[TheGrandK-Man]

Originally Posted by AntonioR

The article claim that the towers are currently occupied, but from the street the most northern of the towers seem to be empty and it has been like that for years.

I personally have no love for them. Hopefully the renovation will change that, but what I really want is their disappearance and something exciting to take their place.

The south two, below Tresser Blvd, are low-income occupancies. Sad that some pie-in-the-sky ideals resulted in the elevated terrace between all three towers being demolished, in anticipation of projects that did not come to fruition.

As for the elimination of all three towers, I'd like to hear your plans for relocating those occupants of the aforementioned southern pair. Wanting things to "disappear" and wanting "excitement" both have impact on peoples' lives.

[BPt111]

More business are choosing Stamford the city that works

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/bus...h-12901753.php

[AntonioR]

Veterans Park remodeling project is still in the plans. I was at a local business waiting for their services and glanced through a current issue of Stamford magazine and ‘discovered’ this page.

This park is in downtown, on Atlantic Street by the Stamford Towne Center mall and across from the Old Town Hall.

[Connecticut203]

It will be nice when the park remodeling will be completed. I wish there was a public fountain in the middle of the park, that would have been nice

[TheGrandK-Man]

Originally Posted by AntonioR

Veterans Park remodeling project is still in the plans. I was at a local business waiting for their services and glanced through a current issue of Stamford magazine and ‘discovered’ this page.

This park is in downtown, on Atlantic Street by the Stamford Towne Center mall and across from the Old Town Hall.

I like the formality of the existing four monument locations. Tucked back where Quintard building used to stand, they seem an afterthought even though they are the reason for that square. The monuments are more visible where they are, closer to Atlantic St.

[BPt111]

Korean BBQ in Stamford

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/bus...photo-15553650

[Connecticut203]

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/loc...f-12916730.php


STAMFORD — The cylindrical tower across from city hall will soon be coming down.

The Zoning Board has approved plans to build a 16-story luxury apartment block on the site. No one from the public spoke during two hearings when the board discussed the multifaceted proposal before voting unanimously in favor of the new structure.

The old building, St. John Tower A on Washington Boulevard and Bell Street, has been vacant for three years and demolition will begin in the fall.

Board members appeared excited Monday night to finally have what some considered an eyesore torn down and replaced with a 400-unit luxury complex replete with a yoga room and an outdoor dog-washing station.

“I can’t wait,” board member Rosanne McManus said.

The proposal, brought by a division of Miami’s Lennar, the largest home builder in the U.S, included seven action items, all of which were approved by the five-member panel.

Lennar, which is in contract to buy the parcel, garnered approval to pay $4.3 million to the owner of the other two towers, St. John Urban Development Corp., in lieu of including affordable units in the new building. Lennar also received approval to provide fewer parking spaces than required under zoning regulations.

Greg Belew, who oversees Lennar’s properties in the tri-state area, said these are typical requests for a development of this size.

Noel Cooke, who manages the towers for St. John, told zoning earlier this month that the $4.3 million would go toward renovations of the other two towers, which still contain some 240 affordable units.

Those renovations will likely cost around $70 million, or $35 million a tower, he said.

“It’s essentially sacrificing one tower to preserve the other two,” Cooke said. “St. John Urban Development Corp. has operated these things for a half of a century. We don’t want to go anywhere. We don’t want to sell, we want to fix them.”

Cooke said the two remaining towers will remain mostly affordable even after the renovations.

Zoning also required that the nonproft prove it is “ready, willing and able," to refurbish and maintain at least one tower as affordable before it receives the $4.3 million, said attorney Lisa Feinberg, advocating for Lennar.

St. John’s towers were designed by Victor Hanna Bisharat, architect of the Landmark Square Tower, the downtown Marriott and High Ridge Office Park. The buildings, some his first designs to be built downtown, were once heralded as “majestic,” according to stories published in the Stamford Advocate in the 1970s.

[TheGrandK-Man]

Originally Posted by Connecticut203

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/loc...f-12916730.php


STAMFORD — The cylindrical tower across from city hall will soon be coming down.

The Zoning Board has approved plans to build a 16-story luxury apartment block on the site. No one from the public spoke during two hearings when the board discussed the multifaceted proposal before voting unanimously in favor of the new structure.

The old building, St. John Tower A on Washington Boulevard and Bell Street, has been vacant for three years and demolition will begin in the fall.

Board members appeared excited Monday night to finally have what some considered an eyesore torn down and replaced with a 400-unit luxury complex replete with a yoga room and an outdoor dog-washing station.

“I can’t wait,” board member Rosanne McManus said.

The proposal, brought by a division of Miami’s Lennar, the largest home builder in the U.S, included seven action items, all of which were approved by the five-member panel.

Lennar, which is in contract to buy the parcel, garnered approval to pay $4.3 million to the owner of the other two towers, St. John Urban Development Corp., in lieu of including affordable units in the new building. Lennar also received approval to provide fewer parking spaces than required under zoning regulations.

Greg Belew, who oversees Lennar’s properties in the tri-state area, said these are typical requests for a development of this size.

Noel Cooke, who manages the towers for St. John, told zoning earlier this month that the $4.3 million would go toward renovations of the other two towers, which still contain some 240 affordable units.

Those renovations will likely cost around $70 million, or $35 million a tower, he said.

“It’s essentially sacrificing one tower to preserve the other two,” Cooke said. “St. John Urban Development Corp. has operated these things for a half of a century. We don’t want to go anywhere. We don’t want to sell, we want to fix them.”

Cooke said the two remaining towers will remain mostly affordable even after the renovations.

Zoning also required that the nonproft prove it is “ready, willing and able," to refurbish and maintain at least one tower as affordable before it receives the $4.3 million, said attorney Lisa Feinberg, advocating for Lennar.

St. John’s towers were designed by Victor Hanna Bisharat, architect of the Landmark Square Tower, the downtown Marriott and High Ridge Office Park. The buildings, some his first designs to be built downtown, were once heralded as “majestic,” according to stories published in the Stamford Advocate in the 1970s.

We shall see if the proceeds from sale of the north tower are really used toward improvements in the two remaining south ones. Pockets run deep in Stamford...

[lginlg]

This plan seems reasonable, doable, and progressive, replacing an eyesore on Stamford's major boulevard and gateway to downtown, while respecting and improving the affordable living demands of the community, half a century later. Well done, Zoning Board.

[BPt111]

Stamford to test driveless cars and buses in Downtown area possible next year

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/loc...photo-15565855