urbanSTL

Hopefully last nights shooting will not negatively affect peoples opinion on the neighborhood.

^ I went to pick up a few things at Lowe's last night, and I thought the same thing as I exited Loughborough Commons and saw the news crews situated outside that house on South Grand.



Ridiculous? Yes, but look at how some reacted to the recent melee at the Galleria.



Anyway, I drove by the site on my way home. It's been graded and it looks as though further work may begin as scheduled. I'm anxious to see specifics about the designs and prices, because I think this is a great location near Carondelet Park and IHM. Some may say the project could be denser, but I am still very pleased with the site plan overall.

The tiny yards don't bother me (there's a large park just one block away). Many people that have children live in structures that have no yards at all, such as highrises, midrises and other urban structures. This, IMO, is a fittingly urban development with density--much like Souldard or Hyde Park. This is, of course, the city...where you would expect such developments.

I would be more concerned with the architecture...haven't yet seen any elevation renderings yet, although just based on the roofs of the birds eye view renderings, the dormers seem to indicate they may be of good design.

As I recall, this site slopes fairly steeply North to South. I wonder how that might effect the siteplan.

Marmar wrote:The tiny yards don't bother me (there's a large park just one block away). Many people that have children live in structures that have no yards at all, such as highrises, midrises and other urban structures. This, IMO, is a fittingly urban development with density--much like Souldard or Hyde Park. This is, of course, the city...where you would expect such developments.

I have a tiny yard, mostly because my wife thought we needed one for our son. Well, I hate maintaining it, and he rarely plays in it since we usually wind up at the park anyway. So the lack of greenspace wouldn't necessarily be a deterrent for me. Carondelet Park is convenient to this development, and there is a large playground and lake on the park's south side, so it's an ideal location for families.

I would be more concerned with the architecture...haven't yet seen any elevation renderings yet, although just based on the roofs of the birds eye view renderings, the dormers seem to indicate they may be of good design.

Hopefully the front elevations and the overall appearance of these homes will have a quality feel. There are several examples of shoddy infill on the other side of I-55 in Carondelet, so I hope these rise above that. If the homes (and my checkbook) are ready at the same time, and the architecture is pleasing, I wouldn't mind looking into one of these.

If there is (or was) a problem, I would assume it has been delt with by the architects by now.

That said, I'm anxious to see some renderings.

I'd value a private yard over a large yard. I like how the site plan shows a design for what I'd really call a private courtyard, since sheltered by the house, garage and breezeway or maybe breakfast/laundry/mud room linking the two. Nearby mid-century homes may have larger yards, but growing up in one, I think those yards felt small when you can see across the whole block of similarly sized yards usually separated by only chainlink fence.

southcitygent wrote:Hopefully last nights shooting will not negatively affect peoples opinion on the neighborhood.

Looks like the police have arrested 3 brain surgeons: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/s ... enDocument

^After looking at those photos, I can not get the song "Hoosier Love" out of my mind. So sad, but funny in a very demented way.



Back to the project, looks good to me. Guess the real judgment will start when we see the home designs.



As for lack of yards, who needs one when you have one of the city's greatest parks just two blocks from your home?

Thanks...

TIABstl wrote:^After looking at those photos, I can not get the song "Hoosier Love" out of my mind. So sad, but funny in a very demented way.



Back to the project, looks good to me. Guess the real judgment will start when we see the home designs.



As for lack of yards, who needs one when you have one of the city's greatest parks just two blocks from your home?

I never heard this song. Who sings it?

^The band that sings that diddy is MU330. I believe the CD with that song is available from the city library if you want to check it out. I think the album is Press.

brickandmortar wrote:I never heard this song. Who sings it?

MU330.

TIABstl wrote:^The band that sings that diddy is MU330. I believe the CD with that song is available from the city library if you want to check it out. I think the album is Press.

Thanks, I must not have been paying attention last time I heard them play. They're one of my favorite local bands now that the Whole Sick Crew no longer plays together.

^ Cool. I haven't been by there in awhile, so I'll have to check it out on my way to the nearby IHM fish fry.