Slog - Comments on The Village and the District http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district New Village Ah, University Village… a bounty of Apple products, flavored coffee, and family apparel. If only there were more of it. Pray tell, what is this: Plans for four more emporiums built in three phases over coming years? Yes, it’s all true. One of the buildings by Perkowitz+Ruth Architects In the design proposal, developer Blumen Consulting Group says the new plans are geared to “create an urban densification.” (Here’s a big diagram of the U-Village layout.) Some day, if U-Village keeps building, U-Village may feel less like a Potemkin Mall and just a teensy bit more like part of... Copyright 2008 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:29:13 -0800 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:21:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by k Oh, I just love Abercrombie Baby ziggurat-shaped urban densifications!

Seriously... What is that?

]]> k http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038052 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:43:32 -0800 Comment by bronkitis Infill? What a hunk of crappy jargon. Kind of worse than densification.
But I'm still pumped for H&M.

]]> bronkitis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038085 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:57:12 -0800 Comment by jackseattle about New District - they'll all have such great views of I-5!!! depressing

]]> jackseattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038117 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038117 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:23:27 -0800 Comment by Cale Thank god they are starting to build up the U-District. Apartment prices are insane.

]]> Cale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038121 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038121 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:30:42 -0800 Comment by Brian Wow! Giant ceremonial stairs to nowhere! They've really thought of everything now.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038123 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:33:35 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @5 - they have some at Gasworks Park too - totally unusable, in practice.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038138 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:44:42 -0800 Comment by Nat "Base Capital"? What a terrific name. I assume they're affiliated with Al-qaeda.

]]> Nat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038159 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038159 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:04:15 -0800 Comment by Trevor Dominic. Instead of writing about the developers, perhaps you could write about the effect that the gentrification of the U-District area has had on undergrad students at the UW?

Many of them are now living at home well into their 20s because most of the group houses that used to cater to them have been sold, apartments are being turned into condos, tuition and dorm costs keep rising, and new apartments like the one you describe are not likely to adequately meet their student income needs.

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038160 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:05:38 -0800 Comment by sam e. 70th is the new 47th!

]]> sam e. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038178 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038178 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:22:50 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave Trevor, grad students live for the ability to tell other people how hard they have it.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038216 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:55:57 -0800 Comment by highfives And thus the death of another DIY show house.

RIP

]]> highfives http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038236 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:18:01 -0800 Comment by juris @11:

Seconded, beat me to it. I have fond memories of those houses, including black & white gay bear porn and having to shepherd underage friends into the alley after the only honest police raid of a party I've ever seen in this town. Hell, I think I had a crush on a girl who lived in the basement in one of those houses and rode freight trains.

Sigh, I don't mind progress, and this city needs density, it's just that it always seems to come at the price of what makes the city livable and vibrant in the first place, dig?

]]> juris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038256 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:50:12 -0800 Comment by Aaron Edge @11/12: I loved shows there, such a great little space with nice people running it all. Bummer.

]]> Aaron Edge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_village_and_the_district#c1038269 Boom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:21:45 -0800