Bath, Maine

[nomc]

50-unit Szanton Bath Uptown project

Great looking affordable housing project - proof you don't need 800 colors and textures. Great location too, overlooking a park (ok, behind the parking lot) and the library.

 

[Dr. StrangeHat]

I like it. Kind of reminds me of a smaller, more understated version of The Hiawatha Apartments in Portland.

 

[nomc]

Some design changes, but this broke ground

 

[W-4]

I miss the red on the entrance and the big windows on the connector.

 

[PlantArch]

I miss the red on the entrance and the big windows on the connector.

Definitely looked better in the previous renderings.

 

[matt.greeson]

Definitely looked better in the previous renderings.

This is definitely a victim of construction costs.

 

[Tom Nevers]

Took a couple of pictures of the project described in the first post this thread while passing through Bath today.

 

[Corey]

The Bath planning board bravely rejects the scourge of housing by protecting an unprofitable golf course from any other use until the end of time -

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/01...ping-golf-clubs-plan-for-housing-development/

 

[TC_zoid]

This is all dumb. Build the housing. If people want to play golf, golf courses will appear.

 

[cneal]

Bath's public housing agency making some big moves:

"With 17.28 acres to work with, Bath Housing plans to place up to 190 housing units on Congress Avenue."

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/09...s-housing-project-to-reshape-congress-avenue/

Phase one, with 48 apartments for the southern end of the site, has already been approved:

More info:
https://www.bathhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Congress-Corridor-Overview-6.6.2024.pdf