Vatnos is hard core. He would Hong Kong Pittsboro.
I canât imagine that the lot will get that price unless someone makes it multi-family.
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My issue isnât the desire to make somewhere more dense; my issue is talking about this location as deep into downtown, which it objectively isnât.
There is plenty of âdeep into downtownâ available for tens of thousands more residents, even if it were just uniformly 5over1 apartments, but letâs hope not!
That all said, I do have to say that itâs interesting to see different perspectives on what some think of as the core of downtown vs what others think. Many times Iâve been told that my northern edge Glenwood South condo isnât really downtown, even though itâs only 3/4 mile as the crow flies from the Capitol, while some would consider anything thatâs ITB to be downtown.
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My issue isnât the desire to make somewhere more dense; my issue is talking about this location as deep into downtown, which it objectively isnât.
The tallest building in the city by floor height is planned for 2 blocks away. What happens in those 2 blocks that makes that area suddenly sacred? Itâs within St Maryâs and Peace so by all but the most unhinged NIMBY definitions it is downtown.
My definition of âdeep downtownâ is based on popular usage. How far out can you go with a decent percentage of people still saying they live downtown? In my experience they do that all the way up to Wade, at least. Plenty buffer to call this area deep.
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Clearly you do, but not everyone does.
I consider it downtown because itâs in the cityâs definition of downtown, but being on a boundary block does not qualify it in my book as being deep into downtown.
The city has consistently spoke to the edges of downtown proper being places of transition to adjacent neighborhoods and this property is zoned as such.
BTW, building heights are not measured by floor count. Thereâs no such thing as a tallest building by floor height (which I am guessing you meant to say floor count?). In either case, itâs not a thing. Anyway, there is a tall residential building that is supposedly coming to Glenwood, but I donât know how that fact alone defines anything. For example, The Eastern in North Hills isnât even downtown.
Glenwood South is a downtown district that makes up the NW corner of the cityâs official downtown boundary. Its north and west edges are transition zones to ânot downtownâ, and thatâs how its defined and talked about by the city.
Now, to be clear, I donât prefer these townhouse as a solution for this parcel, but I donât own that land and itâs not my decision if the development proposed conforms to the UDO.
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dont know where the bulk of glenwwod south patrons come from exactlyâŚbut non car options cant be far away - cabs? i walked back from Hillsborough st to quail corners years back - semi regularly
Could someone whoâs local do a Raleigh version of this 
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Context: the post is switching the narrative around the removal of road safety pilot projects due to the lack of users.
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Satire at its very best! Thanks for sharing.
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Or mass transit that are âalways mostly emptyââŚ
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What is going on here? They list it as 2722A, but the county only has 2722. Itâs currently one house. Thereâs no availability for numbering if they subdivide because the neighbors are 2720 and 2724. I presume they would use 2722 1/2 (if thatâs allowed for a separate lot). They list whatâs for sale as 0.1 acres but the whole lot is 0.2. I presume they are selling the whole lot and saying the buyer might be able to subdivide it.
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Thatâs a good question. At the end of the day, and at that price in that location, I canât image this lot remaining a one home solution. Itâs easy to imagine a duplex there for sure or a vertical 3 family home.
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It is easy to imagine, but I foresee a firestorm of controversy around it.
I will be in Râwood next weekend and will have to drive around the old home place. I know thereâve been a lot of renovations and extensions, but I am not sure there are that many new builds, particularly of modern style. When they built on the empty lot at Vanderbilt and Brooks (114 Brooks Ave is the address I believe) folks went ballistic because of its modern design. Now it looks very nice. This is Isabella Cannonâs old neighborhood, I donât know how strong her legacy of âdonât mess with our 'hoodâ is in today. I do know the next door neighbor to this lot so I might stop by and see what he knows about the situation.
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If you get bored and want to grab a beer with me and Kim, just let me know.
To keep my post on topic, we checked out Peggyâs in the annex of Hibernian tonight (early before the murders and mayhem start). Cute place, good drinks, and nice bartender.
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can you wait there for 4 days?
I must of missed this. Does anyone have any idea what happened?
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OMG thatâs horrible news. This shit needs to end,
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I know a few things, but not sure itâs my news to share. None the less weâre hoping justice is served as the guy that committed the assault is still out there.
As someone that frequents Midwood, David was an awesome dude, he made Midwood awesome, heâs going to be missed.
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This is insane. Will this be something that spurs the city to get Glenwood South under control?
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For a slight bit of context was it targeted/someone he knew, or was it random violence?
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