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Professor Woland

I really, really hope it isn't an all glass and metal structure. How would a glass structure fit the theme of the Old Market? If we were talking the borders of the OM, maybe. But not right at the intersection of 11th & Howard. You see that kind of eclecticism all the time in New York, Chicago a...

Professor Woland

Parking there would not be a good use. We would be better off simply using architectural references from the old building, but building a new one using modern construction methods and materials. The modern methods and materials can't be stressed enough. While the fire started from a natural gas exp...

Professor Woland

I was unaware that he was even sick. I would argue that David Bowie influenced the modern aesthetic as much, if not more than, Picasso or Rothko or Charlie Chaplin or any other aesthetes of the last 100 years. He was a giant.

Professor Woland

It must be painful for you to belong to an organization that you dislike so much. No, I just joined for the discount tickets. I am cool with what I get for my money. I just don't want the Dundee to be a one screen theater that has so few general appeal movies that non-auteurs will find no reason to...

Professor Woland

I'm kidding, but really, #3 under Causes: [...] The Japanese often picture Paris as a land of dreams, the land of beauty, culture and romance. However, they soon find out the contrary when they visit Paris for the first time. They find it to be a very regular place, the facilities are disorganized,...

Professor Woland

1) Defeat of the Death Penalty (the good press this would provide would be priceless.) 2) A rash of streetcar related scandals and failures assuring we don't get one. 3) A major show at the Joslyn 4) That some money bags provides the money to relocate the three buildings by the Holland. 5) Continued...

Professor Woland

Jim Sadler recently said the 28th. Too bad on another delay. They completely missed Xmas. Heading to Westroads to shop at lunch and was going to try it. Greg Sort of like announcing you are having your big New Year's Eve extravaganza on January 3rd. How. Incredibly. Stupid. November and December ar...

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They are doing some serious work on this place.

Professor Woland

I'll be the first to support a developer's right to build whatever they darn well please on their property; that said, that is a ghastly abomination.

Professor Woland

I had an amazing salmon at the Grey Plume, really the whole meal was fantastic. I also really enjoyed a couple of meals at Avoli this year. We made a trip to the 801 and everything was superb, but I made the mistake of going rare instead of medium rare on the steak do that hurt the experience, throu...

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Scott Weiland and Robert Loggia.

Professor Woland

Also most posters here would absolutely freak out if they lived in Paris when most of the city took its present form. The process of Haussmanization would be so traumatic it would send some into catatonic states.

Professor Woland

I think Underwood Village is the name of the strip mall.

Professor Woland

Could the buildings be moved to that lot on the east side of Tenth Street between Dodge and Capitol? I don't know how feasible or expensive such a move would be, but it could provide for a win win situation. The buildings would look better on that lot than their current location where they look out...

Professor Woland

Except that studies suggest otherwise. http://theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/in-defense-of-gentrification/413425/ Glancing at the studies cited, the first two looked at people in public housing. It's pretty easy to avoid getting priced out of your home when someone else is footing the bil...

Professor Woland

Could the buildings be moved to that lot on the east side of Tenth Street between Dodge and Capitol? I don't know how feasible or expensive such a move would be, but it could provide for a win win situation. The buildings would look better on that lot than their current location where they look out ...

Professor Woland

Except that studies suggest otherwise. http://theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/in-defense-of-gentrification/413425/ Glancing at the studies cited, the first two looked at people in public housing. It's pretty easy to avoid getting priced out of your home when someone else is footing the bil...

Professor Woland

Except that studies suggest otherwise.

http://theatlantic.com/business/archive ... on/413425/

Professor Woland

I'm wondering if eminent domain is even legal under state law, since Holland is private....unless the city acts as the go-between. Rob Paul to pay Peter. Time to get Ernie Chambers involved. lol Love it or hate it, Kelo vs. New London. The city can eminent domaine it and sell it to OPAS per the Sup...

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I'm wondering if eminent domain is even legal under state law, since Holland is private....unless the city acts as the go-between. Rob Paul to pay Peter. Time to get Ernie Chambers involved. lol Looks like they turned comments off on the OWH story....at least none are coming up. Love it or hate it,...

Professor Woland

The only peer reviewed paper on the subject argues that there is no strong evidence that streetcars, generally, in and of themselves, promote economic development. There is some evidence that in certain cities (Tucson being the prime example) they might have been the primary catalyst for developmen...

