RFQ - distributed by Kaiser Foundation for Blair/Crow Creek properties

[sgrizzle]

Blair property


Crow Creek apartments


I would like to see high density, urban apartments at the Crow Creek site which interact with the creek and include a portion of the hike/bike trail proposed between the river and Zink Park.  For the Blair site single family residential is more appropriate, IMO, but could be built more densely and connected to the surrounding neighborhoods better.  These will be great projects and it will be interesting to see the actual proposals.

I would be willing to lay down money that Blair will not become a residential development. It's supposed to become some sort of public space.

[Conan71]

I would be willing to lay down money that Blair will not become a residential development. It's supposed to become some sort of public space.

The Blair property becoming some sort of dense housing would be a travesty.  Someday we'd be looking back wishing we'd not built up all our green space.  If there's one cue we could and should take from Austin, it's the idea that they have not built all up and down both sides of Town (Lady Bird) Lake.

[waterboy]

I agree that it won't become single family housing. I'm not so sure it will become a public green space though.

Maybe Bell's will locate there.

[SXSW]

You can mix dense residential and open space on this site.  It will be interesting to see the proposals and I'm sure we all will have different opinions on what should go there.  The redevelopment of the Crow Creek apartments should begin first.  Midtown needs a new high quality apartment development and this is a perfect location.  If it gets the Crow Creek Trail built all the better. 

[ZYX]

For the Blair property, I would like to see rowhouses on three sides and then a small/medium park in the middle of them. Maybe a fountain or something in the middle of the park. Has anyone ever been to downtown Mobile? They have one of the best parks I have ever seen. It has a fountain (I think) in the middle, and then huge oak trees creating a canopy over the rest of the park. Something like that with rowhouses on three sides would be amazing here IMO.

[swake]

Maybe Bell's will locate there.

Ha!

Funny man over there...

[dbacks fan]

Maybe Bell's will locate there.

You owe me a keyboard, monitor and large coffee for that one!!

[joiei]

Has anyone ever been to downtown Mobile? They have one of the best parks I have ever seen. It has a fountain (I think) in the middle, and then huge oak trees creating a canopy over the rest of the park. Something like that with rowhouses on three sides would be amazing here IMO.

It is called Bienville Square  http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=&q=bienville+square&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=GFdVTa7dDYOgsQOx_4nSBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CC4QsAQwAQ&biw=1071&bih=591

[Red Arrow]

Rittenhouse Square in Phila, PA.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rittenhouse+square+philadelphia+pa&aq=&sll=30.692831,-88.042518&sspn=0.002703,0.005606&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rittenhouse+Square,+Philadelphia,+Pennsylvania&ll=39.9494,-75.171751&spn=0.002513,0.005606&t=h&z=18

[bacjz00]

Sorry, but you can count me for a vote in the "Children's Museum" corner for this space.   This is LONG overdue for a city like Tulsa.  We preach "family first" yet we still don't have a first clas Children's Museum.   

[ZYX]

It is called Bienville Square  http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=&q=bienville+square&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=GFdVTa7dDYOgsQOx_4nSBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CC4QsAQwAQ&biw=1071&bih=591

Yup.

[sgrizzle]

Sorry, but you can count me for a vote in the "Children's Museum" corner for this space.   This is LONG overdue for a city like Tulsa.  We preach "family first" yet we still don't have a first clas Children's Museum.   

We have one but it has yet to acquire a building

tulsachildrensmuseum.com

[RecycleMichael]

The Children's Museum promoters in Tulsa are very cool. They keep doing exhibits and events all over town while trying to raise money for a building.

This weekend they have some great kid's activities happening at the Tulsa Historical Society.

[JoeMommaBlake]

Quote from: ZYX on February 10, 2011, 09:48:38 pm
Has anyone ever been to downtown Mobile? They have one of the best parks I have ever seen. It has a fountain (I think) in the middle, and then huge oak trees creating a canopy over the rest of the park. Something like that with rowhouses on three sides would be amazing here IMO.

I just stumbled across this while looking at pictures of that park.

MOBILE, Ala. -- An 81-year-old woman with a self-described incontinence problem awaits trial on a charge of public lewdness after Mobile police arrested her for urinating in the bushes in Bienville Square.

Unforseen problems: Old people urinate in nice parks. Perhaps we should just leave it like it is. I've never seen anyone urinate on the current piece of land.

[sgrizzle]

I've never seen anyone urinate on the current piece of land.

Challenge accepted.