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Window getting ready to close -
January 29, 2012 by
Mr HomeBuilder
With the weather having taken a turn for the worst, and the
temperatures in and around Burnley having dropped alarmingly,
it's the time when we could do with the windows well and truly
closed.
Football's window, the January transfer window, remains very
much open and with only three days to go after today it's
expected that, as is usually the case, there will be a lot of
activity as clubs make their final plans for the remainder of
the season.
Often it's said that January signings are overpriced and not
quite so successful as those made during the summer. Cast your
mind back to a year ago and the two biggest signings were those
of Fernando Torres from Liverpool to Chelsea and
Andy Carroll who moved from Newcastle United as Torres' replacement at
Anfield.
Torres had scored 17 goals for Liverpool in 2010. He'd already
scored 4 for them in January 2011 before his move. Since that
big £50m transfer he's netted just five times for Chelsea.
Likewise, Carroll's 2010 brought him 26 Newcastle goals. He's
scored a total of six for Liverpool since they spent 70% of the
Torres money on him.
Maybe then, Burnley are getting it just about right by not
involving themselves too much in the January window. Chairman
Barry Kilby has often said it is not the best time to do
business and if you look back we've been a reluctant player in
terms of new permanent players.
The first time we were restricted by the windows was in the
2005/06 season. There were no permanent signings in January
2006 and that was also the case in 2008 and 2009. The missing
year, 2007, saw three players come in; the return of Ade
Akinbiyi, Joey Gudjonsson and Steven Caldwell whilst the last
two years have been exceptional because of the changes in
manager.
Two years ago Brian Laws came in to replace Owen Coyle and last
year Eddie Howe was appointed with Laws having gone at the end
of December, less than a year after his appointment. In both
years there were two new permanent signings as the new managers
took their first steps in shaping the team.
Thankfully we don't have that upheaval this year and that has
allowed Burnley and Howe to have a much better planned January.
There have, at the time of writing, been two permanent signings
but neither are new players to us.
On the third day of the year we confirmed the signing of Kieran
Trippier on a three and a half year deal, this coming half way
through the player's season long loan from Manchester City.
That signing certainly met with the approval of the majority of
Burnley fans as did that of Ben Mee just two weeks later. Mee,
like Trippier, was on a season long loan from Manchester City
and he followed in his team mate's footsteps by signing a three
and a half year deal with the club.
Interestingly, Howe said that he is always looking at a
potential permanent signing when he brings a player in on loan.
Both have done well and Howe has got his men now long term.
The only other business has seen some young players go out on
loan and a couple of unwanted players having their contracts
terminated while Josh McQuoid has arrived on a three month loan
deal from Millwall to fill the gaps created by the injuries
to Martin Paterson and Junior Stanislas coupled with the loss
of Sam Vokes who's returned to Wolves.
Howe has hinted that will be it, but is it? Will there be
anything else? If there is to be we haven't much time. Tomorrow
is Sunday when business is unlikely to be done and Tuesday is
match day for the Championship and we've more important things
to be looking at as we prepare for a game at Nottingham Forest.
I'm sure he'd like to bring in more players, which manager
wouldn't? He said that we can't afford it, and also stressed
that we can't afford to lose anyone either. That, hopefully,
has dampened all the speculation regarding Jay Rodriguez. How
much longer Jay Rod will be a Burnley player we can only
speculate, but I'm sure we'll all be delighted if he's still
ours on Wednesday and I think he will be.
There has been so much talk about Jay recently. A number of
Premier League clubs have been linked with him and today Tyrone
Mears, a former team mate, has suggested he could eventually be
destined for a top four club.
If and when Jay Rod does leave the deal will definitely come
close to the club's transfer record, that of Steven Fletcher to
Wolves, if it doesn't beat it.
I also think Keith Treacy will still be here. Speculation
mounted last week when it was reported that he was at the Notts
County v Preston game with his manager. That was somewhat
twisted. Yes, both were at the game but not together. Howe was
with Jason Tindall.
That immediately prompted suggestions that Treacy was on his
way back to Deepdale with Adam Barton coming this way. Later
news recorded that Treacy could be set for a loan move to
Sheffield Wednesday.
It's a strange one. The Republic of Ireland international has
been in and out of the team in this, his first season at Turf
Moor. He's started 13 league games but his longest run in the
starting eleven is just five games. We've seen glimpses of what
he's capable of and right now, with Stanislas out, he should be
ensuring he gets in the team and stays in.
Howe has rubbished any talk of him leaving and said: “Keith
won’t be going anywhere. It’s important we reiterate our desire
to keep the whole squad together. Everyone has got a part to
play in the run-in.”
Even so, I still think there could be just a little bit of
business before the window closes on Tuesday night, and if so
it must surely centre on Derry City left back Danny Lafferty.
He's been with us this week and played in a behind closed doors
game at Wolves. He's a left back; it's a position Howe is keen
to strengthen so if he's impressed then maybe he will be our
last signing of this window.
