Comments on: What Should The Multi-modal Transportation Center Be Like? http://dtraleigh.com/2008/07/what-should-the-multi-modal-transportation-center-be-like/ A Downtown Raleigh Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Goodnight, Raleigh! | a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night http://dtraleigh.com/2008/07/what-should-the-multi-modal-transportation-center-be-like/#comment-1551 Goodnight, Raleigh! | a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:33:32 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=323#comment-1551 [...] railcars, today Raleigh is overwhelmingly car-centric. That may change with the introduction of a possible multi-modal transportation center, but until then we can only look to our neighbors in Charlotte with [...] [...] railcars, today Raleigh is overwhelmingly car-centric. That may change with the introduction of a possible multi-modal transportation center, but until then we can only look to our neighbors in Charlotte with [...]

]]> By: dbearhug http://dtraleigh.com/2008/07/what-should-the-multi-modal-transportation-center-be-like/#comment-682 dbearhug Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:43:59 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=323#comment-682 All very good comments. But my thinking was to build over the tracks which would bring in the structural growth right up to Boylan. The transit structure could itself be mid-rise, but it would be essentially jacked up to the level of Boylan and Hillsborough Street. Signature towers would be clustered more around West and Harrington at the lower geographic grade. Their intrinsic height could be taller without feeling like they were crowding the western approach towards Boylan. I still like the idea of extending Glenwood southward as a viaduct into the MTC and meeting a Hargett Street viaduct and maybe even resurrecting the old Martin Street viaduct. Peace All very good comments. But my thinking was to build over the tracks which would bring in the structural growth right up to Boylan. The transit structure could itself be mid-rise, but it would be essentially jacked up to the level of Boylan and Hillsborough Street. Signature towers would be clustered more around West and Harrington at the lower geographic grade. Their intrinsic height could be taller without feeling like they were crowding the western approach towards Boylan.

I still like the idea of extending Glenwood southward as a viaduct into the MTC and meeting a Hargett Street viaduct and maybe even resurrecting the old Martin Street viaduct.

Peace

]]> By: Paul http://dtraleigh.com/2008/07/what-should-the-multi-modal-transportation-center-be-like/#comment-681 Paul Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:03:21 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=323#comment-681 RaleighMSA: I agree (Raleigh skyline is too linear and I do not like it either). We cannot let neighborhoods prevent progress and upward growth/density. Sorry, I have driven through Boylan a number of times for many years, not that impressed. Vertical growth is needed in the warehouse area. We cannot continue to waste valuable real estate in the downtown area because neighborhoods think it will impede their space. Look at Blount Street project (should have been vertical and denser - alot of wasted land - the new retail, office and homes do not even look like they belong in that neighborhood (green rooftops, what are they thinking - the cottages look like shacks - has anyone heard of Brownstones?) - the new development does not look historic at all - another blunder - do not make this mistake in the Warehouse district. RaleighMSA: I agree (Raleigh skyline is too linear and I do not like it either). We cannot let neighborhoods prevent progress and upward growth/density. Sorry, I have driven through Boylan a number of times for many years, not that impressed. Vertical growth is needed in the warehouse area. We cannot continue to waste valuable real estate in the downtown area because neighborhoods think it will impede their space. Look at Blount Street project (should have been vertical and denser – alot of wasted land – the new retail, office and homes do not even look like they belong in that neighborhood (green rooftops, what are they thinking – the cottages look like shacks – has anyone heard of Brownstones?) – the new development does not look historic at all – another blunder – do not make this mistake in the Warehouse district.

]]> By: Thomas http://dtraleigh.com/2008/07/what-should-the-multi-modal-transportation-center-be-like/#comment-680 Thomas Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:52:35 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=323#comment-680 RaleighMSA: Could not have said it better. RaleighMSA: Could not have said it better.

]]> By: RaleighMSA http://dtraleigh.com/2008/07/what-should-the-multi-modal-transportation-center-be-like/#comment-679 RaleighMSA Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:31:24 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=323#comment-679 Well, a signature tower would not have to be 70 stories high. Besides, there is a huge buffer between Boylan Heights and the locations in the Warehouse District that could host such a building. Somehow, I do not consider getting one or more high-rises in the Warehouse District a burden for the residents of Boylan Heights... It is a far cry from the expansion of the Central Prison, and far from being an eyesore, IMHO. If we don't allow high-rises in that district, we may lose on a great opportunity to create depth in our skyline, a much needed move to escape the linear pattern we have developed - I know some people like linear skylines, but I am not one of them. Well, a signature tower would not have to be 70 stories high. Besides, there is a huge buffer between Boylan Heights and the locations in the Warehouse District that could host such a building. Somehow, I do not consider getting one or more high-rises in the Warehouse District a burden for the residents of Boylan Heights… It is a far cry from the expansion of the Central Prison, and far from being an eyesore, IMHO. If we don’t allow high-rises in that district, we may lose on a great opportunity to create depth in our skyline, a much needed move to escape the linear pattern we have developed – I know some people like linear skylines, but I am not one of them.

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