Comments for A Fighting Chance at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 56 out of 20 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 02:33:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7832 If ULL has two architects contributing and acting as urban planners, planning on getting praise and accolades for participating, then if it goes awry, does the University have a liability to the community? I really don't think this social experiement should be designed by the kids at the university. Seems the University should put it on the Horse Farm if it supports this. - realitychecks Tue, 25 May 2010 05:51:59 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7826 all kinds of property on the new extension they just opened. and there is a gold course right there......very very popular area. and good schools too. lots of land. brand new road. - new road Mon, 24 May 2010 20:48:53 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7825 beautiful property wide open at Holy Rosary! - realitychecks Mon, 24 May 2010 20:00:16 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7804 written by realitychecks , May 19, 2010 I’m committed to being an active part of this community. ...... should have ended with "from the southside of Lafayette where I will be living"..... not very convincing! And I would like to add..... Or from New york - where to consultant lives! Is there at least one paid employee of AO that lives in the neighborhood? Seems like if they created such a great environment and added so much value - that all of the employees would have wanted to live near their work! - Continued.... Sun, 23 May 2010 19:17:51 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7803 memel must NOT be a cajun. His/her distain and hate for the cajun/french people and for lafayette's history is just to apparent. Tear it down and destory it.......that's the theme over and over when memel speaks. memel let's everyone know - there's no value in the history of Lafayette. Don't let outsiders like this destroy our community. - Cajun History Sun, 23 May 2010 19:12:20 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7802 It's not about the people, it's about how much money they can make off the back's of people. None of the yahoo's promoting the deal live in the area!! This is typical for all of the do=gooders of the world. Try putting something like this in their neighborhood and see how much hell they raise!! - The Original Northsidian Sun, 23 May 2010 16:59:05 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7785 Land is available next to the Federal Court House and also the Horse Farm! - realitychecks Sat, 22 May 2010 06:27:53 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7784 It is not "phobia" and "fear". Complaints are based on REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE over many years with the sponsoring agency. Federal funds always come with strings attached, don't they? It is also based on the actual HUD REGULATIONS that will control the matter regardless of what the "promises" are. The unaccounted for 40% of residents will be what? Can't discriminate against HUD and AOC's NGO app says it will be a "service enriched" environment. Who needs those services? The chronically mentally ill? Prisoner reentries? Rehab "graduates"? HUD has sponsored Round Table discussions about housing such population for years..... - realitychecks Sat, 22 May 2010 06:24:58 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7780 """ CONSERVATRICE, " The city does not provide culverts, to residential curbing only in RIVER RANCH, but then that is, "Joey's GOLDEN GOOSE". And a wall to muffle motorist vehiciles,and nice landscaping,only in JOEYWORLD. - Existentialist Homme Fri, 21 May 2010 21:32:16 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7777 To Jason Faulk: I appreciated you discussing 1)the ownership vs. rental option; 2) the concerns about relocating any historic structures that may be in the line of fire of the development; 3)the huge issue w/ crossings @ Congress St. I have watched numerous neighborhood children attempting to cross Congress to got to the library very nearly loose their lives, because people drive 50-70MPH @ Congress & Madison (Speed Limit 35MPH); 4) you spoke of the open ditches on Madison St.-I have been lobbying non-stop for a sub-surface drainage & culvert project, finished w/ hardscaping to increase streetside parking, non-stop for 12 yrs. I was told that the city no longer provides culverts & that owners can elect to instal them @ their own expense. All of these issues are issues that the newly formed Mills/Hopkins Addition Neighborhood Association have, all things we hope to address w/ our CBA - Conservatrice Fri, 21 May 2010 17:22:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7776 WOW, should have rechecked not just the spelling but also right eord usage: corrections: MY musician-son cannot wait to apply to live there. AND why should architecture be the only art or technology that does NOT evolve? - MEMEL Fri, 21 May 2010 17:21:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7769 well, DENNIS, obviously it is nor for you, but i can tell you that musician-son cannot wait to apply to live there. to each his/her won: diversity being the spice of life, primarily in downtown, which is the attraction. n'est-ce pas - MEMEL Fri, 21 May 2010 15:03:21 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7768 what is the PHOBIA about the design being contemporary? would this people like to dress like they did in the 19th century, drive around in FORD Ts, give up electric stoves and go back to ICE BOXES? silly nostalgia. FEAR OF THE NEW! LAFAYETTE has a great local CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE right next to traditional/ historic like the UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM and the ACA addition right up against the old HARDWARE STORE. question: why should architecture be the only art or technology that does evolve? - MEMEL Fri, 21 May 2010 14:58:13 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7765 Nice try, Bad idea. Clear out the bums then half the problem is solved. - May Day, May Day Fri, 21 May 2010 13:37:52 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7764 Robert Walter makes a good point, that ownership or at least, as was done in Curitiba Brazil, the option to remodel and customize public housing space for one's own needs, and permanence, resulted there at least, in a more rooted set of residents. Having said that, this is not a public housing project. Any use of the word "project" as was instantly done by The Daily Rag framed the discussion of this topic in a negative connotation for the entire reading public that isn't even directly affected by this development. This appears to be quite a step above any purely private corporate apartment "complex" or as I would prefer to call it, a "compound" such as the ones constructed over in Freetown. If that project is informative to neighborhood fears towards what is expected to happen, it is no surprise that so many are at caution about this. Our historical record of action is not good, and we have few to no examples especially in Lafayette with which to counter this "project" mentality in our own minds. One other thing, I'm not sure what conservatrice was applauding my first comment for, but what I'd like to say here is that it seems strange that so many believe this development would degenerate into housing for the shiftless and unskilled labor force, and the plethora of negative stereotypical personality types, when the requirements to get in are certainly not poverty wages. Last I checked, many of our skilled, college educated service level workers don't clear this 60% of the average income level in Lafayette, seeing as that our local economy is somewhat bloated by high-end medical salaries, oilfield sector wages and being a center of law and banking for the region. I think there then is too much alarmism from many persons with respect to nature of your fellow citizens that would be eligible for, and WOULD DESIRE TO LIVE IN an urban loft arrangement such as this. Not everyone wants to live in a detached single family home dwelling (though cottages on small lots are attractive to my own sensibilities.) - Jason D. Faulk Fri, 21 May 2010 13:26:24 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7757 Re: Melmel I love that quote and use it often, but I'll tell you these facts are real: 1. I am a musician and could never live in a place like that. 2. I don't know any other musicians that would choose to. 3. All my artist buddies live in modest places with their own character, little gardens, eclectic collections, etc. You know, places creative people like and are inspired to be in. 4. The price point is way off, because places like the aforementioned are already available at the same price or cheaper than these apartments. 5. Cramming a bunch of people into one tight space does not make crime go down. - Dennis Fri, 21 May 2010 11:02:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7755 I like the idea of better development downtown but there are areas of concern: ongoing, upkeep, parking, and the design. Why build something that looks so out of place in an old downtown? Make it fit in. Also, if proper care is not given to ongoing upkeep, it will just degenerate into a 'housing project,' meaning a further blight to the area. Remember, when they redid Jefferson, they didn't foresee all of the bars moving in and now, the cross-generational nightlife they envisioned (visiting restaurants, galleries, etc) was overwhelmed by the "Bourbon Street" of bars for the 20-something. Buffalo New York tried something similar but their method was to promote the creationof small single family neighborhoods with ways for residents to own the home. Ownership builds pride. I fear the money could be better spent creating a more appealing neighborhood (one that requires existing landlords maintain their property) of small single-family housing. - Robert Walter Fri, 21 May 2010 10:35:42 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7753 not to take away concerns, those which are legitimate; here's a caution: someone once told me that the acronym of FEAR could mean, FALSE EVENTS APPEARING REAL. - MEMEL Fri, 21 May 2010 09:36:28 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7741 NPO'S future, and the future job security of their employee's can only be secured by a constant begging, and publically spoofing of assistance to the underpriveliged, its just odd that nowdays the underprivileged, ( In this scenario, earn much more than the national poverty level citizen ). Someday the downtown will be like the Goliad Apartments in Houston,a Drug Addict or Drug Dealer in every apartment.......But, the Acadian Outreach must have a project going, else how can they divvy-up the governments Golden Eggs ? - Northsidian Shotgun Fri, 21 May 2010 00:14:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/6241-a-fighting-chance#comment-7730 MESSAGE TO UPPER LAFAYETTE: HUD litigation: The Court bolstered its ruling with 160 pages of "Supplemental Findings" that chart HUD's role in decades of decisions that effectively restricted low income minority families to segregated neighborhoods in the central city. In conclusion, the Court announced that: It is high time that HUD lives up to its statutory mandate to consider the effect of its policies on the racial and social-economic composition of the surrounding area... How about development SOUTHSIDE?!! - realitychecks Thu, 20 May 2010 16:43:40 +0100