Did they have to name the development after Boz to get approval?



Good to see things happening in the 3rd ward.

I'm pretty sure that's Bosley's district. You're right - that site desperately needs to be redeveloped. I'm sure the Boys & Girls Club could use the land.

It is hard to say from the rendering, but it looks like they will be handsome houses. I admit, I don't know where the 3rd Ward is. What are the cross streets? Is this near any established neighborhoods? The article says they are attempting to tie North St. Louis to Downtown. That is good goal! So where are they located?

So this development will be centered at Spring & St. Louis? Am I reading this correctly?

I have not driven through much of the northside except Goodfellow, St. Louis Avenue, Hyde Park, StL Park, and Old North STL. Ergo, I do not want to assume what the area is like where the 150 houses are being built. So, what is it like to those who have first hand knowledge? Has the area where the houses being built experienced black flight or not? By putting the homes near the highway with the amenity that they are ten minutes from downtown I guess this will be an auto neighborhood.

That name is ridiculous!

Not only is the name ridiculous, but the thought that the design of those homes is good for the heighborhood and city as a whole is even more ridiculous. I see there is a sign paying homage to king Bosley also. Just what I expected.

Ucityman wrote:so 150 homes are gonna look like that?

(barf)

This better be the last mullet home development this city sees.

Mullet Home, thats perfect to describe it. Ugly in the back, not really attractive in the front either.

Oh cmon you guys those houses look kinda nice. Sure some trees will help and for all we know the drawing is uglier than the actual product. Im sure it will be fine.

I hope it turns out as you hope it does, because right now they are just vinyl boxes with a brick front slapped on to try to fool us. The houses are not even close enough together to try to pull that off. Even if they go that route, the first house on the block should have a solid brick side. For all my problems with the design of botanical heights, they at least put solid brick walls on the end houses (although those houses are too far apart to have vinyl sides too, but that's for another thread). And the fronts of the houses could be a little more imaginative. They are too plane, the proportions are not good, and the windows are plain double hungs with not even the three bars on top that are common to St. Louis. If you look every house is the same too, except for roof style, and maybe brick color. Hopefully it will improve, but overall it is a bad project. Something Bosley would want to put his name on, right.



Now mature trees would definately help, and the garages are on back, so that is a small plus. Overall I give this project an F+ for having the garages around back, and as far as I can tell, the street grid. I appreciate the investment, but put some effort and pride into your work. I'd be embarresed to be associate with this project, and because I live in the city, I am associated. Therefore, I am embarresed for the city that we would accept something so mediocre. But what's new?

Heck, at least add a third window to the second floor above the front porch.

The design isn't bad, it's the execution and materials that I thinks sucks. If they bricked the whole house, or chose some other material, it would make a big difference.

I'm not sure why, but those facades look just like the face of someone who's about to sneeze!

It's the stupid looking brick front with "no one looks at the sides, anyway" vinyl sided sides....causes an alergic reaction to good taste.