New construction on south duff

[ImJustKCClone]

Good gawd. Mattresses and auto parts in the same store? That's brilliant. Throw a Farrell's studio in there, and Duff Avenue will be bumper to bumper from the hospital down to Huxley.

...it already is...

 

[bigdaddykane]

I miss happy joes. And the old bowling alley, I hate perfect games.

 

[khehr]

They built a freakin mountain! The base of the new construction (the actual building) is higher than the roof of the car rental place next door.

I have name it Mt. Happy Joes and placed a flag there to make it official.

 

[VeloClone]

They built a freakin mountain! The base of the new construction (the actual building) is higher than the roof of the car rental place next door.

I have name it Mt. Happy Joes and placed a flag there to make it official.

That's good. They will probably put all of the critical mechanical in the basement though.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Ames - where pushing off future flood waters down the street is quality engineering.

 

[Clonebydesign]

This is a pretty good interactive map if you are wondering about development in Ames (not everything is on there but much of it is): https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z-8hRyso-nus.kRW11K__jWLI

Hey I'm on that map and also not on South Duff!

 

[3TrueFans]

Hey I'm on that map and also not on South Duff!

Now if you could just open in the next hour so I could walk across the street for a beer that'd be great.

 

[cyco2000]

Ames - where pushing off future flood waters down the street is quality engineering.

More like:

Ames, where everyone that isn't an engineer knows more than an engineer, no matter the topic.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

More like:

Ames, where everyone that isn't an engineer knows more than an engineer, no matter the topic.

Or I know exactly what I'm talking about in this instance.

 

[cyclone87]

Chick-fil-a is going into vacant lot at 230 South Duff next to Jiffy Lube.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

More like:

Ames, where everyone that isn't an engineer knows more than an engineer, no matter the topic.

Where was I wrong? Are they NOT building in a flood plain?

 

[Deleted member 6804]

Why does everything have to be on South Duff?

Middle of Squaw Creek and the Skunk watershed makes flooding more interesting.

 

[TOFB4ISU]

I could write for days on this subject but will only say that I fear someday of lives being lost in flash flooding on south Duff, or around Hilton or the Jack for that matter.

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

The empty lot next to the Jiffy Lube on S. Duff is going to be a chik-fil-a apparently.

 

[Frak]

The empty lot next to the Jiffy Lube on S. Duff is going to be a chik-fil-a apparently.

That is awesome news.

 

[cyclonesurveyor]

I'm with you BDK. Ames is about the only town where all the commercial development is on the complete opposite side of town as the residential development.

Ames likes to think it is some progressive town but all they have the same suburban development as every other town PLUS a terribly planned commercial corridor.

Ankeny is just as bad IMO. except they have 2 horribly bad corridors with Delaware and Ankeny Blvd.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

This is a pretty good interactive map if you are wondering about development in Ames (not everything is on there but much of it is): https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z-8hRyso-nus.kRW11K__jWLI

That is an amazing map! Thank you!

 

[chuckd4735]

More like:

Ames, where everyone that isn't an engineer knows more than an engineer, no matter the topic.

Yeah you dont need to be an engineer to know how building in the floodplain works. In fact, quite a few people who are CFM's (Certified Floodplain Managers) in Iowa are not engineers.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Yeah you dont need to be an engineer to know how building in the floodplain works. In fact, quite a few people who are CFM's (Certified Floodplain Managers) in Iowa are not engineers.

Everyone knows a CFM is an engineering school wannabe!

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I wish the Chick Fil A would go back into the MU