Comments on: Slow Goings At The Atrium http://dtraleigh.com/2008/03/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/ A Downtown Raleigh Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://dtraleigh.com/2008/03/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/#comment-261 Anonymous Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:09:00 +0000 http://cophead.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/#comment-261 Tear it down. Keep the small historical stuff. Im all for that... but hey if you have to rebuild these small ones just to make the look better, what are you really preserving anyway, just a small brick building that offers nothing... Tear it down. Keep the small historical stuff. Im all for that… but hey if you have to rebuild these small ones just to make the look better, what are you really preserving anyway, just a small brick building that offers nothing…

]]> By: RaleighMSA http://dtraleigh.com/2008/03/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/#comment-260 RaleighMSA Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:38:00 +0000 http://cophead.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/#comment-260 I have mixed feelings about tearing these buildings down. First of all, I am truly unhappy that the original Kress Bldg (third one to the right) was "butchered", leaving us with an eyesore. The 112/114 Fayetteville buildings add a little character to the landscape, but if someone was to demolish these two low-rises, I wouldn't cry about it, provided the new building would add elegance and character.<br/><br/>Theoretically, we can avoid the loss of these two buildings by developing the Western half of the property - Salisbury Str side. In other words, incorporate the 112/114 Fayetteville into a larger project. I know that the owner keeps circulating his vision about a 15-story addition, but I doubt we will see it in our lifetime. Ideally, we can keep what we have and build something useful on Salisbury Str.<br/><br/>Just my 2 cents... I have mixed feelings about tearing these buildings down. First of all, I am truly unhappy that the original Kress Bldg (third one to the right) was “butchered”, leaving us with an eyesore. The 112/114 Fayetteville buildings add a little character to the landscape, but if someone was to demolish these two low-rises, I wouldn’t cry about it, provided the new building would add elegance and character.

Theoretically, we can avoid the loss of these two buildings by developing the Western half of the property – Salisbury Str side. In other words, incorporate the 112/114 Fayetteville into a larger project. I know that the owner keeps circulating his vision about a 15-story addition, but I doubt we will see it in our lifetime. Ideally, we can keep what we have and build something useful on Salisbury Str.

Just my 2 cents…

]]> By: Anonymous http://dtraleigh.com/2008/03/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/#comment-259 Anonymous Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://cophead.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/#comment-259 First, it looked much better before the change (that brick next to brick is ugly, what were they thinking).<br/><br/>Second, TEAR THEM DOWN! The area/footprint would be a great location for a 30-50 story mixed use building. First, it looked much better before the change (that brick next to brick is ugly, what were they thinking).

Second, TEAR THEM DOWN! The area/footprint would be a great location for a 30-50 story mixed use building.

]]> By: Liz http://dtraleigh.com/2008/03/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/#comment-258 Liz Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:55:00 +0000 http://cophead.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/slow-goings-at-the-atrium/#comment-258 I would be upset if it came down. I think those handful of short buildings make a difference in stepping down Fayetteville Street towards the Capital. Would a taller building cast shadows on the Capital? I love the fact that downtown still has many of the smaller, old office buildings. I don't want the whole of downtown to be high rise glass and steel. I would be upset if it came down. I think those handful of short buildings make a difference in stepping down Fayetteville Street towards the Capital. Would a taller building cast shadows on the Capital? I love the fact that downtown still has many of the smaller, old office buildings. I don’t want the whole of downtown to be high rise glass and steel.

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