Tampa Bay’s secondary city has a lot to show for itself, with no plans of slowing down. When you glance at the skyline of St. Pete, the first thing you’ll notice is that nearly all of the towers are residential in nature contrary to the Bay’s primary city in Tampa who’s focus is more corporate.Continue reading “Why don’t we talk about St Pete more?”
Author Archives: Phil Veasley
Visualizing Raleigh’s Puny Grid Structure Compared to Other Cities
The city of Raleigh saw most of it’s growth after racist, suburban development trends had been entrenched in American’s planning trends. This led to an extremely small original grid structure when compared to other cities. Raleigh is referred to as “a giant suburb” by people for many reasons. The lack of true grid system outsideContinue reading “Visualizing Raleigh’s Puny Grid Structure Compared to Other Cities”
Reconnecting Communities: Untangling Nashville’s Freeway Mess
Nashville sits at the intersections of I-65, I-40, and I-24 making it one of the biggest freight corridors in the country. It also ranks as one of the of the biggest major freight bottleneck areas with greater than 65,000 annual truck hours of delay per mile. Existing Conditions Much of this has to do withContinue reading “Reconnecting Communities: Untangling Nashville’s Freeway Mess”
Four-Plex Featuring Varied Unit Sizes
This four-plex features two duplex type units plus two ADU’s in the rear. 11/27 Updated Sketch: Same basic principles with updated stair placements in main two units to minimize wasted hall space. Unit One Unit one is 2300 square feet with 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, an office, loft, 2 porches and a rooftop terrace. TheContinue reading “Four-Plex Featuring Varied Unit Sizes”
Reconnecting Communities: Langford Pkwy
My reconnecting communities series continues in Southwest Atlanta with Langford Pkwy. Catch up with the other reconnecting community plans I’ve examined to date: Durham Freeway, I-277 Charlotte, I-20 East Atlanta Full Build I-20 West Atlanta Interim Plan MARTA recently published plans to revitalize the Campbellton Road corridor in Southwest Atlanta. While plans initially called for Light RailContinue reading “Reconnecting Communities: Langford Pkwy”
City of Raleigh Quickly Implementing Approved Traffic Changes
Recently, the City of Raleigh approved changes in the Downtown core to increase safety for all users. All streets within Downtown will have their speed limits reduced to 25 MPH, right turns on red will be restricted, and dual turn lanes will be eliminated. These changes will even take affect on the Downtown streets thatContinue reading “City of Raleigh Quickly Implementing Approved Traffic Changes”
Reconnecting Communities: West Atlanta Interim Plan
My reconnecting communities series continues in West Atlanta with some relatively “quick” build projects to help bridge together neighborhoods severed by the construction of I-20. Catch up with the other reconnecting community plans I’ve examined to date: Durham Freeway, I-277 Charlotte, I-20 East Atlanta Full Build I-20 West of Downtown Atlanta snakes through historically BlackContinue reading “Reconnecting Communities: West Atlanta Interim Plan”
Week Two Parade of Homes Review
Make sure to check out week one’s review if you missed that. 4300 Camelot Drive This is what 5 million gets you directly on the corner of North Hills. The urbanist in me cringes that this prime of a lot isn’t more than one unit, but my goodness – what a house. Location: 8 Exterior:Continue reading “Week Two Parade of Homes Review”
October 2022 Wendell Falls Construction Tour
The weather and housing market has cooled, but not construction! Treelight Square Dining District Work is complete on the exteriors of the first group of buildings (Phase 1A). The Smiling Turtle is just about complete, while Don Beto’s and Falls Local have been busy with their interior framing. Phase 1B continues it’s exterior build andContinue reading “October 2022 Wendell Falls Construction Tour”
Week One Parade of Homes Review
3029 Churchill Road Located in West Raleigh’s wooded mansion areas this home features incredible finishes and a wonderful pool but the exterior and finishes weren’t my style. Other missed opportunities for me are lack of upper porch with the flat roofs and location. Despite being “in town” there are no sidewalks or things to walkContinue reading “Week One Parade of Homes Review”
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