There’s been a lot of talk about the effect of redevelopment on the current AUSD School Budget. While hints of this non-controversy started on Lauren Do’s site, I was approached by a city councilmember at the first Alamedans for Better…
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A tale of two tubes
by jknoxwhite • • 3 Comments
When I got home from work this evening, there was an email from “bewarethesilentspin@yahoo.com” in my inbox with a couple of videos linked to it. The name appears to be a play on “bewarethesilentslate,” a copycat youtube.com site that hosts…
Development 2.0 – Alameda Point
by jknoxwhite • • 5 Comments
On Friday afternoon, the ARRA staff report concerning the developer RFQ was posted. The report includes a staff summary of the process and explanation of the criteria (7 separate items ranked as weak/moderate/strong). The report also includes a detailed explanation…
California Dreamin’
by jknoxwhite • • 4 Comments
United World Infrastructure (UWI): Alameda Point Proposal (5 of 5) Initial Reactions: Pro: Lots and lots of vision! Cool Transit technology (Jetsons here we come). Outside the box thinking Cons: A clear explanation of who is going to implement this…
The upside to closing down
by jknoxwhite • • 7 Comments
Lennar Urban: Alameda Point Proposal (3 of 5) Initial Reactions: Pro: Lennar has a ton of experience in Bay Area military base conversion projects. Mare Island (Vallejo), Hunters Point (SF), Windermere (San Ramon), and Treasure Island (SF) are all under…
Alameda Point future-developers
by jknoxwhite • • 0 Comments
I downloaded all 5 of the Alameda Point Master Developer Proposals submitted to the city to replace APCP with the intent of “reviewing” them all, one at a time. If I was more organized (or if I had…
Size doesn’t Matter
by jknoxwhite • • 2 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, Lauren Do had a post up about housing prices in the Bay Area. It was a follow up on discussions about housing affordability in Alameda and one that will probably go on forever. It started…
Two inch houses or what can you build on an abandoned roadway?
by jknoxwhite • • 2 Comments
Much has been written in certain circles about the price of land sold by the city at Harbor Bay Business Park in 2003. At issue is 1.19 acres of land sold for $45,000 to Harbor Bay Storage as part of…