Lafferty for Burnley - I'd better start collecting phone
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By
Andrew Barksdale
Staff writer
Another major private investment is planned for Bragg Boulevard
by the developer of the Villagio luxury apartments.
Fayetteville businessman Rajan Shamdasani unveiled his plans
last week for a $3.5 million office building called The
Palazzo. The three-story building, to be on vacant land in
front of the apartments, will feature Mediterranean-style
stucco, a rooftop garden with palm trees and a cupola.
The upscale building would be in sharp contrast to much of the
boulevard's landscape of used car dealers, older storefronts
and empty lots north of Sycamore Dairy Road.
Shamdasani opened the Villagio apartments last fall. The
Italian-inspired complex is a $20 million investment, separate
from the commercial building being proposed.
In 2009, the city and county awarded tax incentives for the
apartment complex with a combined worth of about $500,000 over
five years. Local officials hope the residential project sparks
a revitalization to the boulevard corridor.
Shamdasani said he'll apply for additional tax incentives for
The Palazzo. He hopes to start construction by the end of this
year. The building will have 31,300 square feet.
"This building will only enhance the value of what we are doing
out there and what we are seeing happening on Bragg Boulevard,"
said Shamdasani, president of American Uniform Sales.
Already, "for sale" signs have begun popping up along the
boulevard in the vicinity of Villagio.
Ranny Nimocks, a commercial real estate agent who has property
listed on the boulevard, said any new construction has a
positive impact on property values and attracts other
development.
The first phase of Villagio was completed last year. Of the 105
available units, 81 have been leased, Shamdasani said. Monthly
rents range from $770 to $1,420. Construction on a second phase
is expected to begin this summer, with two buildings and a
total of 132 units.
Last year, Shamdasani solicited five designs from three firms
for his commercial building. He received input from people in
the community and those affiliated with the
Fayetteville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce. They helped
him select the winning design and name.
"It was my favorite choice," Shamdasani said.
He said he has a pending lease contract for the third floor
penthouse office, and he is looking to lease or sell other
space in the office building. The cupola is an ode to the
Market House, he said.
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Painter Sybil Hill is trying to move the American flags from
front porches to family rooms. The American Legion donated more
than 100 feathered and worn flags to her, which she uses to make
her artwork.
“I'm preserving them in my own way, by incorporating them into
my pieces,” Hill said.
She handles each flag with infinite care, covering it with rice
paper before she begins to paint on top of it.
The resulting pieces are very textured and layered.
“People are curious about her pieces because of the texture,”
said Rayla Kundolf of Masters Gallery.
The flags, and horses, are both reoccurring themes in Hill's
work.
“The horse is a metaphor for beauty, freedom, mystical
thoughts, and also a timeless force of our own spirit,” Hill
writes on her artist bio.
While the unique texture initially draws gallery visitors to
Hill's work, they often find a deeper meaning within.
“They love the patriotism and power that the flags represent
and then with the image of the horse, that adds to the
strength; (it) just resonates with people, not just Americans
but people all over the world,” Kundolf said.
“I like the emotional connection that people have with her
pieces, the rustic elements and raw honesty in the simple
images,” she continued.
Hill will be at Masters Gallery Friday and Saturday for an
exhibit of her work. Masters Gallery has carried her work since
July; she also has work in galleries in Dallas, Park City,
Utah and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Old wood, from fences and churches, is often the base of Hill's
paintings. She finishes most of her pieces with surfboard
resin, giving it a high gloss, chic look. On the back of each
piece, she puts a star, a dollar sign and a heart.
“The star is for spirit, the dollar sign is for prosperity and
the heart is for love,” Hill said. “They're simple symbols, but
they mean something. I like to put that out there. If you draw
a picture of a skull and dark things, you feel darkness coming
from it. I really believe that.”
Hill grew up in Dallas and now lives in Carbondale with her
10-year-old daughter.
“We get to see lots of wild life. I saw a golden eagle in my
back yard and now I'm painting a bald eagle for the show,” she
said.
In her former life, she managed high end retail stores, like
Ralph Lauren, in both Aspen and New York City, and was an art
dealer.
When her daughter was born, she wanted to be home with her and
she soon started painting.
“My work has a lot of Ralph Lauren influence in it,” Hill said.
“Watching horses running free, or a flag blowing in the wind,
those images moved me throughout my entire life.”
In the last eight years, she's sold more than 400 paintings,
she said.
“They started selling right from the start,” she said. “It was
meant to be.”
Recently Hill got a letter from a woman who had bought a
painting called “Unconditional Love,” of a mother horse and her
mare.
“She bought if for her son who was diagnosed with a rare blood
disease. She told me ‘this painting has hung outside of my
son's hospital room and has meant so much to us.' Her husband
was off in the military. Those are the things that make me
grateful. I'm able to support myself and I have this amazing
freedom to give back. Hopefully everyone one day will find
their gift.”
