Home › blogs › Logarithm's blog

Logged Lot

Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:27pm — Logarithm

It's really weird to bike past the woods one day and the next see a big empty lot with a bunch of felled logs. Yes, I know that where my house stands there was once trees, but it's still pretty dramatic.

The location is on Division, south of Walnut. Anyone know what's going in? Probably a new housing development.

Comments

Mon, 06/09/2008 - 3:28pm — Just another voice

Public Notice sign

The public notice sign has been up for several months-- conveniently stuck wayyy down dead-end Walnut Street.

The sign indicates a 16-lot sub division. I can't understand why they just didn't leave the trees up against Division street because I KNOW they are just going to put up a freaking fence facing Division. Which will be yet another missed opportunity for a street-faced home, without the snout of a garage door, so the big a** garage door can be in the back of the home, along a nice little alleyway.

Whew.

But I am Just Another Voice

Mon, 06/09/2008 - 3:33pm — Guglielmo

Must not face the street

Other people are there! Perhaps so many people are so used to working in cubicles that they want to live in such an arrangement as well.
Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:55pm — JstPlnOnry

No Doubt

that fence will become the new canvas for graffiti too since the previous canvas on the west side was removed. (Burnell's fence on Kaiser)
Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:02pm — Rob Richards

Someone should paint a rainbow on it.

image
Tue, 06/10/2008 - 11:27am — chad360

bamboo as fence...

...or go the urban garden route and grow a "corn fence" each year =)

Save your money, costs are only gonna go up!

Tue, 06/10/2008 - 11:41am — Guglielmo

Tricky stuff, that bamboo. It's an escape artist.

But I like the idea of a living fence...perhaps with some landscaping to collect and slow down the stormwater runoff the new developemnt will create. It's hard to spray paint a plant. And it would look a hell of a lot better than a fence.
Thu, 06/12/2008 - 5:52pm — Robert Whitlock

Clear Cut

Here's a 360º Panorama of the area:
Dickerson and Division Clearcut 360º

Here's a more detailed 180º Panorama:
Dickerson and Division Clearcut 180º

Thu, 06/12/2008 - 6:55pm — JT

It's good to see development,

in slow economic times.

Actually there is a fair amount to come on the Westside.

"A dog is not 'almost human', and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such." - John Holmes

itchyhitch.blogspot.com

Thu, 06/12/2008 - 7:12pm — Just another voice

Interesting though, isn't it?

The city just spent thousands of dollars on '1000 Trees in 1 Day', yet they allow a developer to clear cut an entire piece of land. I am all for development, so long as it is friendly to the surrounding environment that respects walkability and encourages less dependence on cars. And development that doesn't encourage big flippin' fences. And development that doesn't look gross. And developments without garages! My god, the garages!!!

But I am Just Another Voice

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.