Construction at Tapestry Park Continues

[civil42806]

Is there a "vertical" limitation in the city, wasn't aware of it.  Certainly in the burbs you would want to limit a huge building, see the vystar monstrosity on blanding, but other than the beach wasn't aware of one.

Just my personal view but I do not see what is wrong with the Vystar building on Blanding. That part of town could use more new buildings and the economic impact they bring. It beats the heck out of concrete block buildings painted tan or light grey and hand painted business signs.

I don't care for it, a huge building dominating everything around it, surrounded by a huge parking lot, with no landscaping.  Take a look at there old head quarters at the corner of wesconnet and blanding, not the prettiest of areas, but the building blended in better and at least there were some trees.

[ProjectMaximus]

I lived in Jax for three years and now living in Dublin, Ireland going on two years and it is the same here but for different reasons.  There is a ban to build above six stories to preserve the architecture of the old Georgian homes.  You see some buildings getting approval for 15 stories (U2 is building a highrise in city centre but it is few and far between).  Now with all of the bans on going verticle, people are having to commute an hour and a half each way to get to work.

Preserving the view of the stiffey by the liffey?

Why'd you go to Dublin? Are you originally from the area? Two of my best friends from UF, one living across the street from me in Jax, are now in Dublin for Grad School (they're engaged). They love it...and I hope to visit sometime in the next year.

I am from NY and besides college at Penn State, lived in NY (in the burbs hour outside of the city) my whole life then went to Jacksonville for three years and now in Dublin.

If you think things are difficult in Jax to build, in Dublin it is incredibly difficult.  Planning permission can take years (I know people who go through a year of planning permission to build a small extension on the back of their house).  Architects are fed up with the system as the people who sit on the planning board, not one of them has an architectural degree nor had done anything in building/architecture.  So you have a lot of four-five story buildings that look like cheap Scan Design buildings.  Glass blocks, wood and that is about as creative as it gets.

Glad your friends are enjoying it here - I am as well.  Unfortunately I work in finance so I am not too sure how much longer I will be here.  Luckily my green card/working permit is being renewed on an indefinite basis so if I have to go, I can always come back later without any hassle.

I never completely understood why, but supposedly four/five story buildings are the most conducive to walkable environments.

Anyway, I can't wait to visit...most likely next winter (tentative wedding date)...and in case you never saw it, there's a special feature on Dublin in the Learning From section of this site.

[CrysG]

As someone who used to work for them, last long as they stay headquartered on the westside the city would have let them build the Empire State building. But they are only keeping it there while moving major departments (call center) out to Fleming Island.