Comments on: Early design meeting tonight for Greenwood project

By: gurple

gurple — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:58:48 +0000

This was a pretty good event. I didn't stay until the end, but the developer/architects made a pretty good case for their design, and the community made a lot of pretty good cases for a dozen different ways in which it sucks.

To my mind one of the most pressing concerns is how cars are going to get in and out. This development would mean a net increase in car traffic to that area, and the design only shows a couple of reasonable entry/exit points, one in the middle of the block on 85th. 1st Ave. would see a huge increase in car traffic.

Better than blacktop, but that's a false dichotomy.

By: evanb

evanb — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:57:54 +0000

If anyone is interested in more info about what the GG.DDAG is doing, see their website here: http://www.greenwoodcommunitycouncil.org/greenw...

They can also be reached directly at GG.DDAG@gmail.com

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:19:58 +0000

Listening to community concerns is one thing. Addressing them is quite another.

By: tony piazza

tony piazza — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:50:19 +0000

there is no leverage.

even the so-called 'public plaza' is about as community oriented as your local mall. I'm sure any real demonstration or protests there would be met with Fred Meyer and his bull-horn to “get off my weed farm.”

By: gurple

gurple — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:03:19 +0000

I'll be there tonight.

That GGDAC doc is interesting. It portrays the tension here as between the developers wanting to build spaces that will encourage people to go into the shops, and the community wanting legitimately community-oriented spaces. Does the community have any real leverage to get the developers to create something community-oriented?

The GGDAC's recommendation to stack more of the Fred Meyer to reduce the footprint seems like a good one.