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They were asked to leave. A new tenant will be starting work in the space soon.

That is the filthiest thing I have ever heard...

We had dinner at Bloom this past Saturday and were impressed. Good standards artfully prepared. I'm excited to have them within walking distance of the new place. We had a very good time. No liquor license (see other thread) but they're working on it. Bloom is a good new venture that deserves our support. Everybody go!

Oh, Nitro...you wag.

None taken, Dave. I'm glad you like my project, that's cool. Lots of people don't - that's cool too. Including some of the HPC members, but they voted to approve because it met the standards for infill development - just like yours did. There are dozens of different architectural styles represented in our historic districts with their only commonality being that most of them are more than 50 years old. I think it's important for us all to understand there are no absolute right or wrong stylistic answers. I apologize to all, specifically Prankster and Dave, for my childish post.

Maybe it would maybe it wouldn't. Hey, why don't you tie up the property and run that design past the HPC! If they passed your project on Wealthy I'm sure they'll pass this one too!

What is an example? Your sketchup drawing? Fighting bulls? Rocks and hard places? It is very rare the moments when the HPC 'sends a developer packing' - you've been reading the Press editorials with too much reverence. And, do you really think the average developer cares about architectural criticism? There are standards and a process to guiding a design through approvals at the HPC. When you do your research, respectfully work within the process, understand the concerns of the stakeholders, and present a coherent design - most times you are confirmed with approval. There are rules and they have to be followed. But, there is room for a modern solution within the confines of the Department of Interior Standards - every day...on every project. With regards to Wealthy street, the primary reason that we're seeing some stagnation amogst the redevelopment success stories is the lack of demand - not historic preservation or the GRHPC for that matter. It seems to me that you've just personally overracted to some possibly valid criticism of a pretend project by blaming preservation.