tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post9083290224403777233..comments2023-12-24T05:26:48.861-05:00Comments on The Pittsburgh Comet: Wednesday: Nearing the End of an End and the Beginning of a BeginningBram Reichbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-22259084366667607512013-09-12T13:23:02.093-04:002013-09-12T13:23:02.093-04:00Soon! Not only is the Hill interesting but this le...Soon! Not only is the Hill interesting but this legal drama is really interesting... but I promise!Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-42688044678400769272013-09-12T12:17:37.928-04:002013-09-12T12:17:37.928-04:00There is a hole in your coverage!
One of the most...There is a hole in your coverage!<br /><br />One of the most interesting 'new beginnings' in the city will be the outcome of the Gross / Ceoffe race. I'd love to see more coverage of that and hear your thoughts on Ceoffe. Indeed if you could get the candidates to actually sit down to an interview and put real policy questions to them I think it would turn the race into something more substantive than crowing about endorsements and taking pictures with yinzers on the front porches of District 7. <br /><br />I know the Hill is interesting, given your expertise, but the Strip is now in District 7 and the next council rep should have ideas about it and neither has said anything - don't let them get away with that Bram!!!SCMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-74132627600700214922013-09-11T14:07:26.117-04:002013-09-11T14:07:26.117-04:00Wonder what became of these Zober photos:
Camera ...Wonder what became of these Zober photos:<br /><br />Camera returned, but photos wind up with lawyer in Pittsburgh<br /><br />http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_693891.html#axzz2ebnCg7c4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-50928484930132843072013-09-11T13:41:38.024-04:002013-09-11T13:41:38.024-04:00Could Ferlo be the next to go before the Grand Jur...Could Ferlo be the next to go before the Grand Jury?<br /><br />He sits on the URA board and Zober worked on his staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-89841000047839758502013-09-11T13:18:49.019-04:002013-09-11T13:18:49.019-04:00If you're a Kenny Chesney fan, a parking struc...If you're a Kenny Chesney fan, a parking structure is even more like a bathroom.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-34185112864563852952013-09-11T12:40:10.546-04:002013-09-11T12:40:10.546-04:00MH,
I tend to agree on subsidizing parking struct...MH,<br /><br />I tend to agree on subsidizing parking structures. If their tenants really want that amenity, then like any other amenity the cost of providing it should be included in their rent. To me it is like asking the public to pay for bathrooms, stairs, elevators, and so on--all that stuff is TRULY necessary for any given office building to work, but that doesn't mean the public should have to pay.BrianTHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-92159087138247640142013-09-11T12:33:47.906-04:002013-09-11T12:33:47.906-04:00Two basic reasons for why the surface parking issu...Two basic reasons for why the surface parking issue is often raised in these context:<br /><br />(1) It is a highly credible, and not merely theoretical, problem, given the history of surface parking both here and in other cities;<br /><br />(2) Among the many possible pro-development arguments, it has relatively high intuitive appeal among certain sorts of self-identified "urbanists", "progressives", "policy wonks", and so forth. In other words, depending on your audience you might place more emphasis on jobs, or tax revenues, or attracting outside investment, or so on, but in some audiences talking about the scourge of surface parking is a particularly good tactic.<br /><br />Note that Point #2 doesn't necessarily subtract from Point #1, and indeed those various urbanists/progressives/polic-wonks/etc. have a very good point about why surface parking should be much rarer than it typically is in U.S. city cores.<br /><br />By the way, talking about the problem in terms of "surface parking" is a fine-enough short hand for certain purposes, but often the underlying motive is really more about land-banking than parking (a notable exception being when the relevant entity also owns a nearby property with high peak parking needs, such as a stadium). In other words, the landowner in question may really just be waiting for others to invest in the area first and thereby increase the future development value of their land, but in the meantime they operate their land as surface parking because that often gives them a nice little profit which they can use to cover their carrying costs indefinitely.BrianTHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-26909436802152071632013-09-11T10:32:54.352-04:002013-09-11T10:32:54.352-04:00Thanks for the ICA reminder. Acronyms confuse me ...Thanks for the ICA reminder. Acronyms confuse me from time to time. <br /><br />I'd really rather the county spend the extra money on the bus than to give an incentive for a parking garage in Oakland, but what do I know.MHnoreply@blogger.com