[RP TownTalk] Sarah's Cyburbia link

[Nancy]

An interest paralleling is that Forest Park is a "streetcar suburb" of
Chicago. I know we don't use that term in the DC area, and we don't make
much of there being a transit station in the midst of our fair town (or have
I missed that?). I love that they have retail on the ground floor. Not
seriously suggesting that here, of course, given the many empty storefronts
just across the tracks. 
 
A propos of nothing, except that all those empty storefronts are now on my
mind, wouldn't it be cool if we have a food co-op "downtown?" Sure would be
nice to have a store within walking distance that carries real food. If Mt.
Rainier can support it, why can't Riverdale Park?
 
Nancy
>From the Peanut Gallery

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[mailto:TownTalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Michailof
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I occasionally visit an internet discussion forum called Cyburbia,
self-described as "the Internet's most active urban/town planning-related
bulletin board".  I found this discussion (follow link below) and pictures
very interesting in context with our own discussions about the condo
proposal at the Spiropoulos (sp??) property:
 
http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23925
 
The link contains pictures of a 4-story infill condo/commercial development
in Forest Park, IL.  Actually, I think it is really 5 stories - the first
story is really tall.  Parking is in the rear and under the building though
it doesn't appear to be underground.  The neighborhood around the condo
seems not unlike Riverdale - it's primarily residential, and of a similar
age (you can see four-square houses in the background of a couple pictures).

 
I thought this was interesting and helpful in imagining what a condo
development in in Riverdale might look like.
 
Sarah Michailof
6404 46th Avenue
 
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