tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post5455257609584456423..comments2023-12-24T05:26:48.861-05:00Comments on The Pittsburgh Comet: Monday: Craven, Growth-Choking and Out-of-ControlBram Reichbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-73868049725481984342012-06-07T11:08:40.645-04:002012-06-07T11:08:40.645-04:00Speaking of new housing units, I know of a few rec...Speaking of new housing units, I know of a few recently retiring couples who moved into a new city condo after a life in the suburbs. With the abatement and no wage income, Pittsburgh becomes a low cost place to retire. If you don't want to spend your immediate pre-dotage years maintaining a house far too big for two people and shoveling snow, a new condo is perfect.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-13355657091930642062012-06-06T14:13:23.950-04:002012-06-06T14:13:23.950-04:00The caveat I would introduce is that it is best if...The caveat I would introduce is that it is best if you can add new housing units without tearing down historic and still useful structures (so, no, the Arena doesn't count). Fortunately, residential units can go into a lot of older structures, and in general we have a lot of underutilized buildings and lots.BrianTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138100133012864826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-84548779922051281482012-06-06T10:49:40.359-04:002012-06-06T10:49:40.359-04:00Yeah, BrianTH, I'm basically converted that th...Yeah, BrianTH, I'm basically converted that this kind of development is still really genuinely beneficial to the city's fortunes... The only devils which may exist being in the details.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-16923821897095743752012-06-06T08:51:35.683-04:002012-06-06T08:51:35.683-04:00Bring back Zayre's.Bring back Zayre's.C. Briemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713125800825892775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-60300826095314850402012-06-06T07:21:50.661-04:002012-06-06T07:21:50.661-04:00A young professional new to the City doesn't n...A young professional new to the City doesn't necessarily want to buy a large old home in need of serious work.<br /><br />Fortunately, these are complementary ideas. That young professional will eventually become an older professional, perhaps get married, look to start a family, and so forth. Many such people will move to the suburbs, but not necessarily all of the them, and the ones that want to stay may consider a renovation project.<br /><br />So the more young professionals you are attracting on the front end, the more older professionals you may get renovating on the back end--not one-to-one, but as a ratio of some sort.BrianTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138100133012864826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-4430773977122519272012-06-05T22:43:13.611-04:002012-06-05T22:43:13.611-04:00I'm actually somehow under the impression that...I'm actually somehow under the impression that Allegheny Center really IS being situated towards the wrecking ball. Although we'd probably need a developer in place at the outset to make the $$ work. You don't often hear about blank slate land opening up with jump ball / open auction development rights status...Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-78015685143875346982012-06-05T21:50:35.484-04:002012-06-05T21:50:35.484-04:00I like your smart-ass remark/dream about knocking ...I like your smart-ass remark/dream about knocking down that pile of excrement on the North Side, Allegheny Center Mall. It is the architectural equivalent of a blank stare, and has all the urban planning vision of a Jersey barrier, especially for people approaching the North Side from the city. When will Pittsburgh do what the rest of American cities have done with their 60s-era urban redevelopment fantasies: apologize and knock them down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-73466930749495199052012-06-05T18:28:21.312-04:002012-06-05T18:28:21.312-04:00I forgot the exact formulation.I forgot the exact formulation.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-65905909339929658942012-06-05T18:19:27.816-04:002012-06-05T18:19:27.816-04:00I am unclear how/why I was invoked?
and I thought...I am unclear how/why I was invoked?<br /><br />and I thought it was decided: Duck Hollow Heights.C. Briemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713125800825892775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-89013721031942940932012-06-05T17:56:33.826-04:002012-06-05T17:56:33.826-04:00no there aren't enough yuppies to support more...no there aren't enough yuppies to support more new residential development. we have great old pittsburgh homes in neighborhoods that aren't that far gone to think that rehabbing them is out of the question. why is this administration paying zero attention to saving the homes we already have? here's a super neat campaign idea luke - assuming you're still a renter, why don't you plop your self down in one of our needy neighborhoods. set an example. i'll bet lots of people would want to live where the mayor lives (even if it's not on the very edge of the city).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-25221801196134317832012-06-05T14:59:00.033-04:002012-06-05T14:59:00.033-04:00The Estates at Duck Hollow Reserve on the Mount?The Estates at Duck Hollow Reserve on the Mount?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-72234251433342668012012-06-05T12:57:46.682-04:002012-06-05T12:57:46.682-04:00Let me be clear. I think it's possible Oxford ...Let me be clear. I think it's possible Oxford is <i>pretending</i> to be having a hard time lining up tenants for its <i>alleged</i> plans for a whole new office building, in order to support Ravenstahl and to support the energy sector and "drill baby drill" more generally.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-1831874803784288252012-06-05T10:29:53.317-04:002012-06-05T10:29:53.317-04:00I didn't know there was a phrase three coming....I didn't know there was a phrase three coming. Maybe it should be called East Duck Hollow instead of Upper Duck Hollow.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-44008294155873820202012-06-05T09:36:37.975-04:002012-06-05T09:36:37.975-04:00Great stuff about fracking. Not sure why Briem is ...Great stuff about fracking. Not sure why Briem is backing the mayor on this one when he's usually so impartial and non-committal in his postings.<br /><br />Re: Buncherland. Don't forget Summerset at Frick Park in your round-up of competing new housing. The development is moving full speed ahead on its second phase, which includes apartments, townhouses and detached housing, and phase three, across Nine Mile Run in Swisshelm Park, is on the horizon. All of these projects compete for bank and public funding. So who has more juice--Buncher, Rubinoff, Walnut Capital, CBRE, David Morehouse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-58975140700665238542012-06-05T09:34:45.817-04:002012-06-05T09:34:45.817-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923226173096302606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-9084585956567827422012-06-05T00:08:33.853-04:002012-06-05T00:08:33.853-04:00Location, location, location. Pick two.Location, location, location. Pick two.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-60703554100780243182012-06-04T17:54:14.231-04:002012-06-04T17:54:14.231-04:00Pittsburgh has lots of vacant housing, lots of che...Pittsburgh has lots of vacant housing, lots of cheap housing, and lots of great housing but really very little if you want even two of those three qualities.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-58737922294619208522012-06-04T17:33:54.219-04:002012-06-04T17:33:54.219-04:00Some of those people are probably living in dorms,...Some of those people are probably living in dorms, but I've heard tell of people who were upwards of 33 or 34 and wanted live in a place where there was no need to mow or paint or fix your own sink.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-45630141274755248722012-06-04T17:25:58.144-04:002012-06-04T17:25:58.144-04:00There was about a 12,500 person increase in the Ci...There was about a 12,500 person increase in the City's 20-29 population from 2000 to 2010. Given recent data regarding the City's labor force, it is likely this trend is, if anything, accelerating. Not surprisingly given these ongoing trends, apartment vacancies in the nicer, more convenient City neighborhoods are incredibly low, and nicer new units in particular tend to have waiting lists.<br /><br />So is the City adding enough new "yuppies" to absorb 750 higher-end apartment units? Yes. And a bunch more Downtown, in the former Civic Arena site, East Liberty, Uptown, and so on? Also yes.BrianTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138100133012864826noreply@blogger.com