[Surrealplaces]

 

[haltcatchfire]

Feels like something I’d see in Queens just off the freeway on the way into Manhattan from LaGuardia.

 

[Mountain Man]

IS that a good or bad thing? lol

 

[Gullfoss]

Were they rentals? I thought it was an older condo complex that got hit hard by the 2013 flood, and faced significant repair costs (and thus, assessments), or had an option to sell the entire complex to make way for this new project. I might be remembering wrong though.

A realtor friend of mine once noted in passing that they were condos and the condo owners got very good prices from the developer.

 

[ByeByeBaby]

I shoulda gone back to take better pics of that sidewalk area, but it's very nearly textbook IMO.

Nice, wide clear zone sidewalk. Furniture / landscaping clearly on both sides of sidewalk, with benches between green zones; maybe there's enough space for the trees to thrive (I'm not a tree guy). There's bike racks (nice looking staple-style racks) in the furniture zone next to the building (as well as more on the 25th Ave side), as well as more benches. It's really not rocket science!

The one problem is the curb cut, which is a single cut pointing you directly into the middle of the road, with the tragically located traffic signal post right in the way. Not sure if the storm grate is why they did this, or if it was just an oversight from someone who knew what the hell they were doing.

But in general, they should make people take a field visit here before they design a sidewalk, especially in a pedestrian-heavy area. (Or do a sidewalk repair project *cough 17th ave cough*.)

 

[CalgaryTiger]

traffic signal post

Is it there on purpose? If you're using a wheel chair or stroller it's in the way but otherwise if I think about walking through there as a pedestrian, it works. I'd say paint in the 5th Street Cycle track but there isn't a lot of room with the existing lane layout.