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http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jpt/vol18/iss1/5

Professor Woland

The only peer reviewed paper on the subject argues that there is no strong evidence that streetcars, generally, in and of themselves, promote economic development. There is some evidence that in certain cities (Tucson being the prime example) they might have been the primary catalyst for developmen...

Professor Woland

The only peer reviewed paper on the subject argues that there is no strong evidence that streetcars, generally, in and of themselves, promote economic development. There is some evidence that in certain cities (Tucson being the prime example) they might have been the primary catalyst for development...

Professor Woland

Without massive TIF incentives streetcars don't really do anything for development other than cause it to be built one place instead of another. As for a streetcar's fixed nature being an advantage, I would posit it can be a huge disadvantage. If an area starts to lose business, for whatever reason...

Professor Woland

Without massive TIF incentives streetcars don't really do anything for development other than cause it to be built one place instead of another. As for a streetcar's fixed nature being an advantage, I would posit it can be a huge disadvantage. If an area starts to lose business, for whatever reason...

Professor Woland

Without massive TIF incentives streetcars don't really do anything for development other than cause it to be built one place instead of another. As for a streetcar's fixed nature being an advantage, I would posit it can be a huge disadvantage. If an area starts to lose business, for whatever reason,...

Professor Woland

Haha holy cr@p that is a lot of microwaves. They don't exactly encourage their employees to got out to the AK Village restaurants, do they?...unless that is to re-heat doggy bag stuff. If it's anything like my office, most people will bring some sort of lunch and 30% will go out for lunch, unless i...

Professor Woland

So you don't think there should be any zoning ordinances? Not per se, I do think that the normal sorts of property protections would prevent a slaughterhouse from opening in a residential neighborhood. Tokyo has practically no zoning and it does just fine. Houston has a very scant zoning regime and...

Professor Woland

I have been to Dallas and there is absolutely no street life in the evenings. After offices close for the day, it is a ghost town. That picture above of Houston makes it look like a tornado went through. Might as well have been. As I've got older I would now prefer to see a really good rehab of an ...

Professor Woland

When they tore down the Clarinda I was thrilled. First, the owners wanted to sell so Mutual owned the property fair and square, so whatever they did with it was their business. Second, the Clarinda was an abomination, aesthetically the city would be better off with a weedy field than that pile of |e...

Professor Woland

Edagger wrote:I noticed that the tunnel under Dodge on 51st has new signs up, new paint on the railings and all the lights were working. Looks pretty sharp...for a tunnel.

They were painting it when my wife and I were taking our son for a walk on Sunday. They said there will be a mural there.

Professor Woland

I am surprised this has been vacant for some time. Who was the last occupant here? I believe it was The Bistro, which closed sometime in the late nineties. The space is very large for a restaurant, I kind of thought it would be a good spot for a higher end clothing store like Mario's in Portland or...

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Hopefully their Halloween announcement is that they've sold the property to someone who can develop it properly without leeching off of the taxpayers.

Professor Woland

Bluestone has also bought all of the property other than the Masonic Manor on that block. The stretch on Leavenworth is a strip mall with a Chinese restaurant, etc. south across Leavenworth street from Valentinos. They just completed the purchase of all the lots behind that strip mall along 51 St. ...

Professor Woland

The logic behind the new plan makes sense to me. Before, we had employees grabbing all of the free after-5 meter spots and customers who didn't want to pay the high garage or surface lot prices driving around waiting for a free meter spot to open up. Now, hopefully the new lower garage prices will ...

Professor Woland

Waste of space. If we want density we need to stop allowing suburban buildings from being built. :roll: By what measure? I guess we could let the plot sit and wait for that 100 story Creighton dorm. Come on now. What are they even talking about... So on the site, I have spoken about using land for ...

Professor Woland

The logic behind the new plan makes sense to me. Before, we had employees grabbing all of the free after-5 meter spots and customers who didn't want to pay the high garage or surface lot prices driving around waiting for a free meter spot to open up. Now, hopefully the new lower garage prices will ...

Professor Woland

Again I am not a supporter of the death penalty. I didn't sign up he petition, but I was sorely tested by the behavior of the opponents. I find your need to become preachy annoyingly similar to ethics and have no need for such a discussion. We settle the debate by vote and go from there. I wasn't b...

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