are going to make for a massive improvement in pedestrian-first infrastructure in this part of town. A long way to go, but this will be a solid backbone to build off of.
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    The monumental staircase in the project is really confusing. You can just barely see it in the last photo. It’s a huge stair that basically dead-ends into the side of the building and a tiny sidewalk. Even presuming that the sidewalk gets expanded when the second building is built, the layout just seems really awkward.
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    I didn’t get a picture, but they have repaved the entrance to the Gulch Greenway that is under the viaduct. It was torn up during the rebuild.
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    Totally agree about Church as a transit corridor. It’s already the narrowest street downtown in some places, which leads to a great feel. And it doesn’t lead anywhere that you can’t also go on Commerce or Broadway. By the time you get to Nashville Yards, it’s wide enough to have dedicated transit lanes in the center and car lanes to serve those developments. Run the transit all the way down to Centennial Park and you’ll be connecting downtown, midtown, and West End—that one line could see substantial ridership on its own.
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    Wow, some of those areas are absolutely stunning.
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    It’s an approach that worked pretty well for Seattle… flood the city with busses to build ridership and then convert the peak routes to rail.
  10. MorganRehnberg
    I had totally forgotten about this! This is even better than what I had been thinking about. Looks like some permits filed in February is the most recent action. I hope it keeps moving forward soon!
  11. MorganRehnberg
    Took a walk downtown this morning and walked over to check out the road work on 2nd Ave. Afterwards, I walked along Bankers Alley. I think there’s a huge opportunity to pedestrianize this spot. It’s already pedestrian-only between 2nd and 3rd, but that could be extended from 3rd to 4th. That would then intersect with Printers Alley, making a great little area of pedestrian-first. Like Printers Alley, it could still allow local traffic if needed. But it’s already not really a through-way, so it’d be way easier than most places to make this kind of change. Here’s a photo looking back from the intersection with Printers Alley—you can see the walking-only stretch in the background.
  12. MorganRehnberg
    Is this a relocation of the Two Hands currently on 8th Ave S or a second location I wonder?
  13. MorganRehnberg
    Prime filling in a hole in the skyline as seen from the pedestrian bridge. 1010 will be very visible!
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    This is going to be a great upgrade, but it’s really a bummer that we’re not taking the chance to create a pedestrian mall. A 2nd Ave walking zone adjacent to Broadway would be outrageously successful. I’m in Stockholm this week and they have a bunch of roads that are pedestrian-only, with an allowance for delivery vehicles early in the morning. It’s fabulous.
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    That’s great! Hopefully 12th Ave S can serve as the backbone for a network of fully protected bike lines in that part of town.
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    First glass going in!
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    Alcove was all lit up for the 4th!
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    Are they going to screen the parking garage? For such a beautiful, pedestrian-oriented development, it would be a bummer to past the big, open garage.
  19. MorganRehnberg
    I’m disappointed that there isn’t more screening for the parking structure. It seems out of step with most of the other buildings of its kind going up today.
  20. MorganRehnberg
    I was at the Sounds game on Saturday. This building is going to really dominate the view from the infield.
  21. MorganRehnberg
    The additional floor is being added to the Voorhees building.
  22. MorganRehnberg
    With all the new construction that’s going to happen with the Paseo development on the other side of Division, this stretch of 8th is in heavy need of pedestrianization. There is going to be a lot of foot traffic fronting the street between all the residential and the retail that’s going to go in. Already, it’s annoyingly far to cross from Gleaves St. to get to, say, the new Two Hands restaurant.
  23. MorganRehnberg
    That’s fair. Taking those out changes it to 33,893 per square mile today and 52,683 in the near future.
  24. MorganRehnberg
    The discussion about population growth got me thinking about the population density around me in the Gulch. Using the development map, I counted up all the buildings in the area bounded by 8th Ave S., I-65 Demonbreun, and the train tracks—basically the most complete part of the Gulch. That about 0.108 square miles. I estimated a "full" population of 1.5 people per unit (since there isn't an easy breakdown of 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom units, as well as couples, etc.). Using just buildings that are open, that adds up to a "max" population of 4,665 and a population density of 43,668 per square mile. Including the buildings under construction (or soon to be), it's 7,178 people and 67,187 per square mile. That's about the same as the average density of Manhattan (which obviously has a lot more office buildings, etc.). If you could fill the inner loop at that density, it would be a total of 173,343 just in downtown.
  25. MorganRehnberg
    I don’t really understand how the Davidson numbers are the way they are when it feels like thousands of units have been coming online in the central city alone. I mean, from my balcony in the Gulch, it seems like I can see like 1000+ new units from just the last couple years. People must be moving into them or the market for more would be softening. Are there parts of the county that are emptying out?
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