Comments on: Stand Up for the Chalmers Building http://flippinamsterdam.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/stand-up-for-the-chalmers-building/ My take on the Pythonesque experience of living in Amsterdam, NY with excursions into politics, economics, rationality, banality, lunacy, idiocy and policy. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:55:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Chalmers Redux « Flippin’ Amsterdam NY http://flippinamsterdam.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/stand-up-for-the-chalmers-building/#comment-367 Chalmers Redux « Flippin’ Amsterdam NY Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:36:13 +0000 http://flippinamsterdam.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-367 [...] kaufman |   I posted a while back on my support for the repurposing of the Chalmers building (here). I’d like to reemphasize a point in my piece(emphasis [...] [...] kaufman |   I posted a while back on my support for the repurposing of the Chalmers building (here). I’d like to reemphasize a point in my piece(emphasis [...]

]]> By: I Suck « Flippin’ Amsterdam NY http://flippinamsterdam.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/stand-up-for-the-chalmers-building/#comment-131 I Suck « Flippin’ Amsterdam NY Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:25:44 +0000 http://flippinamsterdam.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-131 [...] guess what’s upsetting to Mr. Lazarou was my criticism of his piece on the Chalmers building. I happened to advocate for Kaufman’s proposal to [...] [...] guess what’s upsetting to Mr. Lazarou was my criticism of his piece on the Chalmers building. I happened to advocate for Kaufman’s proposal to [...]

]]> By: worker in schenectady http://flippinamsterdam.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/stand-up-for-the-chalmers-building/#comment-7 worker in schenectady Wed, 07 May 2008 20:17:32 +0000 http://flippinamsterdam.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-7 With Golubs new HQ and GE hiring more people and the eventual arrival of SemaTech and perhaps AMD, Amsterdam is in a good spot for people to live who embrace some thing besides the clifton parks of the world. Sure, it is not a layup communte, but it is on the river and might have some romance to a buyer. You need a mix of resy and decent shops/cafes to draw some folks and I think that you need the livable units first and let the entrepreneurs come shortly after with their cafe's and restaurants. If you are a possible cafe owner, would you rather take a risk with no plans for upscale clients, or when there is a plan? Others in urban planning say to bring in the eats and art galleries first and the rest will follow...it is a fine line. But it is not like Amsterdam is detroit either With Golubs new HQ and GE hiring more people and the eventual arrival of SemaTech and perhaps AMD, Amsterdam is in a good spot for people to live who embrace some thing besides the clifton parks of the world.

Sure, it is not a layup communte, but it is on the river and might have some romance to a buyer.

You need a mix of resy and decent shops/cafes to draw some folks and I think that you need the livable units first and let the entrepreneurs come shortly after with their cafe’s and restaurants.

If you are a possible cafe owner, would you rather take a risk with no plans for upscale clients, or when there is a plan?

Others in urban planning say to bring in the eats and art galleries first and the rest will follow…it is a fine line. But it is not like Amsterdam is detroit either

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