Comments on: Visualize 12-18 Stories at Greenbelt http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:10:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/comment-page-1/#comment-10855 Chris Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:25:59 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/#comment-10855 Dan Margulies Says: February 16th, 2007 at 2:33 pm Who are the oponents of these tall buildings? Is it mostly the residents of the Hollywood neighborhood? Some of the objections noted, such as “reflected railroad noise” sound pretty shaky. RE: Something tells me that these so called opponents are well paid off lab rat like Maryland hating psychos that are following the commands from the Powers that Be from Northern Virginia to make sure that No parts of PG County(let alone any part of the state of Maryland) will never compete against Norrthern Virginia when it comes to Modern Upscale Urban Growth, High Paying White Collar Employment, and any other form of Busines/Economic/Revenue Growth. Its no accident that Nothern Virginia continues to get away with building 40 story towers near residential neighborhoods and not receive any opposition but strangly when they try to plan decent amount of Upscale Development and Highway Building the strangest of the strangest Country Hicks come out of no where to play like they are negitively affected by the proposed development/road building in Maryland when in reality these so-called concerned citizens are more than likely are not from the state of Maryland. Then there is the Communist selected tree hugging Democrat Left Wing Extremist Politicians in Maryland that plays along with the anti-Maryland(anti-growth, anti-highway, anti-wealth, and anti-business) crowd that acts like they are for the Maryland people when at the same time they are sucking up tax dollars from the working class people and not contributing the revenue back to the state for the better. Dan Margulies Says:
February 16th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

Who are the oponents of these tall buildings? Is it mostly the residents of the Hollywood neighborhood? Some of the objections noted, such as “reflected railroad noise” sound pretty shaky.

RE: Something tells me that these so called opponents are well paid off lab rat like Maryland hating psychos that are following the commands from the Powers that Be from Northern Virginia to make sure that No parts of PG County(let alone any part of the state of Maryland) will never compete against Norrthern Virginia when it comes to Modern Upscale Urban Growth, High Paying White Collar Employment, and any other form of Busines/Economic/Revenue Growth.

Its no accident that Nothern Virginia continues to get away with building 40 story towers near residential neighborhoods and not receive any opposition but strangly when they try to plan decent amount of Upscale Development and Highway Building the strangest of the strangest Country Hicks come out of no where to play like they are negitively affected by the proposed development/road building in Maryland when in reality these so-called concerned citizens are more than likely are not from the state of Maryland.

Then there is the Communist selected tree hugging Democrat Left Wing Extremist Politicians in Maryland that plays along with the anti-Maryland(anti-growth, anti-highway, anti-wealth, and anti-business) crowd that acts like they are for the Maryland people when at the same time they are sucking up tax dollars from the working class people and not contributing the revenue back to the state for the better.

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]]> By: Murph http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/comment-page-1/#comment-10047 Murph Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:06:10 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/#comment-10047 Rob, When I saw an item on the balloons on planetizen, I stopped over here. You don't disappoint. "Most people underestimate the height of proposed buildings." I'd disagree. In my observation, most people seem to *over*estimate the height of proposed buildings, to panicked effect. I'd be interested to hear some follow-up on whether people are seeming to use the balloons to revise up or down their impressions of the buildings' heights. (Cynically speaking, I expect the opponents of the project will revise upwards. "My god, it's even worse than we had feared!") Rob,

When I saw an item on the balloons on planetizen, I stopped over here. You don’t disappoint.

“Most people underestimate the height of proposed buildings.”

I’d disagree. In my observation, most people seem to *over*estimate the height of proposed buildings, to panicked effect. I’d be interested to hear some follow-up on whether people are seeming to use the balloons to revise up or down their impressions of the buildings’ heights. (Cynically speaking, I expect the opponents of the project will revise upwards. “My god, it’s even worse than we had feared!”)

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]]> By: Justin http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/comment-page-1/#comment-9883 Justin Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:33:25 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/#comment-9883 The use of balloons is a very powerful tool used to determine a proposed building's height. I have been involved in a few of these demonstrations, specifically relative to two developments in environments similar to Greenbelt, and they have both lessened the number of objectors in front of the Zoning Board (both required "d" variances for density and height pursuant to the NJ Municipal Land Use Law). Most people underestimate the height of proposed buildings. The use of balloons is a very powerful tool used to determine a proposed building’s height. I have been involved in a few of these demonstrations, specifically relative to two developments in environments similar to Greenbelt, and they have both lessened the number of objectors in front of the Zoning Board (both required “d” variances for density and height pursuant to the NJ Municipal Land Use Law).

Most people underestimate the height of proposed buildings.

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]]> By: Dan Margulies http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/comment-page-1/#comment-9844 Dan Margulies Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:33:10 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/#comment-9844 Who are the oponents of these tall buildings? Is it mostly the residents of the Hollywood neighborhood? Some of the objections noted, such as "reflected railroad noise" sound pretty shaky. Who are the oponents of these tall buildings? Is it mostly the residents of the Hollywood neighborhood? Some of the objections noted, such as “reflected railroad noise” sound pretty shaky.

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]]> By: Rob Goodspeed http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/comment-page-1/#comment-9843 Rob Goodspeed Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:01:15 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/303/#comment-9843 Using balloons is a fairly common practice to demonstrate the propose heights of tall projects. I actually think it can be useful to provide some concrete data for citizens and either confirm or dissuade the concerns of citizens. Using balloons is a fairly common practice to demonstrate the propose heights of tall projects. I actually think it can be useful to provide some concrete data for citizens and either confirm or dissuade the concerns of citizens.

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