`SKY GARDEN' GLENDALE CONDOS EARN CITY COUNCIL NOD, PRAISE.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. -- Praising its unique architecture, city officials gave the initial go-ahead Tuesday Tuesday: see week. for a 24-story luxury condo project downtown. The Redevelopment Agency voted 4-0 to approve the project, but it will have to come back later for final approval. The building would sit in the 600 block of North Central Avenue, just south of the 134 (Ventura Ventura (vĕnt  `rə), city (1990 pop. 92,575), seat of Ventura co., SW Calif., on the Pacific coast in a farm and oil region; inc. 1866. ) Freeway.
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Each ``sky garden,'' as the developer is calling them, would have a different theme. Landscape architects have plans for a ``cloud garden,'' a ``forest garden'' and a ``night sky garden,'' among others. ``It's remarkably creative architecture. ... It will be another signature piece for Glendale,'' said Mayor Dave Weaver
The Weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical , who sits on the Redevelopment Agency along with his fellow council members. The building would have 287 units and would be narrow along the north and south sides, and wide along the east and west sides. ``How this architect has come up with this slim design is beyond me,'' City Councilman Frank Quintero said. ``I'm very impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: .'' In addition to the ``sky gardens'' incorporated in the building itself, the project would also have several rooftop gardens because parts of the building would be at different heights. The Redevelopment Agency already gave the project preliminary approval in November, but it had to come back before the panel again Tuesday because of new building standards the city has since adopted. The project is expected to come back before the agency for final approval before the end of the year. Construction would begin in 2007 and take two years. alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 CAPTION(S): map Map: 23-story condominium condominium In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. complex |
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