Comments on: New Courthouse Office Building Set for Vote http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/ News, Weather, Traffic, Events and Reviews in Arlington, Virginia Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Hank Hill http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-281437 Hank Hill Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:21:35 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-281437 now we just need to add a streetcar!!!

]]> By: billj http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-281169 billj Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:45:30 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-281169 Nice Abarth…

]]> By: Not so fast, missy http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-279804 Not so fast, missy Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:20:24 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-279804 Yeah, that Clean Technology Center is a hoot. Not a dang thing related to leading-edge clean technology here, just slogans and yesterday’s technology thank-you-very-much. But the marketing works.
It is a MTFA gig. The principal, Michael T. Foster, is in with the developers.

]]> By: RJ http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-279549 RJ Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:16:22 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-279549 Yeah, seriously…who is the developer? The article mentions an un-named developer several times without even idenitifying them or seeking comment.

And, for all you armchair architects and developers out there critical of this project and/or its design, I can tell you from experience that it is impossible to design and build a project without significant, ahem, participation (i.e., interference) from the local government in a way which serves no public purpose whatsoever. You are at the mercy of a Planning Staff-person’s personal pereferences, ego and agenda much of the time. It is a miracle buildings like these (which create jobs, by the way) get built at all in activist jurisdictions like Arlington.

]]> By: TJLinBallston http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-279459 TJLinBallston Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:06:03 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-279459 Outside of Arlington’s hyper-development bubble, this building proposed in, say, Buffalo, New York, would be huge front-page news and the first of its kind downtown in a long time. Ditto for Albany. It’s good to see weary Wilson Blvd. urbanizing with sleek projects while we’re young.

]]> By: TJLinBallston http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-279445 TJLinBallston Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:53:01 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-279445 This is smart in-fill with Euro-massing of the glass on Wilson. Perhaps Listrani’s will return at street-level. Right at Courthouse, these smaller towers are important because they give the ‘hood critical mass right on the subway. I like how the County approves them one at a time with considered amenities and setbacks.

]]> By: CW http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-279439 CW Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:45:29 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-279439 I’m pretty sure Phil is spot on with my post, and I can say this with certainty since I wrote it. Yours, on the other hand, makes no sense.

]]> By: Grandarch http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-279434 Grandarch Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:36:39 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-279434 Who is the developer?

Also, did folks notice the childcare mention? I’m glad Arlington is finally doing something to encourage childcare centers. I’ve been told by daycare directors that they have a pretty onerous regulatory system for setting up childcare space, which makes it hard to create a daycare center in a space that’s not built as one. Currently, the waiting lists are on the order of 2-3 years for daycare and prices are higher than rent.

]]> By: Josh S http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-279433 Josh S Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:36:30 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-279433 I’m sure the developers are quite aware of relative property values and presumably did their cost-benefit analysis to decide where would be more profitable to build. Columbia Pike is growing, but still does not come close in terms of economic vitality to the R-B corridor.

]]> By: Josh S http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/04/new-courthouse-office-building-set-for-approval/#comment-279432 Josh S Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:33:11 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=60343#comment-279432 There’s a place in NY called “Tiny Villages?” That must be where Elton John gets his inspiration…..
But seriously, the reason the architecture in that small town may have been better is because all the buildings are at least 75 years old, so built before the whole Internationalist style and all that followed. It’s a trade-off – better architecture, but perhaps a mouldering economy?

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