ehill27
Short North
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shirtandpants wrote >>
the last thing the short north needs is a parking garage. what an eyesore.
Man... if you were trying to rile people up, it worked. Assuming you are serious, I'd have say that (when done halfway right) a parking garage looks substantially better than a surface lot. Plus, as others have said, if a lot were built on High it SHOULD have retail incorporated into the sidewalk level.
Bear
The woods
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agtw31 wrote >>
shirtandpants wrote >>
the last thing the short north needs is a parking garage. what an eyesore. if you live far enough away that you HAVE to drive to the sn, you don't really belong here. sorry.that is so short north of you
That is so insulting to the rest of us.
tourist19
Merion Village
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I have had more frustrating experiences trying to find parking at Easton than in the Short North. A parking garage would be wonderful in the Short North, but I would probably avoid using it just because driving around and around in a parking garage looking for a spot makes me far crazier than driving to a further away block and enjoying a walk.
Rastapasta
Olde North
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alove
Downtown
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I'm sure they would construct a nice-looking parking garage in the SN. I have seen nice-looking garages, plus the community would not allow a concrete eyesore to be built. It would probably be all classy.
As far as the exclusive SN resident, are you serious? Anyone anywhere can belong in the Short North. That's the true energy of the arched strip and Columbus.
scornflakes
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Parking garages don't have to be eyesores. They can be rather impressive architectural additions to a city.* For example:
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1115/design_1-1.html
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2005/1012/building_1-1.html
http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature107.htm
http://www.slate.com/id/2179373/
So long as the car remains the predominant way for commuters to get into and out of the center city, parking will be a necessary evil that consumes otherwise valuable space. Until the community gets serious about mass transit, it really would be a good idea to offer incentives for the owners of those private lots to seek and develop new parking garage designs (maybe some as dual-use buildings) that have positive economic and environmental impact. I agree with the OP that those lots are good spots for development and are somewhat discordant with the new Short North, but the need for parking remains. I think it's another example of how the "Old Columbus/New Columbus" tension is more of an opportunity than a conflict. It also relates to the recent thread where it was suggested that Columbus's lack of skyscrapers equates to a dearth of architectural identity. I don't agree at all that adding tall, mostly redundant office buildings to the skyline is the way for a changing city like ours to achieve recognition for being modern and open to architectural innovation. It will be small, smart, thoughtful, and tailored projects that solve relatively mundane problems like parking that can put the city on that cutting edge.
*Just to be clear, I'm being totally sincere, here. I wouldn't want to waste anyone's time by eliciting accusations that I'm perpetrating some king of a ruse.
Jergarr27
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I've always thought that it would be a good idea to consolidate business in the Short North to make way for more.. Like combining UDF, Donato's, and White Castle into one mixed use building on the lot where the White Castle currently sits.. and then build another boutique hotel with first floor retail where the UDF and that damn empty lot next to it currently sits.. all would be built right off of the sidewalk of course.. and them maybe an urban Wal-Greens or CVS or 7/11 where the Donato's currently sits..
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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Jergarr27 wrote >>
I've always thought that it would be a good idea to consolidate business in the Short North to make way for more.. Like combining UDF, Donato's, and White Castle into one mixed use building on the lot where the White Castle currently sits.. and then build another boutique hotel with first floor retail where the UDF and that damn empty lot next to it currently sits.. all would be built right off of the sidewalk of course.. and them maybe an urban Wal-Greens or CVS or 7/11 where the Donato's currently sits..
Got deep pockets?
anillo
Marzipan City
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ehill27 wrote >>
I think the SN could use a giant automated parking silo.
http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/2079215/2156406/2179371/2179372/8_vw.jpg
and the outside of the building could look like the christopher inn!
scornflakes
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anillo wrote >>
ehill27 wrote >>
I think the SN could use a giant automated parking silo.
http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/2079215/2156406/2179371/2179372/8_vw.jpgand the outside of the building could look like the christopher inn!
Nice!
MikeReed
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Does anyone know how a parking garage works in terms of the minimum number of required spaces for businesses? If a garage is in an area like the Short North, are the number of spaces in a garage factored into that? Retail is required to provide 1 space for every 200 sq. ft. (under the proposed changes to parking in code), restaurants 1 space for 50 sq. ft. - and patios get a 50% reduction.
Is the SN covered by the Urban Commercial Overlay (which can allow a 50% reduction in the required spaces at the discretion of the zoning official)?
I'm just unclear on how someone puts in a new business requiring much space, say, a 2000 sq. ft. retail space is supposed to come up with 10 off-street parking spaces and if the proximity of parking facilities mitigate the requirement in some way... and how that would even work.
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