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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
Something like that, that is not simply a for-profit development, should have a much better chance of moving forward regardless of the economy or the housing market.
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It's clearly working for the Conservatory of Music project on Van Ness. My hope is that the ballet school and the French American school have enough push to get those two projects going even if the market is colder. And frankly it's something I've admired about The Hub...almost all proposed projects are offering something tangible beyond just new housing (which I'm all for and I think should be reason enough alone, by the way).
Conservatory of Music, City Ballet School, French American School, Plumbers Union all getting new facilities. 1500 Mission offering new city offices. One Oak and the Honda Dealership will give new pedestrian street areas. The Market/12th project adds a new park. I think that when all built out, they'll establish a "new neighborhood identity" far quicker than Rincon Hill because really they're just taking the best of the neighborhood that already exists and making it better, and adding housing on top. So they don't need to find an identity, a lot of that "identity" will already be there because of these built in uses, and I think it will balance out the "evil techies" accusation currently getting thrown at Mid-Market (lamely I might add). Especially since the new additions (playgrounds and cafe) and activation of Civic Center Plaza are so far successful. Not to mention it's seemed to make a lot of these slam dunks at the Planning Commission although Moore feels very antagonistic to 30 Otis so far.