It would also be interesting to see how this overlays with a map of Raleigh city limits at different points in time.
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It sure would. I wonder if someone has created so Google Maps layers out there with historical map overlays.
It seems to me that this district might have been outlined to follow existing historic structures that are intended to be saved by having the district in the first place.
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Thinking about this neighborhood, what do people think about a land tax. This video made me think about this area 100% Thank You From a Land Speculator
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The Economist did a really good feature about this debate a few monthsâ back. The te;ds (too expensive, didnât subscribe) version is that there are positives and negatives of both a land-only tax and an improved land tax. Strong Towns does a good, if unsubtle, job of explaining the positives of a land tax. The arguments for the traditional improved value tax are that 1) In many places, and youâll be absolutely shocked to hear this, NIMBYism is by far the biggest impediment to infill density, and the increased property tax revenues that development will bring is one of the best tools for pushing back against NIMBYism, and 2) The vast majority of land is not being held by speculators, and in practice an improved value tax means wealthier people, by and large, pay a bigger share of property taxes than poorer people, since wealthier people by and large tend to own much nicer homes than poorer people, and 3) There are other viable strategies for dealing with this specific problem.
But given that both systems have advantages and disadvantages, some places have experimented with moving to a blended model to try to capture a best-of-both-worlds sort of deal.
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Encouraging update on the Carolina Coach project at 1208 S Blount St:
10,000 SF of commercial property planned âto serve the immediate communityâ
and again
Prelimn site plan:
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100 units! = 26 du/acre!
I hope this project gets approved without being watered down and encourages similar development across the city.
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I hope that the project looks more like that Richmond project and less like Blount Street Commons. Blount Street Commons looks way too suburban âanywhereâ. The Richmond example does a better job of creating some interest and individuality among the facades. Iâd even prefer to see these take the modern design language of a lot of the recent TH developments in the city.
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Stanley Martin Homes plans new five-story residential development in SE Raleigh.
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The rendering is for a development theyâve done in Richmond - not this exact proposal, to be clear.
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Iâm supposing that weâre talking about stacked 2 story townhouse style condos here, with the top unit have a roof terrace?
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Yes exactly. this builder likes this model. The skyline views from those decks will be excellent. Being on the 5th story it helps to overlook most mature trees in that neighborhood too. I climbed on my roof in South Park and actually was considering a rooftop deck 
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Over on Blount St., an abandoned building is getting a renovation, and will be occupied by a local business:
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article230257989.html#storylink=mainstage_card3
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This whole area is about to change soon. The neighboring property 517 S. Blount St was just approved by the historic commission, appears to be a restaurant with a rooftop seating addition.
https://screenshots.firefox.com/2vIoo8SQGuLs1CB6/documentstore.raleighnc.gov
https://screenshots.firefox.com/bLR6imEjmJu9f3HP/documentstore.raleighnc.gov
https://screenshots.firefox.com/pDvyg8VsVCD799Kt/documentstore.raleighnc.gov
https://screenshots.firefox.com/Hxwj5oFnSnNbRAFT/documentstore.raleighnc.gov
https://documentstore.raleighnc.gov/PlanDev/Documents/DevServ/DevPlans/Reviews/2019/COA/COA-0034-2019.pdf
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I really love that they kept the grass in the back completely overgrown and uncut 
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Maybe theyâre trying to be environmentally friendly and plan to have a natural yard.
Lawns are pretty bad for the environment if you have to dump a bunch of chemicals on them to keep them looking how people expect them to look.
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Not every rezoning is for 40 stories! Looks like thereâs been a rezoning request for this small(ish) 2-acre lot on Bloodworth and Saints Ave. Theyâre asking to rezone from Heavy Industrial to 5-story Mixed-Use. Itâs around a bunch of warehouses, but you donât usually see 5 story warehouses here. Any idea what they might build here?
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This is Goodnightâs property and the first phase of rezoning is only so they can count the lot as parking for the nearby buildings. Brewery Bhavanaâs production facility is next door and they want to put in a tap room but there isnât enough city mandated parking. Goodnight said he could choose to develop the site at a later point (and maybe he already has plans to do this) but the principal reason for the rezoning is due to Raleighâs parking requirements.
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