High Life Editor Caramie Schnell can be reached at 970-748-2984
or cschnell@vaildaily.com.
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The changing face of town houses -
January 28, 2012 by
Mr HomeBuilder
As the number of town houses in Seattle-area neighborhoods has
mushroomed in recent years, one particular design feature has
caught the eye of many a homebuyer and neighbor; the
"auto-court" parking area around which some town houses are
clustered.
With a central, cavelike driveway, often shaded by the town
houses' upper floors extending overhead, auto courts typically
consist of two rows of Smart Car-sized garages.
Rishad Quazi lives in a town-house complex with auto-court
parking in the Broadview neighborhood of Seattle.
He is happy with his home, particularly the relatively large
back yard, which he estimated at about 20-by-30 feet, the
newness of the home when he moved in, and the fact that his is
an end unit, with only one wall adjoining another home.
Quazi parks his car in his garage, though he said that it was
tricky at first to maneuver his vehicle — at the time a Hyundai
hatchback — into the small space.
"I scratched it on both sides before I figured out my correct
angle of approach and my proper visual markers to get the car
in correctly," he said.
Some of his neighbors choose to park on the street, he said,
due to the tight configuration of their auto court.
The high cost of land, the push toward density, and earlier
building code requiring off-street parking have all contributed
to the proliferation of auto-court town-house development.
Town houses are meant to squeeze more dwellings into tight
places. Taking up less space means that town houses are more
attractively priced compared with free-standing homes.
For example, an upscale three-bedroom, three-bath,
1,730-square-foot town house built in 2006 in Fremont was
recently listed for $479,000.
It's on a block where the land alone under a single-family
house was assessed for a higher amount, according to county
property-tax records.
Though popular for their affordability and relatively new
construction, town-house design sometimes has appeared more
awkward than functional.
A recent building code update in Seattle intends to change
this, by favoring features such as front porches and common
outdoor space instead of auto courts.
The Seattle City Council last year updated its
multifamily-building code with new rules and incentives that
steer development away from the auto-court style of town house
and toward row houses, cottages, and apartments.
In place of car-oriented auto courts, the code update
encourages visible pedestrian entry doors and more windows
facing the street. These features aim to connect homes and
their residents with neighbors and communities.
In addition, a system of "floor-area ratio" incentives allows
the building of slightly larger units on the same size lot if
developers choose dwelling types other than auto-court town
houses.
The code update also allows common outdoor space in town-house
complexes, rather than requiring individual, enclosed yards.
And in certain areas with frequent transit service, multifamily
complexes do not have to include parking for each unit.
To arrive at its final update, the council took feedback from
the public. Councilmember Sally Clark hosted a neighborhood
forum in 2008 titled "Townhomes — Can the Patient be Saved?"
and drew on input from neighborhood groups and developers.
Among citizens speaking up was Bill Zosel, a resident of
central Seattle's Squire Park neighborhood. He felt too many
formulaic, auto-court style town houses were popping up in his
community. He brought to Clark at another meeting a photo of an
auto-court development with a red circle around it and diagonal
line striking through it; the graphic symbol for "No."
Interviewed recently, Zosel said he objected to what he called
the auto-court town houses' "diminished relationship to the
street."
Most of the existing single-family homes in his neighborhood,
he said, have "useful front doors and ground-level living space
facing the street." By contrast, the only visible entrance to
many auto-court complexes is the driveway.
Some areas outside Seattle have stricter rules regarding town
house developments. Snohomish County updated its multifamily
code in 2009 with new design standards that aim to foster
attractive streetscapes and architectural design that blends
into existing neighborhoods.
The code update was written "with Seattle's auto-court issue in
mind," said Clay White, director of Snohomish County Planning
and Development Services.
Under the new standards, "auto-court style town houses cannot
be developed" he said.
Auto courts have been much less of an issue in Bellevue. The
city has not experienced the same proliferation of auto-court
town-house projects as Seattle has, according to Carol Helland,
Bellevue's land-use director, who said: "We've had relatively
robust design expectations in place for some time."
Such design concerns, however, aren't necessarily a priority
for many people who buy town houses. Price, location and newer
construction are what count.
Meredith Spacie and her husband, Tom, bought their auto-court
town house in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood in 2008, though
they did not set out looking for a town house in particular.
"Our most important element was neighborhood and location and
not having to do any work on the house before it was
satisfactorily livable," Spacie said. "There were really no
single-family homes in our price range that fit those
characteristics."
Based on what she recalled seeing at the time, Spacie estimated
they paid at least $100,000 less for their town house compared
with a similarly-sized single-family house in move-in
condition.
Most of the neighbors in their complex of eight town houses do
park their cars in their auto-court garages, but the Spacies do
not.
"Our garage is no tougher to get into than anyone else's,"
Spacie said. "We basically just have too much stuff and are
using it for storage."
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