Slog - Comments on Vision of the QFC's Future http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f The city-block size QFC has sat abandoned on Broadway for years and is reviled by all. Last night at a public design review meeting, Bob Burkheimer and Driscoll Architects unveiled the still malleable plans for the mixed use development in the works for the site. The "preferred option" looks like this: (the white arrow points north, so Broadway is on the bottom side of this diagram) with apartments (not condos!) along Harvard, retail on Broadway and entrances to underground parking garages in the middle of Mercer and Republican. They're planning space for 400 cars, open to commercial folk during the... Copyright 2007 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:18:20 -0800 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:05:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by DOUG. That elevation view is completely bogus. How tall is the Broadway Market? Last I checked it was 30 feet at the most. This shit is going to TOWER over any of its neighbors built pre-2006.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379470 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379470 Boom Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:02:00 -0800 Comment by 98101 | 98122 Thanks for the prompt follow-up. The courtyard is a very cool idea. It seems very unreasonable to expect it to be open to the public though. Anyway, it's better than no courtyard whatsoever.



My only gripe is that from the outside the buidling doesn't seem to do much to differentiate from the other boxes. (I guess it's hard to tell.) It would be nice if it could be built a wee little higher after a raised setback. Although the apartments would command even higher rents, the patios would put more eyes on the street; eyes that might actually care about what's going on (should they see or understand the street as part of their residence).



But that might only work for condo owners... I'm not yet formally trained in this area.




This was going to be the first public-review meeting I've ever attended, but it was my girlfriend's birthday... no dice. Keep up the Boom posts!

]]> 98101 | 98122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379530 Boom Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:23:04 -0800 Comment by someguy I certainly hope that the devloper and the Arcitecht are able to build, without any pain in the ass neighborhood community council morons getting in the way.

]]> someguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379567 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379567 Boom Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:36:24 -0800 Comment by Gomez One can hope that this plethora of new units will somehow drop the cost to rent other units in Capitol Hill. I doubt it, but one can hope.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379601 Boom Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:49:35 -0800 Comment by so many balls Well, it won't, Gomez, but at least it will bring more 43rd district style voters to the area!

Doug, I'm not the concrete canyon fan that Dan is (i swear), but I think that Broadway is plenty wide enough to handle sixty feet. As long as it isn't one oppressive structure that spans the whole block, I think it has the opportunity to look really fantastic. We'll see, I suppose.

]]> so many balls http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379982 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/vision_of_the_qfcs_f#c379982 Boom Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:21:33 -0800 Comment by Steve I bet Broadway Market is taller than 30 feet. There are four floors of apartments in the back, aren't there?

The courtyard seems like a great idea -- creating a little european-style semi-private open space.

The key to good redevelopment seems to be keeping old, big trees around the new building to make it seem like the new building has been there longer (compare the development at the southwest corner of 45th and Stone way to the more typical chop'n'build new developments). Since this block doesn't have much in the way of old trees (does it?), it won't look like it fits into the neighborhood no matter what the height.

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