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Stanford submits updated plans for 500 El Camino Real development in Menlo Park
Original post made on Feb 27, 2017
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Posted by ronald
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Feb 27, 2017 at 1:48 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Feb 27, 2017 at 1:48 pm
This is all happening too fast.
Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Feb 27, 2017 at 2:10 pm
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a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Feb 27, 2017 at 2:10 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"This is all happening too fast."
Yeah, it has taken almost 8 YEARS to get to this point!!!
Posted by ronald
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Feb 27, 2017 at 2:22 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Feb 27, 2017 at 2:22 pm
My ironic point, Peter.
Posted by really?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Feb 27, 2017 at 4:30 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Feb 27, 2017 at 4:30 pm
Can we just put an end to all this Spanish revival schlock? It's getting really corny, especially now that Greenheart is moving forward.
Posted by MPer
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Feb 27, 2017 at 6:52 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Feb 27, 2017 at 6:52 pm
Realllt your right the current buildings on ECR are way more attractive. Who wants style when you can have dilapidated boxes with zero character.
So tired of the "architecture critics" poo pooing every thing while ECR & downtown look like crap.
Posted by really?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Feb 28, 2017 at 8:41 am
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Feb 28, 2017 at 8:41 am
Poo pooing? I protest. I'm very happy to see the lots get filled as quickly as possible and certainly not taking the M road. But why is it that Stanford produces world-class buildings and projects for themselves, but leaves us with their low-brow junk? If filling vacant lots it the upper limit of our desires, then we deserve what we get. But I'm just saying it could be a lot better, not using Safeway as their design example.
Posted by observer
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:46 am
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:46 am
215 rental units? What is the average range of rental prices per month? Are these low-income or high-end? There is a big difference.
Posted by Where have you been?
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Feb 28, 2017 at 1:23 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Feb 28, 2017 at 1:23 pm
Oh my dear Villagers. Stanford has taken us for fools and Spanish low Brow is exactly what the center of the tech world thinks we can handle. Imagine corporate malls along high way 580. Clock towers and arches into the gathering spaces. This design is right out of architecture 101 back in 1982. It's either this or glass boxes a la Cupertino.
Affordable housing? Silly man. These are residential units for Stanford affiliates. Every 6 to 10 months Menlo Park gets an "update" from Stanford and this one is no different from the last. The Stanford affiliate residential units might help with our growing traffic congestion because Stanford will schlep tenants between this development and campus. The office component is a money maker for Stanford and will add to their growing endowment.
Posted by be a better neighbor
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Mar 1, 2017 at 3:38 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Mar 1, 2017 at 3:38 pm
maybe the rental housing will be for people who work on the expanding stanford campus, but that only means there might be less traffic from that new growth, not less traffic overall.
plus, the office buildings will add more commuters. stanford should put in more housing and less office. All their offices mid-peninsula bring more congestion because they aren't providing enough housing for their own much less their for-profit offices. How about being a better neighbor, stanford?
