Comments on: Proposed Marriott Residence Inn on Orange Street http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/05/14/proposed-marriott-residence-inn-on-orange-street/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:48:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jef Nickerson http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/05/14/proposed-marriott-residence-inn-on-orange-street/#comment-25078 Jef Nickerson Wed, 14 May 2008 18:16:56 +0000 http://www.gcpvd.org/?p=194#comment-25078 Ashley, The Sierra Suites has rebranded itself as <a href="http://www.hotel-sierra.com" title="Hotel Sierra" rel="nofollow">Hotel Sierra</a> and is no longer an extended stay property. Coincidentally though, Aram Garabedian is also involved in the development of Hotel Sierra. While in the Hotel Sierra case, we would also have preferred that Beverly Street remain intact for public access (even only as a pedestrian way), the Hotel Sierra has a much better urban form than the Marriott proposal as it stands now. The Hotel Sierra is proposed to be built to the street, has no surface parking, and the design of the building has improved dramatically through the DRC review process. Hopefully Mr. Garabedian will see to it that Orange Street does not need to be abandoned and that the surface parking at the Residence Inn should only be created as a temporary solution to the hotel's needs, so that GC:PVD can change it's opinion on this project. Ashley,
The Sierra Suites has rebranded itself as Hotel Sierra and is no longer an extended stay property. Coincidentally though, Aram Garabedian is also involved in the development of Hotel Sierra.

While in the Hotel Sierra case, we would also have preferred that Beverly Street remain intact for public access (even only as a pedestrian way), the Hotel Sierra has a much better urban form than the Marriott proposal as it stands now. The Hotel Sierra is proposed to be built to the street, has no surface parking, and the design of the building has improved dramatically through the DRC review process.

Hopefully Mr. Garabedian will see to it that Orange Street does not need to be abandoned and that the surface parking at the Residence Inn should only be created as a temporary solution to the hotel’s needs, so that GC:PVD can change it’s opinion on this project.

]]> By: Jen Coleslaw http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/05/14/proposed-marriott-residence-inn-on-orange-street/#comment-25077 Jen Coleslaw Wed, 14 May 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.gcpvd.org/?p=194#comment-25077 No Surface Parking Downtown. There's no way the abandonment meets the sniff test of "in the public interest." There are several hotel developments in the works for the city. What is the point of saturation, especially in this economy? No Surface Parking Downtown.

There’s no way the abandonment meets the sniff test of “in the public interest.”

There are several hotel developments in the works for the city. What is the point of saturation, especially in this economy?

]]> By: Ashley http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/05/14/proposed-marriott-residence-inn-on-orange-street/#comment-25073 Ashley Wed, 14 May 2008 15:33:11 +0000 http://www.gcpvd.org/?p=194#comment-25073 There is a Sierra Suites Extended Stay Hotel being built at 103 Washington Street. Swallowing up the side street between the to-be-built hotel and the parking garage, effectively making the street a driveway. This is the former site of Talk of the Town and Cuban Revolution. There is a Sierra Suites Extended Stay Hotel being built at 103 Washington Street. Swallowing up the side street between the to-be-built hotel and the parking garage, effectively making the street a driveway. This is the former site of Talk of the Town and Cuban Revolution.

]]> By: Jim Rizzo http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/05/14/proposed-marriott-residence-inn-on-orange-street/#comment-25059 Jim Rizzo Wed, 14 May 2008 13:09:04 +0000 http://www.gcpvd.org/?p=194#comment-25059 Wow! This is even worse than I thought originally. I had thought the building was going to take up a whole parking lot and the smaller lot would be used. I didn't realize the building was planned to straddle Orange St. That's horrible! Wow! This is even worse than I thought originally. I had thought the building was going to take up a whole parking lot and the smaller lot would be used. I didn’t realize the building was planned to straddle Orange St. That’s horrible!

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