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Under Construction: Slabtown Savier (images)

Next Portland

I hope to return to more frequent updates to this site, although I cannot make any commitments. The site was most recently used as surface parking. Changes made to the zoning code since 2012 do not apply to projects developed in the Con-way Master Plan area. The permit for Slabtown Savier South was issued on December 21st, 2022.

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Metro Reports: RiverPlace Redevelopment – Phase 1, Francis + Clare Place, Modera University District, and more

Next Portland

The project would include a 30-story tower with 385 residential units on the site of the former RiverPlace Athletic Club. Next Portland covers the highlights of the Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed each week. Stormwater will be managed on site in accordance w/ BES standards.

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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

Community Architect Daily

The bills are intended to create the zoning necessary to permit the proposed size of the project which cannot be built with the existing Urban Renewal Plan and current zoning in place. At this point it may be useful to recall that zoning was invented to protect the public. This gives everyone a chance to mull this over.

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Fairyland Guorui | UNStudio

ArchiDiaries

The Fairyland Guorui Villa complex is located in Beijing’s Miyun Economic & Technical Development Zone 1. The site is situated on a plot where two rivers converge, surrounded by natural scenery and mountain views. To take full advantage of the location, the layout of the villas follows an open plan organization. .

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The misleading narratives about Harborplace

Community Architect Daily

All that was done with the mindset of the Inner Harbor as Baltimore's Commons, open to all and all happened without violating the zoning rules or the Harbor masterplan that conceived the Inner Harbor as a large public space with some generally low height attractions sprinkled within. Would a new attraction hurt? Not one would dare.

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A bill that could make zoning more inclusive

Community Architect Daily

In recent years planners have become much more aware of the exclusionary effects that zoning has had on people and their towns and cities. The old zoning separated neatly housing from everything else presumably in the interest of public health. Dismantling the legacy zoning system is no small task.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

Only Domino Sugar's processing factory and dock remained active within site of the Inner Harbor. No tall building would be permitted on the waterfront except for the eventually constructed Ian Pei designed World Trade Center The waterfront would be protected as parks, public areas with a wide promenade. Some had seen decline coming.

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