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squee_bastard t1_ivcz0pq wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in what are they doing with the old powerhouse in downtown near BJS? by NoLove-1

Yeah they’ve definitely deceased over the years and the wooden pallets they’re sitting on are rotting/buckling underneath them. I’ve lived in my current apartment in waldo/padna (or whatever they’re calling it now) since 2016 and lots has changed since then. So far since I’ve been here 5 high rises have been built within a block of me with two more are underway.

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bodhipooh t1_ivdb5vj wrote

We must be almost neighbors. I have lived in the PAD at The ArtHouse since 2014 (PADNA is the neighborhood association, and WALDO was an acronym referring to the zoning/redevelopment plan - it stands for Work and Living Double Overlay) and the amount of buildings that have gone up in the 8 years since is positively insane. We are finally throwing in the towel and moving a few blocks east to escape the constant construction. At last count, it was 11 new buildings within three blocks of us: The Oakman, 175 2nd, the place next door, The Hendrix, 485 Marin, the two Provost Square buildings, with their third one almost topped out, The Lively, Modera Lofts, and The One. And, of course, just outside the three block radius is 90 Columbus.

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squee_bastard t1_ivdcxo1 wrote

We are definitely neighbors 👋🏻

I’ve been in Modera since it opened in 2016. Since then I’ve seen the Lively, 10 Provost, The Canopy by Hilton, Haus 25, and a bunch of others rise all around me. I’ve lost track of all the names of the new places here. I think this is my last year in JC so I’m sure in a few years time I won’t recognize this place at all.

It’s a damn shame what was done to the other Provost building, that poor thing was murdered. I’m very curious how the developer got away with tearing down so much of that building unless it wasn’t landmarked.

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bodhipooh t1_ivdeek3 wrote

Isn’t it the same developer as The One? Those assholes tore up the pocket park next to them before having approvals to do so. In a rare feat, the city actually fined them (125K, iirc) for doing so. Still, they dragged their feet on restoring the park and did a piss poor job in the engineering of the dog park. No different than Mocco adding floors to his latest buildings and then paying a smallish fine to make it all go away.

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