How Cities Learn: The Challenges of Neighborhood Change

FSU DURG | Sept 10th

Lucas Lindsey

Development Manager

Venue Projects

@urbnist | urbnist.com

Neighborhood Change

1. Some Context
2. Some Examples
3. Some Discussion

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Some Context

Change in Phoenix: The Year is 2020

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Change in Phoenix: The Year is 2030

Projected increase in Phx '20 to '30: 1,697,772 to 1,881,876

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Homes Built 5-Yr Avg '15-'19: 5,172

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As a result, Phx looks a lot like this:

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Tension and consequence as the pressure rises

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1. No neighborhood can be exempt from change.

2. No neighborhood should experience sudden, radical change.

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How Buildings Learn - Stewart Brand

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Different layers change at different rates, triggered by different things

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Some Examples

Arrive Phoenix

400 W. Camelback Rd. Phx, AZ - Uptown Phoenix & Medlock Place

Completed Fall 2020 | Co-Developer & Co-Owner | 79 Key Boutique Hotel with Don Woods, Lylo, Pop Stand, Cartel Coffee, Shaded Pool, and Event Lawn

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The Challenges of Adaptive Reuse

  • (14) City Variances

  • (1) County Variance - Pool

  • (4) City Use Permits

  • (1) ROW Abandonment

  • (1) Replat

  • (1) Re-Addressing

  • (1) Rezone Overlay - HP

  • (1) NPS Part I Eligibility Application

  • (1) NPS Part II Tax Credit Application - DENIED

  • (3) Self-Cert Blg Permits

  • (41) Misc. Permits

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4Square

1402 E Highland Ave Phx, AZ - Canal North Neighborhood

SF on MF lot. Now four homes replacing one home. 

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The Many Faces of Neighborhood Change, or There's Many Ways to Skin a 'Hood, Illustrated by @alfred_twu.

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Some takeaways from a project in progress:

  • Site development standards are the tail that wag the dog. eg Parking, Setbacks (Bldg & Landscape), Lot Coverage, ROW work, G&D

  • They challenge a project in two primary ways: A Fight for Space & A Need for Return

  • 3-units+ flips commercial switch, triggering black/white requirements potentially out of scale with modest missing middle budgets.

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Some Discussion

Challenges of Neighborhood Change

By Lucas Lindsey

Challenges of Neighborhood Change

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