Parkside Condos

[artworks1437]

New rendering: http://www.mountainx.com/news/2008/modifie...council_hearing

[otis-t]

Are there any plans or renderings of Parkside that clearly/definitively show where the front (north) elevation of the building is in relation to the south and west elevations of the City building?

[orulz]

Here is my best estimation of how Parkside sits relative to City Hall.

[archiham04]

Photoshop. A CONSERVATIVE height estimate, assuming the same footprint as existing building.

[otis-t]

Thanks for the good visuals, Orulz & Archiham. So, without City Council review and the public scrutiny that goes with it, think there's any hope of pulling that building back (south) so that it doesn't but out in front of the City building as seen from the Vance Monument? We know from 21 Battery Park that Coleman has no aesthetic sense whatsoever, and apparently really does not fathom/does not care about the affect of his work on this key component of the Asheville streetscape. What force could possibly be brought to bear to pull that building back?

[rooster8]

With the city voting unanimously on a non-binding resolution opposing the sale and location of the building, is it out of the question for Coleman and the city to come to an agreement on some sort of land swap. I would be in favor of this building if it were moved back, even if it meant closing Marjorie Street. The five year old design guidelines for Pack Square have an even larger building essentially on this site. The site lines are maintained, however.

Pack Square Conservancy Guidelines

[orulz]

With the city voting unanimously on a non-binding resolution opposing the sale and location of the building, is it out of the question for Coleman and the city to come to an agreement on some sort of land swap. I would be in favor of this building if it were moved back, even if it meant closing Marjorie Street. The five year old design guidelines for Pack Square have an even larger building essentially on this site. The site lines are maintained, however.

Pack Square Conservancy Guidelines

[rooster8]

I see your point about the RFP process. I hope they can work out a resolution that works out for all parties.

[orulz]

So you guys probably have been following this, but the latest news on the Parkside front is that:

-The city declined to do a land swap with Coleman, since they plan on using the parcel they would have had to swap, as a performing arts center.

-Coleman erected a construction fence around the property, just days before:

-A judge struck down the sale of the Parkside land to Coleman, rendering it invalid. This decision will almost certainly be appealed. Assuming the decision is upheld, the parkside land will revert to the County. Not sure how much they will pay Coleman. Coleman will probably also sue the county to recover his losses.

-No longer owning the Parkside property, Coleman will have to either proceed using only the Hayes-Hopson parcel, or simply divest himself of the HH (perhaps to the city or county, who might use it to make City-County Plaza bigger.)

[orulz]

An update, more than a year hence.

Coleman has given up on building Parkside for now, and instead has decided to refurbish the Hayes-Hopson building.

The building will house a pub. According to the C-T the fact that he has applied for the approvals necessary to build this pub means that the approvals for Parkside are now null and void; if he hopes to build something there in the future, it will have to start from scratch in the development review process.

I went by there this weekend in the pouring rain and noticed a few things.

(1) Am I crazy, or does it look like they have punched some additional holes for doors and/or windows facing Pack Square?

(2) There's an unusual little stone building right next door to this one that looks like (at one point) it was the foundation for another building. Is this the foundation for the "old jail"? Now that Parkside is canned, I wonder if Coleman is planning anything for that one.

[rooster8]

I read in either the C-T or the Xpress that he was indeed installing more windows on the side for a better view of the park.

[archiham04]

(2) There's an unusual little stone building right next door to this one that looks like (at one point) it was the foundation for another building. Is this the foundation for the "old jail"? Now that Parkside is canned, I wonder if Coleman is planning anything for that one.

[orulz]

I read in either the C-T or the Xpress that he was indeed installing more windows on the side for a better view of the park.

[rooster8]

I wondered how it would turn out, but I think it looks pretty good.

[thecowgoesmoo]

That does look good. I hope it succeeds.

Hey...is that the sun I see? Wow.