Thursday, January 24, 2008
Park Avenue Hope VI Project Begins Next Phase
The redevelopment of the former East Village public housing complex in Downtown Denver's Uptown/Curtis Park districts is under construction with its next phase. The first phase of new construction occurred on what the Denver Housing Authority identifies as Block 1--the odd-shaped block bounded by Park Avenue, Court Place, Washington Street, and Cleveland Place. That first phase wrapped up in 2007. Here are a couple of photos of the completed Block 1 phase:
Now under construction is DHA's Block 3, the city block bounded by Park Avenue, Tremont Place, 24th Street, and Court Place. Block 3 will contain 93 mixed-income rental units and 32 market-rate for-sale units in a series of 3-, 4-, and 5-story buildings. Here are renderings of Block 3 courtesy of Studio Completiva, the project architect.
And finally, here's a recent photo of construction at the site (thanks, Nathan):
After Block 3, construction will cross over to the Uptown side of Park Avenue, where Blocks 4 and 5 will include 388 units.
Now under construction is DHA's Block 3, the city block bounded by Park Avenue, Tremont Place, 24th Street, and Court Place. Block 3 will contain 93 mixed-income rental units and 32 market-rate for-sale units in a series of 3-, 4-, and 5-story buildings. Here are renderings of Block 3 courtesy of Studio Completiva, the project architect.
And finally, here's a recent photo of construction at the site (thanks, Nathan):
After Block 3, construction will cross over to the Uptown side of Park Avenue, where Blocks 4 and 5 will include 388 units.
Comments:
Links to this post:
<< Home
Thank you for the timely information! I just asked about this project a day or two ago. It looks like the last phases in the Uptown section will be coming on line just as I become more serious about moving in a few years. Good to see this is progressing as initially described. I think this (Uptown) is becoming a great urban neighborhood.
Permalink Posted by 
: 1/25/2008 07:43:00 AM
: 1/25/2008 07:43:00 AM 
oh goodness, you should've seen what the projects used to look like. LOL
Permalink Posted by : 1/25/2008 09:18:00 PM
: 1/25/2008 09:18:00 PM
Architecture aside, the idea of putting a massive amount of poor people together in one place seems like a terrible idea. Hasn't this kind of urban planning theory become debunked in the last 20 years? I guess they are mixing it up a little bit with the market-rate units, but it still seems like a bad idea. But then again, I'm not an urban planner....
Permalink Posted by : 1/26/2008 01:04:00 PM
: 1/26/2008 01:04:00 PM
"Massive amount of poor people"? This consists of mixed-income units and market rate units. So, the "poor people" will live among not-so-poor people. What, do you prefer that all poor people be put on a bus and shipped out of town?
Permalink Posted by : 1/27/2008 09:16:00 AM
: 1/27/2008 09:16:00 AM
Anon 9:16- No, I prefer they be integrated into town so the city doesn't develop low-income pockets that most people avoid (including developers). I firmly believe that low income people absolutely should be an integral part of the community – I just don't see this kind of development as an appropriate solution.
Permalink Posted by : 1/28/2008 04:50:00 PM
: 1/28/2008 04:50:00 PM
I was in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago talking to some developers and non-profits. New Orleans has several Hope VI projects in the works. One comment was that even the market rate units often have lower income people in them utilizing Section 8 vouchers. The developers actually like this situation as they get market rates from a more stable source - even better than people paying themselves. Has anyone seen or heard this happening elsewhere? If given the choice, will people actually choose to live in a mixed income area?
Being single and middle class, the only way I could own a place is if the market rate were depressed by surrounding project housing!
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
<< Home
