The setbacks also allow the existing street trees to be maintained, which will help foot traffic: shade and tree canopy make a street a lot nicer to walk. Kudos to the designer for that: folks sometimes forget that it gets a tetch hot here. It also includes enough room for patio dining or other close outdoor uses of the building.
The setbacks also allow the existing street trees to be maintained, which will help foot traffic: shade and tree canopy make a street a lot nicer to walk. Kudos to the designer for that: folks sometimes forget that it gets a tetch hot here. It also includes enough room for patio dining or other close outdoor uses of the building.
I agree 100%.
The setbacks are something i admire about Sacramento's design standards, for all the reasons you pointed out above. It helps to create a more pedestrian friendly environment on the street level.
Now if they could just pay more attention to the garage element of a project and ensure the same design standards address all exposures of a project's facade and not just orienting towards Capital Mall. I get tired of these projects like 621 CM, Cal EPA, Matsui Federal Courthouse, the "Emerald City" and soon to be 500 CM to name a few, looking good from only one exposure.
That's a peculiar list. Maybe we should get a flight from Sacramento to Boise now? hahah
Just an observation... but all the photos of the cities on that list were very gorgeous shots and they were ALL supplied by their respective cities' convention and visitors bureau.
All except Sacramento. Which was pulled from a stock photo site, and really isn't the best photo of this city that I've ever seen, to say the least. What's up with that? I would hope this city has some potential imagery together to supply for these types of free publicity.
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That's a peculiar list. Maybe we should get a flight from Sacramento to Boise now? hahah
Just an observation... but all the photos of the cities on that list were very gorgeous shots and they were ALL supplied by their respective cities' convention and visitors bureau.
All except Sacramento. Which was pulled from a stock photo site, and really isn't the best photo of this city that I've ever seen, to say the least. What's up with that? I would hope this city has some potential imagery together to supply for these types of free publicity.
No kidding. In the "At a Glance" section of the article, every other city has decent skyline or nature shots. We have a few couples making out around a garbage can.
We'd probably be much higher on the list, but our cost of living index is way higher than the rest of the top ten. Sometimes I curse our California statehood.
No kidding. In the "At a Glance" section of the article, every other city has decent skyline or nature shots. We have a few couples making out around a garbage can.
We'd probably be much higher on the list, but our cost of living index is way higher than the rest of the top ten. Sometimes I curse our California statehood.
Of the 4 big metros (6 if you count Riverside-San Bernardino and San Jose as their own metros), Sacramento has the lowest cost of living!
Yes, but of the Top 10 best places to live, we have, by far, the highest cost of living. I can't help but think that has something to do with our California association (none of the other top 10 cities are in Cali).
I was checking out City Data Forum and apparently some people find it laughable that Sacramento cracked the Top 10.
This is from DWong from Dallas area.
"Being that I saw Sacramento on the list I kinda wrote it off. People in CA who've been to Sac don't like it. Sure it's a booming area (was small 20 years ago), but it's not anywhere on the best places on the nation. Sac CA made it - that alone is a joke
Well, a lot of people on that forum seem to be pretty ignorant about many things. Someone in the Sac section asked if Elk Grove to Rocklin in 1 hour at 8 am was realistic.
I was checking out City Data Forum and apparently some people find it laughable that Sacramento cracked the Top 10.
This is from DWong from Dallas area.
"Being that I saw Sacramento on the list I kinda wrote it off. People in CA who've been to Sac don't like it. Sure it's a booming area (was small 20 years ago), but it's not anywhere on the best places on the nation. Sac CA made it - that alone is a joke
Ignorance! I've heard EXACTLY the opposite from almost every person who I've talked to who lives somewhere else and has been to Sacramento (and I work in a call center and I talk to a LOT of people!)!!! It's always "It's so beautiful there!", "I love the trees!", "Old Sac is great!", "the river is beautiful", and on and on!
I post there occasionally myself but didn't see that--can you provide a link?
Personally, I don't mind that some people--even most people--don't care for Sacramento. I know I like it here, and don't really need external validation to know what I like about it. Besides, articles like these tend to be dreadfully inaccurate, and written by people looking at statistics who probably haven't even been to the city, or base their experiences on one visit and the places they happened to discover.
I post there occasionally myself but didn't see that--can you provide a link?
Personally, I don't mind that some people--even most people--don't care for Sacramento. I know I like it here, and don't really need external validation to know what I like about it. Besides, articles like these tend to be dreadfully inaccurate, and written by people looking at statistics who probably haven't even been to the city, or base their experiences on one visit and the places they happened to discover.
I was checking out City Data Forum and apparently some people find it laughable that Sacramento cracked the Top 10.
This is from DWong from Dallas area. "People in CA who've been to Sac don't like it. Sac CA made it - that alone is a joke
Well for staters the guy is from Dallas and i don't think Dallas is likely to be on any top ten lists anytime soon. (which is probably why Wong is bitter).
On another note, somebody in California must like Sacramento, because the region has added about a milion people in the past 20 years, mostly from the bay area and Southern California.
I went on my walk this afternoon / evening - burned a s$%t-load of calories and took a few pictures. Here is a quickie update of some projects:
Trammell Crow is moving forward..........slowly:
Fire proofing that artsy Sutter office building:
Hopefully we will see some cladding on the Sutter Foundation building:
The So Crap Lofts continue to expand toward filling the entire block:
The Craper Art Museum site is a confusing array of stuff, none of which is going vertical:
Foundation work = Boring
K Street Cabaret:
Roos Atkins:
It looks like they are starting to build the sidewalk extension thing wburg hates so much:
Soon it will be full of people:
I really dig Retro Lodge (I sure hope some people choose to live there):
Love the signs:
Oh, yeah, and that 500 Crapitol Mall thing topped out. I guess that's big news:
Yes, I took the stairs to the top of the Sheraton for the last one. You may all begin to worship me.........now.
That's it.
Great update.
I really do think Sac has a beautiful skyline. Could be better and will get better.
The 3rd to last and 2nd to last I really like. Shows that South Capitol Mall and the area south of it is really becoming a cluster of high rises. Now, only if the Council would capitalize on this and bring more to the area.
Nice work snfenoc. Good to see some activity other than panhandling proceeding on K street. I just hope some of the existing businesses can hang in there while the buildup continues and we just might achieve a critcial mass. 500 CM is looking better than I thought it would so far. There are some nice angles that would have looked even better had they gone a bit higher with smaller floor plates. The stone facade looks to be red and tan so it will interesting to see how the window tinting blends in. Aren't they going with blue tint???
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