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Downtown Palo Alto and especially California Ave. have nowhere near maximum density. University Ave. is full of low-rise, often single-story, buildings with a f
by pcwalton 10y ago
Downtown Palo Alto and especially California Ave. have nowhere near maximum density. University Ave. is full of low-rise, often single-story, buildings with a few taller ones here and there. The buildings there (and on Lytton and Hamilton) could easily be replaced with four-story mixed office/retail and residential with no impact to the area's look.
- Keyframe 10y agoHow about dem earthquakes?
- unethical_ban 10y agoIt's easy! Just rip out all existing buildings and redesign the roads and walkways!
- pcwalton 10y agoObviously I'm not suggesting that this be done overnight. All I'm saying is that if a developer wants to build a four-story mixed-use building near the train stations, there's little reason to not let them do so.
- mikeryan 10y agoHow do all those new tenants drive to and from the freeway?
- karma_vaccum123 10y agoWrong. There are codes describing density and building height. Palo Alto city council will never change these rules, indeed, they seem intent on making them more stringent. You go ask the billionaires in ProfessorVille how many of them are interested in changing zoning to triple density in downtown without any corresponding improvement in transportation infrastructure (most of which is not under the control of Palo Alto)
- pcwalton 10y ago> Wrong. There are codes describing density and building height. Palo Alto city council will never change these rules, indeed, they seem intent on making them more stringent. Oh, I'm well aware that there are rules against increased density today.