VERY WELL SAID!!!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "arcman210" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> >
> > -you need to use 100% lot coverage to obtain 100% usability or
for
> > that matter, 200%. OPEN SPACE at street level - open airways,
use of
> > glass and natural stone and levels. NYC mandated it (right dan)
at
> > least 20 years ago as street level. Open those architecture
books at
> > reread Frank Llyod Wright or I.M. Pei.
>
>
> First of all, this isnt New York City, this is Asbury Park. In
New
> York, there are hundreds of streets and blocks, different areas of
> density, a heavy flow of constant foot traffic... if Asbury Park
ever
> has as much density as New York City then God bless it. And that
rule
> only applies to high density areas of New York like Times Square,
> Columbus Circle, 5th Avenue, etc. Things that would be the
> equivalent of the Boardwalk, Cookman Avenue, Main Street.
>
> Frank Lloyd Wright designed mostly homes for suburbs with yards in
> his career. Natural light, glass, stone... these were things
designed
> to make people feel comfortable from the INSIDE of the building,
not
> people walking by on the street. His houses were designed with
> interior spaces in mind, he is sometimes credited with creating
what
> we would today call an open floor plan.
>
> If you really want Asbury Park to rebound, then you have to accept
> the fact that things aren't going to be like they were in the
past.
> Wake up people, you cant get developers to build single family
homes,
> motels, one story restaruants and bars, etc in a town which has
> blocks and blocks of empty oceanfront real estate. I dont care
what
> the name on the door of the company behind the redevelopment is,
its
> a pipe dream if you believe the past is going to come back.
>
> Theyre going to build big with alot of density, and in the case of
> the Esperanza, or North Beach, or anything else thats going to get
> built for that matter, you have to utilize 100% lot coverage (or
> close to it) at street level in order to accomodate parking under
the
> building as well as mechaincal equiptment, lobbys and entrances,
> retail, and also being able to fit a pool on top of the building
in
> between the towers. Without those things the building wont
function
> properly, and you arent utilizing all of your potential as a
> developer... and as an architect, you design based on what the
> developer wants. If the architect said to Metro Homes, "hey I
think
> you should scale back your project 75 units and set back your
> building 10 feet from each side to include a lawn," they'd tell
him
> or her to go screw themselves and they'd get someone else to
design
> the building. Remember, theres a business aspect to all of this
too.
>
> And do you really think people aren't going to come to Asbury
Park,
> or residents aren't going to walk down the street to the beach
> because the Esperanza is too close to the street? Come on.
>
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