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The Dispatch wrote
Here comes the Neighborhood
Monday, April 28, 2008
BY MIKE PRAMIK
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The blue-gray building at the northeast corner of Gay and 4th streets is the linchpin in developer Edwards Cos.’ Neighborhood Launch project. The structure has a mixture of residential styles, including three-story town houses, second-floor studios and garden-style units.
Now, the challenge for developer Edwards Cos. is to convince potential buyers that expectations for the rest of its Gay Street neighborhood will match the promise the first building has provided. It will take several years to complete the neighborhood, bounded by Long, 6th, Gay and 4th streets. The first phase will include about 40 condominiums ranging in price from about $150,000 to $660,000.
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i think they do have something planned to cover that up called a parking garage
I’m hoping these do well so that the other blocks get started on soon after. It’s in a great location and totally different from other residential offerings Downtown.
I went through the stucco section today and they are really nice.
The center courtyard with fountain, mature trees and center courtyard design make these really cool.
I saw the master plan and the Georgian (Georgetown-esque) section should be beautiful…
So that’s one of the “parks” that the salesperson was talking about. I can’t wait to go hang out in it. Maybe read a book. Listen to my ipod. It’ll be great.
yah, needs benches.
Yeah, they’re definitely more of a “front yard” for the places than a “public park” but I was impressed a few weeks ago when I first noticed the fountains going in.
While I’d prefer Gay Street to have retail from Cleveland to Front it’s still a thousand percent improvement in sidewalk aesthetics from the parking lot that was located there previously.
While I’d prefer Gay Street to have retail from Cleveland to Front it’s still a thousand percent improvement in sidewalk aesthetics from the parking lot that was located there previously.
+1.
This is what Kunstler calls for when saying we need to revive the “urban glossary”.
There is a difference between a park, a plaza, a commons, a piazza, a courtyard, a square, and so forth. Judging from the photo, it looks like a commons. If entirely paved, then a piazza or plaza.
Looks kinda boring and low density. At least dogs will have a place to pee.
“Park” may be a stretch, but I have to give them credit.
Anywhere else in most cities, esp. Columbus, and the developer would have made 100% of the frontage building and not trees with a water feature and some grass.
Just look at most of the other new condo developments.
On the whole, I think this is one of the best projects in a long time and we need more of it.
Sure, I’d love for the next similar project to have park the size of Schiller in the middle of it, but who’s gonna pay for that? Do we really expect developers to do something that will result in them losing tons of money? I doubt it.
The local government should spend money reclaiming urban land and then building a park on it when developers indicate they will build walkable residential around it.
That’s the only way it can work in the real world.
Oh, come on Brewmaster, just get over the basic design and join us who are happy with this. Columbus is a low-density city. And I mean that by traditional city-planning standards, not low-density sprawl, which should be described as “no-density”. You know there were mostly single family homes from 4th to Cleveland and Long to Gay, before they were razed for parking lots. The only apartment building left standing at Gay and Grant is a testament to Columbus’ low-density urbanism. This development is simply following traditional Columbus-style urbanism, of which I’m a big fan. Look at Town-Franklin for an existing parallel neighborhood, which is still intact. What does it consist of? Plenty of single-family homes. The secret to it’s density is in the three-story apartment buildings that add hundreds more residents. The development on Gay St actually changes things up a bit since these will be the main feature and they don´t take up most of the block (parking is being included). And there is always the land immediately surrounding this development where denser projects can take place, like at Gay and 3rd. I’d argue that the perception of density that this development lends simply makes the area more attractive, including for other developers. And so that you’re not too sour, here’s a current pic of the five-story CCAD dorm building.
Now isn’t that better?
I noticed a bunch of metal chairs placed around the fountain today.
I think the area around CCAD and CSCC is ripe for high density apartment buildings. (5-10 stories) There is an enormous market that hasn’t been tapped yet. The apartments CCAD is building are not enough. They could use some more retail over there as well. It needs more of a neighborhood feel. It’s too fragmented. If anything, “One Neighborhood” will create a somewhat seemless connection of CCAD to the core of the CBD.
They’re not apartments, they’re dorms.
either way, more apartments would be nice.
There you go. :) But yeah, there are plenty of people here who see the great potential here for a dense neighborhood.
Some construction photos of the condos along the Fifth Street side:
I was just walking around these the other day and I have to say I love them. If you havent had a chance to walk through one I highly recommend it.
Also, it looks like work on the new parking garage has started.
I heard there are some OSU football players who have purchased some condo’s. This is good news because most of them would always buy a house in UA when they get done playing in the Pro’s. Anthony Gonzales and Brady Quin. Also my girl JLB (SOS Brunner) is already moved in. Sold her house in Worthington.