I think the plan is to make it look like a concrete parking deck.
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This thing is full of conflicting images… one image shows the South St facing deck look like brick… then another image shows the Lenoir St side look like brick while the South St side is bare concrete. So, seems like we just won’t know till it’s done. I don’t mind the darker painted concrete vs bare concrete, but I’d much prefer the brick look - at least that appears like another “building” at quick glance.
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In all honesty, the architectural (can I even say that about a parking deck?) language of that parking deck fits better with the architecture of the tower than I anticipated. That said, it certainly could have been better if the deck had used datum lines from the tower.
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This is a good looking and unique building for Raleigh - all around. If the city ever becomes “Car -less” that parking deck is easy to demolish and build a second building or convert its use.
Seems future planned to put the deck beside rather than under.
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about fell out of my chair laughing at this idea! We’re talking about RALEIGH after all haha
I think that we need to stop thinking that Raleigh is going to become a car less city. There are even cars in San Francisco and Manhattan!
Placing the bar at car-less is self defeating and enables the narrative that those of us who want to expand the urban experience aren’t credible.
That said, we need to continue to push for what’s possible now and build upon the fruits of our efforts over time. We need to become less dependent on cars for everyone’s everything, and that’s an achievable goal. We don’t have to wait. We need to become more car-light while we push for the big things like transit solutions that will further reduce our dependency when implemented and operational. We just can’t sit around and do nothing because we don’t have our desired transit future now.
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Not to go off topic, but as someone who worked for the NYC Dept. of Transportation, particularly in advancing pedestrian spaces in the city, you would be amazed at how every fight revolves around parking. 20% of New Yorkers have a car, but there is more parking in the city than that. Congestion Pricing has been one lawsuit after another because people want to drive into the city…for what reason remains lost on me considering the public transit here. But the idea of removing even one parking space will get a neighborhood up in arms more than anything else.
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There’s really only a handful of US cities where the average person can live carless not as an ascetic lifestyle choice but because it’s more practical than the alternative. New York, Philly, Chicago, Boston, DC, maybe Bay Area. What do they all have in common? Heavy rail.
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I’d argue that the thing that they have most in common is density of people, jobs, services, and amenities. Clearly these enable heavy rail.
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I am so jealous of the DC subway system. So frustrating they pulled that off and it is a literal laugh out joke to suggest we could do it here.
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Phenomenal performance.
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maybe less dependent on cars on a case by case basis? where density and bike/walkability offer the most advantage and cost appropriateness?
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what rolled up this morning……
I can’t tell what it is. Cladding for the parking deck?
I’m guessing A/C units