colrex7
Ohio
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The Victorian Village and Italian Village joint Commission meeting was tonight for the new boutique hotel in the Short North. Did anyone attend? If so, what was the reaction from the commissions this time around?
Here is a link to the new renderings...
http://sites.google.com/a/victorianvillage.org/files/files
Original Discussion, Here: http://www.columbusunderground.com/pizzuti-short-north-hotel-plans-presented-tonight
anillo
Marzipan City
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jpizzow wrote >>
I really don't see what all the hub bub is about with this project. Personally, I love it. A little modern here and there never hurt anybody. Please start construction asap.
And a garage (which is definitely attractive to people from the suburbs). Give me a shovel and I'll help dig.
Columbusite
Minneapolis
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Sweet; they pushed the upper floors back vs. having them hang out over the sidewalk, which was really my only gripe. I'm sold.
JonMyers
HCMC ✈
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I spoke to four or five people last night who attended the meeting.
It doesn't sound like the medieval courts of Short North commercial architectural review are ruling in favor of this project. Maybe if Pizzutti presents the Italian and Victorian Village commissions with 162 goats, 9 swords, 3 virgins, a royal feast and the crown of the German Village king, then this will be approved.
Otherwise, the project is a long, long way off, which is a damn shame for Columbus.
Luckily there will be the Hilton close by with the giant colon across the street.
JoeMitchell
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I like it, Joel Pizzuti and team are doing a good job
Some creative use of the brick would be nice, mural on the north wall of the hotel
I'm a little confused about the garage elevation, Is the garage six stories above grade? that seems a little high, going down two levels would probably cost an additional $1m
edit: everyone drives an audi?
fresh
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I'll bet it gets approved. Maybe not in this exact iteration, but this was a big step forward re: removing the overhangs. Looks much more 'appropriate'. I think the biggest issue is still the 'scale' of things.
Say this gets approved in the next few months, are they planning on breaking ground immediately?
ETA: Just noticed what you meant about the Audis (B5.5 A4's to be exact)... apparently thats what they have in mind for the SN.
dru
IV
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It's okay, there's clearly a Chrysler 300M in slide 17.
On another point, if you live or own a business in the VV or IV and support this project, email the Commissioners and let them know. They are not going to all read these CU threads. They are going to have a lot of people show up at the meetings and declare this project the end of the SN as we know it.
As always the answer is, do something.
econJoe
Victorian Village
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Why the animosity toward the commissions? Our historical architectural review process in both Victorian and Italian villages is what has made the Short North the beautiful area that it is today. Without those commissions, the Short North may have still gentrified (though I doubt it), but its High Street facades would look much like those of campus area today and beautiful historical architecture could easily be destroyed.
There are a lot of problems with the Pizzuti project that they have been unwilling to address to the commissioners so far. You should be asking the developer why it won't address the concerns of the commissions because it has hardly modified a single element of the development despite reiterated concerns about it from the commissioners.
futureman
Grandview Heights
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econJoe wrote >>
Why the animosity toward the commissions? Our historical architectural review process in both Victorian and Italian villages is what has made the Short North the beautiful area that it is today. Without those commissions, the Short North may have still gentrified (though I doubt it), but its High Street facades would look much like those of campus area today and beautiful historical architecture could easily be destroyed.
It's my understanding all three commissions (University Area Commission, Italian Village Commission and Victorian Village Commission) were all created around the same time 1972/1973. UAC being 1972 and the other two in 1973.
You did know the university area has a commission right?
econJoe
Victorian Village
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The university area commission does not do historical architectural review the way the Victorian and Italian village commissions do. That's why facades like those on the new Hungry Howie's pizza (near Kroger at 7th) or Buckeye Donuts would never be seen in the Short North.
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