Comments on: Portland Revelations – New Construction http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/08/05/portland-revelations-new-construction/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: macarolina http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/08/05/portland-revelations-new-construction/#comment-50761 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:53:10 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-50761 Many of the Atlanta new construction projects that appear cheap to me do a lot of mixing of brick veneer and stucco (with less and less brick)– the Portland pix posted above seemed to have more of a substantial and consistant building material, which gives them a solidness lacking in ATL projects. I also agree with Jason K re ATL parking centric building design– we’ve come a long way, but have much further to go.

]]> By: TreesRock http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/08/05/portland-revelations-new-construction/#comment-50432 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:01:25 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-50432 Notice the trees in all the pictures of the new construction. A good lanscaping plan helps “newness” fit in better.

]]> By: Martha http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/08/05/portland-revelations-new-construction/#comment-50409 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:02:01 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-50409 Actually, MARTA has a very well functioning system. Per the latest ridership reports on the American Public Transportation Association website, MARTA’s average weekday ridership is about 462,000 per day. Weekday ridership on Tri-County Metro in Portland is about 324,000. Obviously MARTA is doing something right despite being located in one of the least transit friendly cities in the country in terms of densities.

Instead of bashing MARTA maybe we could advocate for more transit supportive development in the region? Why not?

]]> By: David http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/08/05/portland-revelations-new-construction/#comment-50393 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:53:30 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-50393 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta

Check it out. David Sucher sounds like a smart man.

]]> By: Joe http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/08/05/portland-revelations-new-construction/#comment-50319 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:26:37 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-50319 Portland has a great functioning transit system. As does Toronto. I just wish the heads of marta would go take lessons from them.
Everytime I’ve been to toronto and portland, all of the busses/trolleys/subways have had a lot of people on them, unlike marta where from home or work i can watch the trains/busses go by with usually 1-5 people if that on board.

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