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Originally Posted by Street Advocate
This would be an awesome problem to have. Most city residents around the country are accustomed to looking across the street from a balcony and seeing other residents enjoying their balconies, closing their curtains, grilling outside/cooking inside, or noticing their flicker of the TV. If you want a better view, it just means you pay more for the floors higher up, but at the end of the day you all have access to the surrounding shops, restaurants, transit, etc.
I wish we'd see more developments similar to Seventh Midtown along the BeltLine, albeit with size of residences smaller and quality of finishes to a lesser degree.
I know this is a highrise blog, i just needed to rant a bit. Thanks for reading if you did.
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That all sounds nice for the EST, and indeed the Beltline as a whole. Once the streetcar/marta votes pass, the building out of corridors like Memorial, North, Capitol, Cambellton, etc. will allow for similar development to occur along these routes. I am strict when it comes to The City, which to me in Atlanta is Downtown and Midtown, and would like to see 8 and higher floor count, with preferably 10-15 being the minimum, 20-40 the norm, and many 40+ floor examples to set off the skyline. We are getting a lot of that now, and I am hopeful that as the cycle rolls on we will see more elaborate, taller structures than we are seeing right now (though 98 14th and SLS are planned to rise) We have so much available land left to build on in The City that we could basically replicate what we have now all over again. Can you imagine the density, the foot traffic, the transit useage? I can, and often do. South Downtown (which I refer to as SoDoTo in honor of South Park) has hundreds of acres of developable land, and Midtown Alliance recently released stats saying that 25% of land in Midtown is still developable. I would love to see a few 800ft+ towers in SoDoTo specifically built with middle class units intended to cost $200k-$500k, with some real expensive ones on top as icing on the cake. With easy access to interstates, Garnett MARTA station, and two proposed streetcar lines with access to EST and WST, you could incorporate a school or two in the bottom portion of the towers, as well as a grocery store and any other services you would need. They do this all the time in multiple Asian cities, but we are probably a ways off in ATL. Most ATLiens of any income level would not be satisfied with the small sqftage that the rest of the world calls home. All dreams aside, there is little reason ATL should not be as dense as downtown Chicago within 20-40 years. Since I have ranted so long, I will go ahead and throw in the absolute necessity (in my view) of a commuter rail system not dissimilar to those in Chicago and NYC.
I live downtown in Fairlie-Poplar, so my views are of offices, hotels, and condos, all day and night long. Seeing people in their places is just part of life, and I try to keep my shades down when I am wondering around in the morning in my skivvies, just for the sake of early office workers. Like anyone else who lives/has lived in a highrise, boy could I tell you some stories. Living in 1280 West (when it was Oakwood) during the early 2000's was a treat.
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Still a decent project for the area.
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