Comments on: Editorial: Filling in the Gaps in Historic Urban Neighborhoods http://www.oregonhill.net/2009/11/29/editorial-filling-in-the-gaps-in-historic-urban-neighborhoods/ Oregon Hill, Richmond, Virginia Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:59:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.oregonhill.net/2009/11/29/editorial-filling-in-the-gaps-in-historic-urban-neighborhoods/comment-page-1/#comment-32928 Scott Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:23:31 +0000 http://www.oregonhill.net/?p=1763#comment-32928 Agreed. We need also need VCU to get its students out of their cars. By the way, another offshoot of this discussion should be about the combination of green and historical tax credits. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/are-heritage-buildings-green.php This also could matter when discussing the Goldman/Allen historic-tax-credit-for-old-schools proposal. Agreed. We need also need VCU to get its students out of their cars.

By the way, another offshoot of this discussion should be about the combination of green and historical tax credits.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/are-heritage-buildings-green.php

This also could matter when discussing the Goldman/Allen historic-tax-credit-for-old-schools proposal.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.oregonhill.net/2009/11/29/editorial-filling-in-the-gaps-in-historic-urban-neighborhoods/comment-page-1/#comment-32921 Stuart Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:26:58 +0000 http://www.oregonhill.net/?p=1763#comment-32921 One thing we can do to promote infill is to get rid of minimum parking requirements. Nothing distorts land use and drives up development costs more than requiring builders and businesses to provide "X" number of parking spaces along with their project. Let the market take care of car parking. Imagine all the "missing teeth" that would be filled in with houses and businesses instead of surface parking lots. One thing we can do to promote infill is to get rid of minimum parking requirements. Nothing distorts land use and drives up development costs more than requiring builders and businesses to provide “X” number of parking spaces along with their project. Let the market take care of car parking. Imagine all the “missing teeth” that would be filled in with houses and businesses instead of surface parking lots.

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