tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post6463833998115403340..comments2023-10-31T03:35:59.876-07:00Comments on once i wanted to be the greatest: Density Bonusesryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371313291486703652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post-16754328360482048802007-11-09T11:51:00.000-08:002007-11-09T11:51:00.000-08:00The Austin Contrarian identifies the essential ele...The Austin Contrarian identifies the essential element of an urban environment by noting "at its core it's really about the synergistic energy that emerges when a lot of creative people live near one another." <BR/><BR/>But the people who can afford to live downtown are not necessarily our most dynamic, productive, and innovative citizens. They are our richest ones. <BR/><BR/>Density bonuses seem like a reasonably good way to encourage the elements that make Austin interesting - the <I>struggling</I> musicians/artists/filmmakers - to stay put.zen imbecilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007889664888128933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post-23483839611829860802007-11-09T07:31:00.000-08:002007-11-09T07:31:00.000-08:00It's not 8 stories; it's an 8.0 FAR (floor to area...It's not 8 stories; it's an 8.0 FAR (floor to area ratio). If the building covers the whole footprint of the lot, it can only be 8 stories, but that's rarely the case. And they end up getting variances from FAR very easily in most cases.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650370583235985527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post-73660561788435312822007-11-08T21:41:00.000-08:002007-11-08T21:41:00.000-08:00Thanks for the plug!I like the Brown Building too....Thanks for the plug!<BR/><BR/>I like the Brown Building too. It's got a cool bar. My law firm was the main tenant there back in the 1960s. According to the History Channel "documentary," "The Men Who Killed JFK" (or something like that), one of the now-deceased named partners of my firm arranged Kennedy's assassination for LBJ; the records were supposedly kept in the vault on the Brown Building's roof. <BR/><BR/>The History Channel later apologized for running that bit of libel, but it was entertaining nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com