Why we should tear down the tennis courts and build BBQ grills

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Re: Why we should tear down the tennis courts and build BBQ grills

Posted by jrojas at June 02. 2008

This is how much the outdoor renovation is going to cost:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTmXHvGZiSY


Just kidding.  We should definitely do a serious study on the cost of upgrading our outdoor space because we will all get a great bang for our buck.  Plus it would be a space that many of the residents will use.



Re: Why we should tear down the tennis courts and build BBQ grills

Posted by chris at June 02. 2008

I'll see Jake's 5 cents and add my own 2 cents:




I think the tennis court and patio area is really underutilized.  I'm not a tennis player but I'm very active, and in 10 years I never once used the courts.  Now if there was an attractive BBQ or sitting / sunning area, well I went sunning and laid down in goose poop at Gantry Park probably 30-40 times over the years and my wife twice as much.  An attractive, well designed outdoor area would cost money but would overall increase the value of the building and our apartments...and probably piss off the hard core tennis players to no end (not that I intentionally want to do this, just stating the facts).  A pool would be interesting but I'm sure it's prohibitively expensive to build and then to maintain so while that would be cool I think its probably an unrealistic stretch.  If anything was done their our model should be the original Avalon building.


Re: Why we should tear down the tennis courts and build BBQ grills

Posted by new2lic at June 02. 2008

Curbed had some good pics of the Rockrose roof deck - here is that link. 


http://curbed.com/archives/2008/05/02/queens_gets_a_hot_dose_of_miami.php


Personally, I think that this kind of useable outdoor space is a much bigger attraction to a much wider group of the Citylights population or potential buyers than the tennis courts could possibly be. 



Re: Why we should tear down the tennis courts and build BBQ grills

Posted by pete at June 02. 2008

Previously new2lic wrote:



Personally, I think that this kind of useable outdoor space is a much bigger attraction to a much wider group of the Citylights population or potential buyers than the tennis courts could possibly be. 




EXACTLY!!!!!


Re: Why we should tear down the tennis courts and build BBQ grills

Posted by Jake at June 02. 2008
There is plenty of space up there to make nice before taking out the tennis courts. If they did the top L shaped area, it would be great.

Jake
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