Comments on: Inner City Residential http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/ A wide-angle view of architecture, urban design and life in Wellington Tue, 22 May 2012 00:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: rondo http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3061 rondo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:17:50 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3061 DeepRed: well, Yes, but No. Plan Change 48 has proposed changes, but its not working properly yet. There are proposals around that just replicate the Century City / Monvie clash all over again. DeepRed: well, Yes, but No. Plan Change 48 has proposed changes, but its not working properly yet. There are proposals around that just replicate the Century City / Monvie clash all over again.

]]> By: DeepRed http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3060 DeepRed Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:01:20 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3060 I believe the recent WCC Plan Changes have taken spacing and setbacks into account. Unfortunately they've come too late for issues like the Century City/Monvie issue. I believe the recent WCC Plan Changes have taken spacing and setbacks into account. Unfortunately they’ve come too late for issues like the Century City/Monvie issue.

]]> By: Alex http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3056 Alex Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:24:26 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3056 I also walk along Boulcott every day (but the opposite direction), there must be 80% of Wellingotn's parking buildings on Boulcott/Gilmer. But, what I really want to say. There surely should be some rules in place preventing the examples like Monvie/Century City and Courtney Apartments/Bellagio building right up against each other blocking the older apartments windows. Perhaps the older apartments never dreamed anyone would ever build beside them .... I also walk along Boulcott every day (but the opposite direction), there must be 80% of Wellingotn’s parking buildings on Boulcott/Gilmer.

But, what I really want to say. There surely should be some rules in place preventing the examples like Monvie/Century City and Courtney Apartments/Bellagio building right up against each other blocking the older apartments windows.

Perhaps the older apartments never dreamed anyone would ever build beside them ….

]]> By: SPG http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3054 SPG Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:36:37 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3054 These issues are timely ones to raise. The Council has recently released their Walking and Cycling Strategies, and are calling for submissions right now: http://www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyoursay/publicinput/walking.html Submissions close 22 September. Please make a submission regarding these issues you raise. These issues are timely ones to raise. The Council has recently released their Walking and Cycling Strategies, and are calling for submissions right now: http://www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyoursay/publicinput/walking.html
Submissions close 22 September. Please make a submission regarding these issues you raise.

]]> By: jayseatee http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3047 jayseatee Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:49:59 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3047 For me the fundamental problem that is so evident, everyday, twice day, is the consideration of pedestrians. I walk from the terrace down into cuba street, crossing the terrace, along boulcott until willis. There is a signalled cross walk on the terrace, but the ramp that leads from the terrace to boulcott doesn't even have a pedestrian cross walk. Cars come flying off the terrace ramp speed up the street to get to boulcott and pedestrians have to dart back and forth between cars to get across that little area. The second is just around the block at the next street. If you look at the street there are yield signs that indicate that cars are to yield. They don't. They try to run over pedestrians. A signalled crosswalk needs to be installed her. Then there is every other kerb cut along boulcott that makes the walk constant dodging of cars trying turn into the car parks. Something needs to be done from the intersection of the terrace and the motorway to get motorists to slow down and realise that they are now in an urban environment not on a motorway, and it needs to continue all the way to willis street. From an architectural perspective the walk is most dire path in wellington, (ok, slight hyperbole) There seems like there could be some potential for significantly improving the streetscape if the projects in that willis/boulcott area go forward. For me the fundamental problem that is so evident, everyday, twice day, is the consideration of pedestrians. I walk from the terrace down into cuba street, crossing the terrace, along boulcott until willis. There is a signalled cross walk on the terrace, but the ramp that leads from the terrace to boulcott doesn’t even have a pedestrian cross walk. Cars come flying off the terrace ramp speed up the street to get to boulcott and pedestrians have to dart back and forth between cars to get across that little area.
The second is just around the block at the next street. If you look at the street there are yield signs that indicate that cars are to yield. They don’t. They try to run over pedestrians. A signalled crosswalk needs to be installed her. Then there is every other kerb cut along boulcott that makes the walk constant dodging of cars trying turn into the car parks.

Something needs to be done from the intersection of the terrace and the motorway to get motorists to slow down and realise that they are now in an urban environment not on a motorway, and it needs to continue all the way to willis street.

From an architectural perspective the walk is most dire path in wellington, (ok, slight hyperbole)
There seems like there could be some potential for significantly improving the streetscape if the projects in that willis/boulcott area go forward.

]]> By: rondo http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3029 rondo Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:51:34 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/inner-city-residential/#comment-3029 Residents in the inner city total only 5620 (in 2006) ? Seems somewhat low? I thought we were up to about 10,000 by now - or is that the target by 2012? Residents in the inner city total only 5620 (in 2006) ? Seems somewhat low? I thought we were up to about 10,000 by now – or is that the target by 2012?

]]>