Comments on: What Will New Housing Authority Buildings Look Like? http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/03/what-will-new-housing-authority-buildings-look-like/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Gladys http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/03/what-will-new-housing-authority-buildings-look-like/#comment-31838 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:50:35 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-31838 And they’re better looking IMHO.

]]> By: treesrock http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/03/what-will-new-housing-authority-buildings-look-like/#comment-31833 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:15:57 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-31833 The pioneering mixed use, mixed income Housing Authority of Savannah redevelopment Sustainable Fellwood has garnered national attention for its commitment to efficiency and the environment, as well as thoughtful design for a livable community. This could have been the Decatur Housing Authority, for more go to http://www.prlog.org/10378748-savannah-ga-sustainable-fellwood-wins-best-of-2009-award-for-green-affordable-housing.html

]]> By: treesrock http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/03/what-will-new-housing-authority-buildings-look-like/#comment-31831 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:05:18 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-31831 The architectural picture of the trees looks very overstated. How wide are those planting strips, what amount of room is being left for roots. I hope at least feet instead of the standard 2. Because the foot print of the buildings is so different most of older growth trees are being removed. Very little innovation on this project. What legacy is given to the historical significance of this area as part of the old Beacon Hill Community. How are they addressing this being part of an old flood plain of the Peavine and using innovative stormwater management? I really wish the community was more part of this project instead of in being pushed through by DHA which seems to an island to itself.

]]> By: Land http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/03/what-will-new-housing-authority-buildings-look-like/#comment-31827 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:47:10 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-31827 Notice how the site plan for the 4 public housing is pretty much the same as what they replaced? Only with more parking…at least the old site had internal street frontages.

not proven to me yet that this is a better solution than what is existing (at least it seems no different than existing as far as public housing goes). Seems like its replacing an old development model that does not work well and replacing it with a shinier version of the same thing…and the internal parking lot makes it look very suburban in my opinion, not something to be had right downtown.

I give the public housing 5 years before it looks like crud (wonder if its efis)…and 50 before its torn down again for year 2060 crud architecture. I wonder if in the year 2060 we’ll look back at the buildings we are tearing down now and lament.

The building fronting Trinity might be better….

]]> By: Sweettea http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/03/what-will-new-housing-authority-buildings-look-like/#comment-31822 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:28:57 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-31822 They’ll be trashed within 10 years. They will look terrible and have all sorts of problems related to cheap construction (kinda like the housing on Oakview behind the Solarium). Then we’ll be needing to tear it down yet again and do something else. I think Decatur can do better too… is it a funding problem?

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