Comments on: Infill Construction Photos!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:50:00 +0000

anyone know of a website for the park avenue lofts? I would love to take a look at the floorplans and amenities that will be available.

By: Saint

Saint — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:24:00 +0000

Yeah, where they planned that front door looks like they can only have plans for a parking lot where the old Argonaut is. Why didn't they just put the front door on the front?

By: beyonddc

beyonddc — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:59:00 +0000

50 more contextual buildings like it. I'm not too worried about what goes on inside.

By: SC48

SC48 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:34:00 +0000

I remember someone who worked there saying that the old building would be knocked down and would become parking. Doubt that person was authoritative on the subject, but maybe Argonaut got the parking grandfathered in somehow prior to the mainstreet zoning laws taking effect… I agree though that it would be a shame if it just became another surface lot.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:47:00 +0000

its all been rezoned to mainstreet (1 2 or 3) so the old store,when redeveloped, will be required to have parkgin in the back or underground, and there are glass / glazing requirements for the frontage on colfax.

MS is fantastic zoning!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:18:00 +0000

I think the fact that the facade on the new Argonaut faces the interior of the block, plus the fact that Argonaut clearly still owns the land under the old store, would indicate that they are planning the whole site to be a parking lot. It's unfortunate for all of us urban lovers, but property rights allow them to do this. Oh well, at least it's an upgrade from what used to be there.

By: binford

binford — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:01:00 +0000

^ 50 more liquor stores on Colfax? Sounds scandalous.

If there are tree grates, then I'm pretty satisfied.

The old argonaut is a prefab concrete box, so I doubt it'll be missed, and won't be surprised to see it go. Replacing it is a different story.

I'm thinking the best outcome would be another building fronting Colfax next door to share all the parking in the rear...but the location of the door on the new building (which would probably face the current argonaut parking lot if the code actually allowed that) worries me. Also, any new buildings on the old argonaut site would mean that the new store would have more window frontage facing the alley than the sidestreet.

By: beyonddc

beyonddc — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:42:00 +0000

Argonaut looks good. I can haz 50 moar plz?

By: RTD Watch

RTD Watch — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:30:00 +0000

I would also like to know what is going to happen to the old Argonauts building. It's not very attractive, so I wouldn't mind at all if they scraped it and built something nice right on Colfax. A good mixed unit building with some underground parking would be perfect.

I am pretty sure there will be trees planted in front of Argonauts. Trees are a required streetscape improvement and there are already large tree grates in front of the building. I am assuming they are just waiting until spring to plant them, because plating trees in winter is not really a good idea as cold and/or frozen ground does not allow tree roots to properly develop.

By: lifter baron

lifter baron — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:53:00 +0000

There are a couple projects downtown I would love to see where the progress is at.. 21st & Market & 18th & Blake and the few others in that area…

Thanks for the updates on the others though!