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Originally Posted by UTPlanner
Future Mayor is exactly right. This is one of the few developments in the city where the plans are required to be reviewed by the Planning Commission. Send an email or even better attend the public hearing and have your voice heard. I constantly hear complaints from city residents, some valid and some less valid, but more often than not those who complain rarely even attempt to be a part of the public process.
With regard to this development along 600 West, I have seen the plans and I think it's an attractive development. This area is located adjacent to a mass transit line which screams for more density. The Guadalupe neighborhood has dozens of preserved homes along 600 West north of North Temple. It is a very stable and popular neighborhood and will be preserved because of the newly implemented TSA zoning.
Those houses located south of North Temple are all owned by 2 development companies. One based out of Ogden and one based out of Nevada. These homes have long been rentals and though some are well maintained many are not. I will not miss those homes. I will be happy to see a pleasant new building adding hundreds of new residents to a mostly depressed section of the city.
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I hate to tell you, man, but that area is depressed solely because of your thinking. It sounds harsh, but your mindset, the one shared by many in this community, is a big reason 600 West in that area is complete trash. It's not those homes that's bringing down the neighborhood - as more than just 'a few' are in good shape (pretty much all are, which is amazing considering they were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s). The neighborhood remains trashy because of Citifront, and yes, Bridges - two developments that have, over the years, deteriorated because they're cheap and not well managed.
It ain't these homes that's turned that stretch of 600 West into something undesirable and demolishing 'em for lower income and special needs apartments isn't going to suddenly make the neighborhood good again. If anything, it'll continue the trend of pushing that area down the wrong path - because we're not talking mixed-use condos here ... we are talking apartments that will ultimately target those lower income brackets. While these houses all may be rentals, the evidence is pretty stark that the people who live there invest more in their property than the fine folk at Citifront - whose ratings online are absolutely awful.
It doesn't mean that this new development won't be attractive (hell, Citifront could technically be considered attractive) - but at the end of the day, is it going to improve the neighborhood? Anyone who believes it will is fooling themselves because this type of rental property creates the ghetto neighborhoods we all rail against.
Citifront has been around for roughly 10 years now. It has not made that area better. In fact, you could make a strong case it's actually
worse because it brought in a far less desirable population than had existed before.
I hope you're right and it's a beautiful, well-built structure that brings in a mix of economies and the neighborhood takes off. But if it's anything like Citifront, which I suspect it probably will be, since it's going after a similar group of residents, we're not not getting a good deal here. You might be happy seeing a bunch of historical, 1800s and 1900s housing demolished for something that will probably be demolished in 20 years anyway - but I think that's way too big of a risk and a whim I'm not willing to take.
Go build it somewhere else. There is no need to bring that neighborhood down further with cheap apartments.
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