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Rendering of proposed mixed use project at Cleveland Avenue and East 5th Street. |
Approval by the Zoning Board of Adjustment this past Wednesday of a mixed-use project for the Bradford's Wreck-a-mended building at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and East 5th Street raises a the question of whether this is a 'canary in the coal mine' case.
Canaries were used by miners in the past to give them an advance warning of deadly gases in the mines. The canaries would expire long before the gas was noticed by miners.
The phrase has come to mean an event or circumstance that gives warning of a larger issue.
In this case, the matter is parking.
The building is planned to have 18 rental apartments: 9 one-bedroom and 9 2-bedroom. Plus a store and a bakery.
Yet the plan calls for only 11 on-site parking spaces. The issue was raised by members of the board, but it did not deflect them from voting unanimously to approve the application.
Think about it. Parking will be required not only by residents, but employees of the bakery and the additional retail space that is planned.
This alone makes the number of spaces allotted suspect of being inadequate.
Whether or not this is a 'canary in the coal mine' will depend on what parking arrangements are proposed as more developments in this 'Arts District' come forward.
At least, though, it seems one mystery has been solved: Why the block of Cleveland Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets was recently turned from one-way to a two-way street.
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