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Ethel Stewart Inside Alpharetta
January 31, 2012, 10:36 AM
This is okay for a starting point, but there are some big changes that need to be made before I can support it.
THINK GREEN! Alpharetta is known for it's "green space". The first thing that people notice when they visit is how green everything is and how well landscaped the city is in comparison to other cities. I don't see enough green space in the middle of this mass of concrete. I'd love to see more of a Central Park setting in the middle with buildings surrounding the park-like setting. What brings families to an area is nice outdoor space where children can play and families can sit out and relax. When I look at the development in Crabapple I see lots of buildings and nothing that pulls me in to make me want to walk around. I go to a particular shop and then leave--never to really walk around and tour the town.
If I want to eat an ice cream cone in the summer I want to be among the trees on a park bench. You go to DaLonagha or Helen, Georgia and what do you see--people walking around outdoors going in and out of the various shops. I don't want us to be like Crabapple which has lots of buildings and concrete. No real outdoor space for walkers and bicyclists. No place for movies on the green. Let's think green with all we do in Alpharetta. I think there should be a water feature that turns into an outdoor ice rink during the winter months when people tend to stay inside. You must draw people to the area during all the seasons. There should be a place for evening concerts like at National Harbor in Washington, DC. Let's make use of the rooftops with rooftop parks like atop Georgetown University's bookstore. If you first draw people to the outdoor space they will automatically mozie their way indoors to the shops.
January 31, 2012, 10:36 AM
I feel that this proposal is wrong for Alpharetta. Let me tell you why.
Why would anyone want to live in a building overlooking a sea of parking or the building next door? The site planning is terrible!!
Jay Naegele Inside Alpharetta
January 31, 2012, 10:30 AM
This is okay for a starting point, but there are some big changes that need to be made before I can support it.
The City went from a luxury site to a (perhaps upscale) strip mall with rental residential, not luxury homes! What happened? If this is all that the economy will currently support, just seed the red clay and mow it for a few years until someone with vision comes along.
Too much surface parking
Too little green space
14 story building is too tall-why do they continue to be proposed, only to be shot down by Planning, Design Review and Council?
Rethink the views from:
Driving along GA 400 and using the ramps
Driving along Old Milton Parkway
This is supposed to be a focal point, not another hoo-hum shopping center.
All in all-rethink what is proposed. Aaverage at best.
January 31, 2012, 10:23 AM
This is okay, but I have a few suggestions or concerns.
Quite a bit of parking - it could be consolidated with a couple of decks. The land is high enough to take the decks underground.
Don't like the first turn-in for the outparcels off of Westside. The intersection is too close to the main entrance and has only U-turn access when coming south on Westside. Suggest moving it further north and tie it in to Thompson Street as an intersection. This gives another corridor to work with (Thompson from Westside to Haynes Bridge. This would also alleviate the need for 2 set of lights on Old Milton.
What are the plans for Phase II before development begins? Hopefully it won't be just some sort of rye grass cover.
January 31, 2012, 10:21 AM
This is okay for a starting point, but there are some big changes that need to be made before I can support it.
My concerns align with some of the others mentioned. When I heard the people responsible for Atlantic Station had purchased the property, I envisioned something similar to that complex. The pictures posted seemed to go along with that idea. Then we get this. It looks like any other strip mall. There's entirely too much surface parking and it doesn't look pedestrian friendly at all. I want a place that I can park my car and roam from shop to shop to restaurant. As it is, I can't see any reason to linger and shop in the plan. It doesn't look as if it'll be appealing to the eye or enjoyable to frequent. I think the plan needs some serious considerations.
January 31, 2012, 10:20 AM
This is okay, but I have a few suggestions or concerns.
too many rental units, need to add/increase water features and walking/bike paths and trees
Eric Danz Inside Alpharetta
January 31, 2012, 10:14 AM
I like the plan as presented and believe it will be a great addition to the community.
Leighton Williams Inside Alpharetta
January 31, 2012, 10:12 AM
I like the plan as presented and believe it will be a great addition to the community.
The current abandoned property is a blight. Having a work, live, play development will be a plus for the area.
January 31, 2012, 9:24 AM
This is okay for a starting point, but there are some big changes that need to be made before I can support it.
Wow. After following NA Properties take their road trips to other cities/states featuring some great ideas THIS is what they came up with?? And they hired top-talent? We asked for features that would be amenable to a residential village-like environment. A grassy ampitheatre, water fountain for the kids to play in, green space were all mentioned previously. This looks like a yet another over-priced luxury strip mall. Please go back and review the photos you posted to Facebook of your road trips, and all the great ideas you saw and which you proudly displayed, then start revamping the plans again.
Avalon cold either boost Alpharetta, or bring it down. Please provide something our great community wants and needs, instead of giving us big-box commerce.
January 31, 2012, 9:04 AM
I feel that this proposal is wrong for Alpharetta. Let me tell you why.
It looks like a gigantic parking lot. It also resembles the Northpoint Mall with the roof removed. The view for Highway 400 and Old Milton Parkway needs to be addressed. A parking lot does not get it. I am having trouble finding anything that I like about it. I had envisioned something that would be more of a park like pedestrian friendly environment. Soemething more upscale than a parking lot. When I think of mixed use I think more along the lines of the proposal that was presented by Metlife. Please start over!
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This is okay for a starting point, but there are some big changes that need to be made before I can support it.
THINK GREEN! Alpharetta is known for it's "green space". The first thing that people notice when they visit is how green everything is and how well landscaped the city is in comparison to other cities. I don't see enough green space in the middle of this mass of concrete. I'd love to see more of a Central Park setting in the middle with buildings surrounding the park-like setting. What brings families to an area is nice outdoor space where children can play and families can sit out and relax. When I look at the development in Crabapple I see lots of buildings and nothing that pulls me in to make me want to walk around. I go to a particular shop and then leave--never to really walk around and tour the town.
If I want to eat an ice cream cone in the summer I want to be among the trees on a park bench. You go to DaLonagha or Helen, Georgia and what do you see--people walking around outdoors going in and out of the various shops. I don't want us to be like Crabapple which has lots of buildings and concrete. No real outdoor space for walkers and bicyclists. No place for movies on the green. Let's think green with all we do in Alpharetta. I think there should be a water feature that turns into an outdoor ice rink during the winter months when people tend to stay inside. You must draw people to the area during all the seasons. There should be a place for evening concerts like at National Harbor in Washington, DC. Let's make use of the rooftops with rooftop parks like atop Georgetown University's bookstore. If you first draw people to the outdoor space they will automatically mozie their way indoors to the shops.