Reader Peter Dryer, whom you may remember from the story surrounding Kroger's redevelopment plans for their Corryville store, has pointed out that the Corryville website has several renderings of the 3000 Vine development, which I reported on yesterday.
Other renderings are available on the Corryville website, including ones for a new cinema and for the aforementioned Kroger project.
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Rendering, looking southwest from E Martin Luther King Jr Drive and Ahrens Street
Rendering, looking southeast from E Martin Luther King Jr Drive and Vine Street
Rendering, looking southeast from E Martin Luther King Jr Drive and Vine Street
Rendering, looking northwest with intersection of E Rochelle and Ahrens streets in foreground
Previous reading on BC:
Cincinnati approves zoning change for 3000 Vine project (8/12/08)
Zoning change sought for Corryville hotel, commercial project (7/1/08)
MLK and Vine photo update, 12/17/07 (12/21/07)
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
3000 Vine renderings
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7 comments:
I don't think your directions are right in the last 2 pictures.
Does anyone else think this project could be a lot bigger? Some four story hotel (which is nice and all)and then two little buildings out front with a huge parking lot in the middle? Thats crazy! There could be a lot more included in this project like maybe an affordable residential component that brings a critical mass to the area. Or maybe a green space component. I love what they did with East campus and the Marriot, its really cool over there. Or maybe they are leaving the dense developments for the land between Calhoun and McMillan... We shall see.
I would have expected the garage to be more than 2 stories and the buildings at the end (IHOP/Starbucks/US Bank?) to be taller as well. It's better than a surface lot but should still be more dense.
It's not a bad plan, but it's not all that great either. I'm glad the buildings are built to the ROW, and that the designs look solid.
It's good to see development on Vine, and the structures look fine, but it's basically buildings buttressing a parking lot - it reminds me of a lot of the rest of SV, which after about a year looks pretty crappy.
How about covering the ground-level spaces with 2nd-floor greenspace/park? Or building the cinema on that level with some outdoor greenspace + a restaurant (like a mini-Newport on the Levee)? Or adding another partner in the project to build ANYTHING atop the parking?
The facades on the streetsides look fine, but not a wise use of space in such a busy area of town IMO.
Nice catch, Quim.
Quite honestly, this development is really just following the trend of MLK in general...addressing the street only slightly while basically just being spiffed-up automobile-oriented uses.
Then again, a development of this type is really ancillary to Short Vine and would be built with or without its existence. It's meant to capture people passing through.
but seriously, why is there an enormous parking garage in the middle of this development? I can't think that EVERY resident is going to need a car, or even want to pay for a space. how bout some bike storage, peoples?
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