Early morning crane view:
You can already get the sense that this project will really create a “bookend” effect, and along with the seven story (7!) hotel at the old K&W site, will entirely change the feeling of the district to one vastly more dense and urban.
This is a great point and I completely agree. With midrise redevelopments on the east and west ends of the district, what’s left is to fill in the middle.
The questions I have are:
Do we know how tall the currently under-construction apartments will be?
Ooh, I hope it’s the parking lots!
I was going to ask which piece was the original 40s section, but then went down the Google Images rabbit hole instead. It’d be fun to see a little of that streamlined modern look back instead of the standard strip mall facades we’ve got now.
Apartments I believe will be 5 or 6 stories, height I’m not sure.
Does anyone have the rendering for this one? I don’t think I’ve seen one.
It’s going to look huge when built. It a big change from what was there before.
…and hundreds and hundreds of new residents who don’t have to drive to a grocery store or even to go out in Glenwood South.
Plus there will hopefully be a continuous urban fabric between village and nc state which all of them can regularly walk in.
The only things that separate the Village District from downtown are Broughton and Forest (Cameron) Park.
True, if you’re talking access to the western edge but seems to me that the Village is about the same distance from ‘central downtown’ as Downtown South albeity more urban / neighborhood form than the current pathway to DTS. Will be interesting to see how infill plays out over the next coupla decades.
The Village District is connected by a strong pedestrian scaled experience. It’s really no comparison.
Except the Village customer drives there historically and now, regardless of your desired reality…
Improving, yes. But the comparison was about distance from the center core.
I know what you meant, and still maintain that it’s no comparison regarding the pedestrian experience.
Yup no way I would walk to downtown south now or even in 20 years from current downtown. Atmosphere , not distance is everything when walking. Wish Raleigh would invest more in streetscapes downtown. Crap sidewalks, scrubby trees , trash, needs to do better.
I know they dropped the Peace Street streetscape plan (which I think we voted for in a bond referendum years ago), but I’ve always felt that we need a streetscape from West Street to Clark Ave with wider sidewalk, bury power lines and create a nice pedestrian/bike experience along Peace. This would at least give a feeling of pedestrian connection all the way from Oakwood to Cameron Village.
WHY was this dropped? Especially if it’s something voters VOTED to pay for?
