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130 E Clinton St Planting Plan

July 2, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

I’ll admit- I don’t know much about trees or plants, but here’s the planting plan submission and existing survey of the plants on the parcel for this project. Essentially, there’s nothing rare or unusual, and the planting plan looks quite respectful. At the planning board meeting there was some concern that the existing trees may be old growth, but it’s clear from the report that there isn’t any evidence of that. The development team indicated that there were significant remains of previous structures that had turned up in the soil study as well, like pieces of what was once a staircase, and probably a house or a shed.

 

Thurston Ave Minor Site Plan Revisions

July 1, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Just some minor changes to the site plan here: curb and signage revisions from HOLT for RABCO Highland House’s project next door to their existing apartment complex. This project hasn’t changed all that much since its first site plan submission, probably because of few objections to the plans; definitely a “fitting addition.”

 

130 E Clinton St Feasibility Analyses

June 28, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Inevitably in the Site Plan Review Process, the subject of this project being situated on a challenging grade came up (35 degrees in some areas), and the developers have prepared an impressive study showing how this will be accomplished. The main obstacle is assessing what’s called “global slope stability,” which is the assessment of the overall strength of the slope. The project must be constructed and engineered so that the top layers do not slide with the additional weight of construction equipment and the buildings themselves.
Gary Wood, an engineer in Ithaca conducted the study with the assistance of several specialist contractors (Nothnagle Drilling, TG Miller PC, Ravi Engineering, and information provided by the City from Bermingham Construction for the 1992 Police Station build next door).
The primary implications for the project include the planned deployment of soil monitors that will detect any shifts of the slope during construction, and that the foundations will be constructed “cast-in-place” (dug out, then poured on-site). See the third PDF section for a sketch of the excavation plan sequence and the fourth for the building construction sequence.

 

 

 

Cayuga Place Two Renders & Elevations

June 27, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

These elevations and rendering were released last year by Bloomfield/Schon + Partners, the developers. Not sure what the status is currently, but there’s been some minor site prep (see photos).

Seneca Way Final SPR Attachments

June 27, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Here are the final Site Plan Review attachments on this project. The first PDF contains the site plans and various renderings, and the second PDF contains manufacturer cut sheets and finish details. I hadn’t seen these cut sheets before- it looks as if the sun shades referenced here are the shades for all the eastern, southern and western window headers, and the metal roofing tiles will go on the hipped roofing on the northern side.

 

Site plans and renders:

Cut sheets and finish materials:

City Transportation Comments on Current Projects & Purity Responses

June 25, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

See below- some comments from Tim Logue, the City Transportation Engineer on Harold’s Square, Purity, and 130 East Clinton St. Major concerns pointed out here are: during construction, the Harold’s Square project would be occupying southern portions containing easements for neighboring properties, Purity’s initial planned driveway from Meadow St. is a no-go with the NYSDOT, and 130 East Clinton Street’s possible effect on the new Clinton St. retaining wall.

Here is the response letter from John Snyder Architects on the Purity Project:

130 E Clinton St Additional Renders

June 25, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

A couple of these views have been incorporated in the revised site plan materials, but some have not, so here they are. As Ithacating noted, the design has been altered to look more boxy than before, and the hipped roofs are gone. In addition (to be posted shortly), the planning board has expressed concern about the project’s impact on the newly-installed retaining wall on Clinton St, specifically during construction.

Harold’s Square Historic Context & Project Schedule

June 24, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Here are some interesting documents for the Harold’s Square project: the first is a letter from Chaintreuil | Jensen | Stark Architects on the historic considerations being made for the development, and the second is the project schedule by Taylor, The Builders (whom I assume is going to be the general contractor). According to this timeline, we’ll see the fence going up this September, and the doors open at the end of April, 2015.

Seneca Way Site Photos

June 23, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Here’s a new render of this project that was posted on Warren Real Estate’s Facebook Page.

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More framing work is coming along, and it looks as if the new sewer line is just about complete, since the excavation path nearly reaches from Aurora to the project. Good news, since traffic got pretty bad during the day.

Breckenridge Place Site Photos

June 20, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Western facade looks completed, and they’re closing in on completing the eastern half of the northern side. I imagine that doing the eastern and southern sides will be more tricky since there’s less room to maneuver the lifts and those sides have Seneca St. and Cayuga Street. Cayuga’s side has a decent setback, but Seneca is State Route 79, so beyond the setback and parking lane, it’s typically fast moving cars and truck traffic, which has been held-up further east for a couple weeks with the new sewer and water service work for the Seneca Way project.