http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/07/06/new-rules-for-pikepine Comments On: New Rules for Pike/Pine by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Massive Attack]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:42:59 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:23:14 -0700 The Stranger Posted by dense]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:17:43 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sir Learnsalot]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:49:29 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Greg]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:41:53 -0700 The Stranger
Posted by Seattle Slew]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:12:07 -0700 The Stranger
not both.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:03:44 -0700 The Stranger
whats the problem here
Posted by Swearengen]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:44:12 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:19:59 -0700 The Stranger
Look to Sodo, Beacon Hill, and Georgetown and places to encourage this kind of use.

@9 Adam2Adam? What?

And the places there now looked just as drab when they were built as the new stuff does now. Most decades see only a few really interesting buildings built. Don't confuse familiar with architecturally interesting.
Posted by giffy]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:08:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by native son]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:04:10 -0700 The Stranger
I'm down with saving shit because none of the new stuff SO FAR is inspiring except for the Agnes lofts. If they suddenly started littering Cap Hill with awesome new architecture, I could be at peace with mowing down Linda's, et al.
Posted by Massive Attack]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:58:31 -0700 The Stranger
That said, the final compromise probably does more to preserve the area than it might appear at first.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:26:06 -0700 The Stranger
dunn's proposal seems a lot like the city's transfer of development rights program downtown. and it seems like the transaction costs involved in those schemes get pretty high pretty quickly. sometimes the people that benefit most in elaborate height swaps are the attorneys--not that there is anything wrong with that. but the city should certainly aim higher.
Posted by aff]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31:47 -0700 The Stranger
What you're proposing and what developers are proposing is a neighborhood of high rent floorspace with limited density. It's the same trick hand as they're playing with the mother-in-law cottages, pretending they'll serve some higher purpose when the reality is that they're subsidizing other uses by slipping them in with "green" or "new urban" projects. Just as the mother-in-law cottage proposal is to sneak back relaxed townhome regulations, the pike-pine corridor overlay is seeking to strip affordable housing rules and impose strict density controls so that density stays far enough below demand that prices shoot up. It gets around the city's previous attempts at mandating a certain amount of affordable housing by letting the market dictate price.

Just look at how the SCCC parking structure is sticking around, even with light rail coming in under a decade. And look at how the new rules protect it.

You think you're getting affordable and fun density, but you're basically complicit in what amounts to city-mandated inorganic gentrification.
Posted by Baconcat]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:05:35 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Dominic Holden]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:37:12 -0700 The Stranger
Tear them down and build some tall dense buildings.
Posted by giffy]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:17:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Max Solomon]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:56:33 -0700 The Stranger
And there's also a nail salon and a teriyaki joint there. Hello?!?
Posted by disintegrator]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:28:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by what a shame]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:21:33 -0700 The Stranger