Changes

By J.P.

The cool swanky Artist Colony and all it’s fun nooks and crannys will be
gone forever soon. It will be replaced by what I call Yuppie Modern, a safe
non-threatning building. I know a lot of people are bummed about this but trust me, …

The cool swanky Artist Colony and all it’s fun nooks and crannies will be gone forever soon. It will be replaced by what I call Yuppie Modern, a safe non-threatening building. I know a lot of people are bummed about this but trust me, it could be much, much worse. The project is less Carlsbad and more Gaslamp than what I expected.

Here is the website to the architecture firm that designed the project: www.h2aarchitects.com

This building is going to look massive when it is finished. It will loom high above Encinitas Blvd. The story polls don’t tell the whole story.

I will miss the 1950′ slanted windows the most, I always loved those. If I owned this property I would have kept a lot of the existing elements instead of simply razing the whole area.

The existing site is home to some really beautiful trees. I hope the trees can be saved and moved instead of just getting chopped down. Maybe Quail Gardens can rescue them?

The project is called 101 Artists Lofts which is an odd name considering there probably isn’t a single local artist who will be able to afford the new rent. It’s kind of like when a developer bulldozes a hillside of oak tress and then calls the subdivision Old Oak Ranch Hills.

From the Coast News, Richard Sax, a Carlsbad attorney and developer, filed plans last year with the Planning Commission that show a proposed complex complete with underground parking, commercial space on the first floor and 19 two-story townhomes on the remaining floors. Upper decks would provide residents of the new development with views of the ocean and Cottonwood Creek Park. The 52,000-square-foot project is estimated to cost $23 million. The homes, ranging from one to three bedrooms, would start at $1 million according to Sax.

Hopefully for the new owners of the million dollar townhomes the city will get the Cottonwood Creek water treatment thingy working because right now that whole area smells like poo at night.