1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

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1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby grant1simons2 » March 14th, 2016, 3:17 pm

Stretching it for uptown, but there's a 4 story building proposed at 1900 Colfax on the HPC agenda

http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 175204.pdf

Uhhhhh

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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Postby Nathan » March 14th, 2016, 3:41 pm

I like it! Great units, good density, great use of the space, looks like good materials, I just wish they'd trim out the windows, the circles look all floating, and some trim would really help.

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Postby David Greene » March 14th, 2016, 3:43 pm

Huh. A colonial revival, a nondescript '60's-era apartment building and some kind of modern take on some sort of variety of somewhat Victorian in-between.

That said, I do like the scale of it very much. This is very good work to find a small empty lot and build something pretty good. We need more of this kind of thing (with a somewhat better design).

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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Postby min-chi-cbus » March 14th, 2016, 6:38 pm

Awesome -- keep it going!

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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Postby twincitizen » March 15th, 2016, 6:33 am

Anyone want to weigh in on why they would need two separate staircases? Please tell me that's not required by the building code...
Between the two staircases and elevator area, that takes up a good 30% of the floor area. Is this just not a very good layout, or is that just how this has to work?

What is the maximum scale of a building that you could do with no elevator? Couldn't the rear stair instead be external to the building, like a combined deck/fire escape stairway?

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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Postby Wedgeguy » March 15th, 2016, 6:53 am

I'd assume for fire code' If the is a fire in one stair case you have a second as backup. Even as small as it is, I would say that still holds true.

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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Postby seanrichardryan » March 15th, 2016, 8:45 am

Even the smallest apartments have front and rear staircases. I'd say the elevator is the extravagance.
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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Postby Wedgeguy » March 15th, 2016, 10:52 am

Even the smallest apartments have front and rear staircases. I'd say the elevator is the extravagance.
That I would say is a ADA requirement. But how anyone with a handicap/wheelchair could get around in a small apartment would be a feat in my eyes.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby grant1simons2 » April 12th, 2016, 12:19 pm

Updated drawings

http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 177826.pdf

Sketchup makes things look worse

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby mplser » April 12th, 2016, 12:55 pm

huh. is this owned by the same guy as the house on the corner? cause I know him.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby MNdible » April 12th, 2016, 3:25 pm

I don't claim to be an expert on the Fair Housing Act, but how does this have an elevator that requires stairs to get to it?

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby thatchio » April 12th, 2016, 11:04 pm

^ It looks like the back corridor on the first floor connects to the outside without any stairs. Didn't look like there were stairs outside on the backside, but I may have missed it.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby mattaudio » April 13th, 2016, 11:55 am

My understanding of Fair Housing Act would be that this building wouldn't even need an elevator if the two main-floor units were ADA accessible.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby MNdible » April 13th, 2016, 12:35 pm

Yeah, I think you're right.

Looking more closely at the plans, I think Thatchio is right about the accessible entry from the rear, so that must be how they're getting away with it.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby twincitizen » May 16th, 2016, 8:42 am

We must have missed it but the HPC denied this back on April 19, going against CPED's recommendation. The developer is appealing that decision to the City Council's Zoning & Planning Committee on 5/19: http://minneapolismn.gov/meetings/legis ... MSP-180042

My guess is that this is a slam dunk approval by the City Council, but we'll find out what Lisa Goodman decides on Thursday. If her practical side does win out (as I suspect) and she is in favor of the project, I wonder if she'll have any feisty words for the HPC...

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby EOst » May 16th, 2016, 8:56 am

I'd be happy to see this one die.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby RailBaronYarr » May 16th, 2016, 9:41 am

Any particular reason why? It's not even knocking down a worn-out 100+ year old building.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby mplsjaromir » May 16th, 2016, 9:45 am

I just realized I have some friends who live there.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby EOst » May 16th, 2016, 9:46 am

I'm hesitant to knock down any old building, sure, but I'm not opposed on principle. On the other hand, this is a city-designated historic landmark, and we're talking about putting a taller building right next door, on a site plan that would block most of the house's light and sightlines. That might be fine for a lot of old buildings, but this isn't just any old building.

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Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

Postby minntransplant » May 16th, 2016, 12:51 pm

We must have missed it but the HPC denied this back on April 19, going against CPED's recommendation. The developer is appealing that decision to the City Council's Zoning & Planning Committee on 5/19: http://minneapolismn.gov/meetings/legis ... MSP-180042

My guess is that this is a slam dunk approval by the City Council, but we'll find out what Lisa Goodman decides on Thursday. If her practical side does win out (as I suspect) and she is in favor of the project, I wonder if she'll have any feisty words for the HPC...
I sure hope so, otherwise this will likely discourage any development on this lot. Not sure what else would pass muster under the HPC's analysis. Wouldn't even a SFH present the same/similar concerns?


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