Comments on: Buckhead’s Quandry: Good Buildings or Just Bigger Ones? http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/350 For fans of everything ITP Wed, 14 May 2008 00:28:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Some Other Mike http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/350#comment-1954 Some Other Mike Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:29:27 +0000 http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/350#comment-1954 What Adam said...I still think the perimeter development should have been a ballpark and park combo...think "miniature piedmont park w/ baseball," as served by bus and train stations. As far as mandating smarter design goes...how does a government go about prohibiting gerrymanders? What Adam said…I still think the perimeter development should have been a ballpark and park combo…think “miniature piedmont park w/ baseball,” as served by bus and train stations.

As far as mandating smarter design goes…how does a government go about prohibiting gerrymanders?

]]> By: SonnyDew http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/350#comment-1945 SonnyDew Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:49:42 +0000 http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/350#comment-1945 Adam nails it. There is no cohesiveness to any area in Atlanta except for a few small examples (Little Five Points, downtown Decatur, parts of Virginia Highland). Sembler builds big box strip malls. The District at Howell Mill has a Wal-Mart in the parking deck and a bunch of big box store on top. I am not encouraged to spend any more time than it takes to find what I'm looking for at Wal-Mart and get the hell out of there. Are there any zoning codes that can be changed? Atlantic Station is a great idea, terribly executed, as is Lindbergh City Center, as will be Brookhaven. How can the city mandate smarter design??? Adam nails it. There is no cohesiveness to any area in Atlanta except for a few small examples (Little Five Points, downtown Decatur, parts of Virginia Highland). Sembler builds big box strip malls. The District at Howell Mill has a Wal-Mart in the parking deck and a bunch of big box store on top. I am not encouraged to spend any more time than it takes to find what I’m looking for at Wal-Mart and get the hell out of there.

Are there any zoning codes that can be changed? Atlantic Station is a great idea, terribly executed, as is Lindbergh City Center, as will be Brookhaven. How can the city mandate smarter design???

]]> By: Adam http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/350#comment-1944 Adam Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:32:18 +0000 http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/350#comment-1944 What bugs me most about the development in Buckhead is that there is no "community". Each building is it's own entity, existing in it's own space. There are sidewalks, trees, beds of grass/flowers, but it's not a cohesive unit. The buildings are closer than your typical urban sprawl, but still encourage the automobile over walking. It's a good idea (live-work communities) that are very poorly implemented. The Sembler developments are the worst. The perimeter complex is atrocious, the design of the brookhaven project is just as bad, and I imagine that the Druid Hills plans will be poor as well. What bugs me most about the development in Buckhead is that there is no “community”. Each building is it’s own entity, existing in it’s own space. There are sidewalks, trees, beds of grass/flowers, but it’s not a cohesive unit. The buildings are closer than your typical urban sprawl, but still encourage the automobile over walking. It’s a good idea (live-work communities) that are very poorly implemented. The Sembler developments are the worst. The perimeter complex is atrocious, the design of the brookhaven project is just as bad, and I imagine that the Druid Hills plans will be poor as well.

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