Affordable Housing Development Proposed at Long & Front Downtown
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- February 18, 2015 11:08 am at 11:08 am #1063911
drewParticipantAs someone who is used to living in hotels while traveling during the week this actually sounds like the perfect amount of space for me right now.
At this point in my life I couldn’t currently say the same, but I can think back to times when it would’ve been ideal for me. I like the idea of micro-apartments, and suspect they could be useful for drawing young tech and entrepreneurship minded people to the city.
Side tangent: TV, stereo, CDs, videotapes, books, bookcases. This stuff used to fill a room, and now it fills a laptop. If you’re living alone, it’s amazing how much less space you need now as compared to 20 years ago. In some ways it almost seems sad, but that’s probably just a gen-x’ers sentimentality talking.
February 18, 2015 11:13 am at 11:13 am #1063913
MichaelCParticipantThe only thing these apartments render particularly difficult for a single resident is the ability to have parties.
Everything else is there. I suspect these will confound older people in how successful they will be.
February 18, 2015 11:21 am at 11:21 am #1063914
Josh LappParticipantThe only thing these apartments render particularly difficult for a single resident is the ability to have parties.
Everything else is there. I suspect these will confound older people in how successful they will be.
When you live above or next to a bar or restaurant you just move the party downstairs. When I moved into a studio in the SN my parents couldn’t get it until they visited and realized that when you’re in a very urban location the city becomes much more of an extension of your home.
February 18, 2015 11:25 am at 11:25 am #1063915
MichaelCParticipantI love that–“the city becomes an extension of your home.”
February 18, 2015 11:38 am at 11:38 am #1063919
jtwill84ParticipantRealistically, how are these “micro apartments” any different from “efficiencies”? Sounds to me like they’re just giving efficiencies a fancier-sounding name in an effort to make them sound more desirable/interesting.
February 18, 2015 11:51 am at 11:51 am #1063926
joevParticipantI like the idea of micro-apartments, and suspect they could be useful for drawing young tech and entrepreneurship minded people to the city.
Or teachers, firefighters, retail workers? You know, the people who are not paid particularly well, but are vital to a functioning city.
February 18, 2015 1:21 pm at 1:21 pm #1063973
jbaker544ParticipantLets ask the good people of Old Town East, what “affordable” housing did to their neighborhood. 20 years later and we see boarded up buildings, ugly run down apartment buildings just to mention a few. That neighborhood in certain parts is still struggling to recover. All I am is saying, is I don’t want to see this happen again, especially in a neighborhood where I own property. I am all for “affordable” housing and the people who need it, if it is done properly. As we can still see from parts of the city, this hasn’t work in the past when it wasn’t properly done.
February 18, 2015 2:12 pm at 2:12 pm #1063984
Walker EvansKeymasterSounds to me like they’re just giving efficiencies a fancier-sounding name in an effort to make them sound more desirable/interesting.
Welcome to marketing. ;)
February 18, 2015 2:16 pm at 2:16 pm #1063985
Walker EvansKeymasterSide tangent: TV, stereo, CDs, videotapes, books, bookcases. This stuff used to fill a room, and now it fills a laptop.
Laptop? Don’t you mean phone? Laptops are for OLD PEOPLE. ;)
Sent from my MacBook.
February 20, 2015 4:56 pm at 4:56 pm #1064433
heresthecaseyParticipantFebruary 20, 2015 5:09 pm at 5:09 pm #1064435
Josh MillerParticipantHadn’t seen the rendering yet – so impressed! Really hope this comes to fruition, what a huge improvement. Between this, the new parking garage, and eventually the new city admin building at the SW corner, Long & Front is really in for a makeover!
February 20, 2015 11:20 pm at 11:20 pm #1064484
Pro SeParticipantNot to mention the nearby Atlas rehab, upcoming Madisons rehab, Gay and High buildings rehab (both corners), new Edwards buildings on the vacant lots and the eventual rehab by a private developer of the Beacon building once the new city services building is completed. That area will become quite the destination.
July 9, 2015 12:28 pm at 12:28 pm #1084198
Pro SeParticipantLooks like things are getting underway. Long is fenced off and there is a crane.
July 9, 2015 12:55 pm at 12:55 pm #1084203
Josh LappParticipantLooks like things are getting underway. Long is fenced off and there is a crane.
Interesting, I was hoping it would still move forward even though they missed out on the state credits.
September 29, 2015 8:59 pm at 8:59 pm #1095317
whitw417ParticipantHas anyone heard anything new on this development?
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