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I’m skeptical that light rail will ever be built here but as I think about it more, I don’t think it’s a big problem if the light rail isn’t fully integrated with the L system. There are some efficiencies in an integrated system, but if (as a commuter) you’re going to have to transfer from one train to another, it doesn’t really matter what type of train car or rail gauge is being used. Like if I transfer from the blue line to the red line at Lake, both are "L" lines but it wouldn’t cause any issues if one was a different system and different train car (and in fact, different car models are currently used on those two lines). As long as the physical transfer point works efficiently and the payment/access system (e.g., Ventra) is integrated, light rail has some real advantages here.

The fake 40DD boobs of mansions!! The world would be better if this place were just torn down. It’s not even in Bloomfield Hills. It is just barely in Bloomfield Township – it’s awfully close to West Bloomfield Township and Sylvan Lake which do not have nearly the cachet of Bloomfield Hills. For that price, you should get some cachet, I would think.

Woof – money does not buy taste. Can’t imagine this is going to be an easy sell. It’s like the architect just took a few McMansions and attached them. The lake view is nice.

INB4 we hear about how Tracy Do always has the best listings in town, and how this is yet another example of how Silver Lake – while not the bargain it used to be – still contains some of the most interesting residential properties in Los Angeles.

Nice house and well-decorated in the listing.

A couple points of contention:

Why mention proximity to West Oakland BART and Lake Merritt BART and omit 12th street BART? 12th street BART is also a 20 minute walk to Howard Terminal, but has restaurants and bars along the way. Plus there is already a free shuttle along Broadway.

Your point about the net economic benefit of the stadium is a bit misleading. The linked article mainly argues that city governments should not fund or provide major tax breaks to sports stadiums because the stadiums don’t provide the economic benefit that is typically promised. The A’s are not asking for city funding or tax breaks for this project except for some infrastructure changes. It is contradictory to argue that developing the Coliseum would invigorate that site, but the Howard Terminal site won’t benefit Jack London.

You mention the Coliseum’s proximity to the airport and to San Francisco, but those are not where most of the A’s fans are coming from. The BART station and freeways are convenient at the current Coliseum site, but despite the convenient transportation and great A’s teams not a lot of fans go to games.

I like your vision for the Coliseum site, but I think it’s a bigger investment and risk to try and create a whole new business district than to build in an existing one. I just hope for some change for the A’s, but I’m really hoping the Howard Terminal site pans out.

Indeed the tone of this article is pretty post-apocalyptic.

Drama aside, this does shine a light on just how much and what types of displacement are about to be accelerated in LIC, but read it here first that this really isn’t not Amazon’s fault. This is a function of our politicians demonstrating how they want to lay our tomorrow’s NYC.

The CITY and STATE came up with set of options to provide to Amazon as the location for HQ2 campus based on where it fit best in the city’s layout. Amazon did not show up with a bunch of red pins and say in their thickest 20’s gangster voice "We’re gonna built it he-yeh." They will dictate the buildout but the street address and zipcode was more or less a foregone conclusion.

Simply put, our politicians have determined that LIC is no longer a valid place for a cluster of semi-occupied one-story warehouses just a stone’s throw away from Manhattan. For better or worse, they are instead investing heavily in Sunset Park as "Industry City" in order to lure craftspeople and tech-savvy manufacturers there, and not LIC. It’s pretty basic land-use stuff. Valid debate as to how they’ve gone about it, and what measures they’re taking to make it a fair game for the businesses (and human beings) being displaced – therefore those frustrations are best directed at the good lads we keep re-electing. It’s up to them to do a good job at it, get over their arrogance and take a minute to show the public what benefits these "big picture" policies ARE delivering.

The silver lining here is that the area will boom with activity – real human activity, as in jobs, which will benefit ALL industrial businesses in NYC regardless of their address or zip code. High-paying jobs means people will afford to have their grandparents’ antique armoire restored to its original glory, and order a new one for themselves, too. Those able to hold firm in LIC will appreciate that most of those streets are about to get major repairs (Have you driven around some of those charming cobblestone streets in LIC lately? Did you really find it charming?) and so deliveries will get easier. You can also bet your pants zipper that they’ll appreciate the access to Amazon who may be able to help sell some of the smart products being developed around here in LIC and beyond.

The biggest winner here is anybody who is willing to see a victory at all.

Armitage can work if they build a bridge over the river; at least to relieve the bottle necks over the river, but because of the T intersection with Racine by Clybourn it is not an efficient way to get to the lake. I wholly agree that restoring the grid is the best thing possible. Re-opening Kingsbury, a bridge at Armitage and a bridge at Dominick/Throop all help with that. I do wish they could find a way to get make a true intersection at Dickens/Clybourn/Lakewood however.

North Avenue or Fullerton. The Armitage / Cortland east west corridor was never a good way to get to the lake. I do think Dickens should link up here as a bike route from the 606 to the Lake.

There will still be no good way to go between the Lake and 90/94, and this will only make it worse. Maybe they need one way streets like Ontario and Ohio in River North.