Oak Street Lofts rendering

[avonjax]

It was ugly to you...not to me...
Ugly and beautiful are in the eye of the beholder....
I happened to think it was an interesting design
So sue me....

[thelakelander]

Avonjax, they say one man's treasure is another one's trash.  Just look around.  Outside of the historic districts, this community loves its stucco boxes.

[avonjax]

And Riversidegator I am not trying to claim that we should embrace bad architecture. But you are kinda setting your standard for what equals good architecture. And I happen to not agree with you on this one.  Based on the rendering I liked the look of it personally. There are plenty of eclectic buildings in Five Points and although I don't like them all to me that makes the neighborhood unique.

[avonjax]

And also I live in Avondale and I live in a stucco house that I love...If you mean you dont like the new stucco houses and buildings that keep popping up everywhere I agree some are very bad. But some are very nice too.
I also love brick and wood.
I love modern and I love Klutho.
In other words I like a variety of designs and yes I would love to see some SOUTH FLORIDA Design in our downtown instead of the BORING CRAP that dominates our skyline.
I was born in Fernandina and grew up in Jacksonville and we are as conservative and boring as we have ever been.
Oh yeah I love palm trees too.....

[Gknee]

If anyone has ever tried to find a parking spot near there at lunchtime, you'll understand why this didn't pass.

I try to schedule my publix trips before 11am or after 2pm because of parking.  It's insane!

[Matt]

the development looks like it has enough parking for the tenants, its got the parallel spots
and who cares about them dagum car-drivers anyway
to me it seems unfair to force a development to cater parking to non-owners even if there is a bad situation
there is the same amount of parking as by the strip mallish things ergo bad parking should be expected

what we really need there is a light rail -or some other transport besides bus- stop!

just an opinion

PS If ya really want to park, park on the roof of the 1story buildings...you just need a ramp...and a fast car...and probobly some crack..

[Matt]

and i think the architecture is perfectly fine except for the roofs(sp?). it would be a nice contrast to a pretty cookie-cutter/drab city. (not ranking on jax...i -like avonjax & thelakelander- would just like to see different stuff to add to the environment, air, and urbanity)