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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ It may be ugly, but it's perfect density.
I do hope that they keep having concerts at Union Park. I only went to one concert there (Techno festival to see Chemical Bros in around 2015) and it was a BLAST!!!!!!!!!
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Hey I was there too, North Coast Music Fest. That was an AWESOME show. It's a great place for events, but difficult to see how stuff like that can continue with so much residential going in. Pretty sad, but also possibly worth the trade off to see some density creeping westward.
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Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller
I'm trying to understand the hostility to this. It's a big residential development right next to an underutilized train stop. It'll have great views of Union Park and the city. On top of all that, it looks like it will have retail along the sidewalk without a huge parking podium.  |
I was being a hyperbolic, yes it's nice to see some density going up around that totally underutilized stop. Just a shame what could be a prime anchor (very visible from the park and adjacent to the el) for a new trend of development near the UC is just going to be a very meh building. Together with some of the other blah residential stuff (looking at you Ashland/Ogden) that's gone up near Union Park in the last few years, that little section could be a big wasted opportunity 10-20 years from now.