Apple's Proposed New Headquarters In Cupertino

[dales]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... .DTL&tsp=1

12,000 workers?

The traffic congestion around this proposed monstrosity is terrible, already.

12,000 commuters will produce gridlock on an unparalled scale.

(btw: Cupertino is one of the most expensive places in the Bay Area in which to live)

[Scooter]

It's not 12,000 new workers.

It's the 2,800 workers in its current headquarters (which is only a few blocks away from this site) plus all those housed in rented space around town. How do all those workers get around town now?

[dales]

The concentration of 12k workers will be logistical nightmare as far as traffic congestion is concerned.

I lived in Cupertino for several years and am very familiar with the EXACT location of the proposed site.

If this was going to be built near CalTrains line in Santa Clara (were there is far more space and a rail line) it would make sense.

Cupertino is small with already congested freeways and surface streets for ingress and egress.

Stupid plan.

[Scooter]

Do they own the land where you would prefer they buiid? Is the owner of that property willing to take an even swap with the land they own at this site?

I mean, the entire town is only 10.9 square miles and has a resident population density of almost 5,200/sq.mile - I guessing there's not a lot of empty space that's just waiting for development.

[dales]

H-P owned the land, Apple purchsed it and will construct their new digs if everything goes according to Jobs' plan.

btw: the city of Cupertino is giddy with excitement over this.

So are a lot of people in the Silicon Valley from what I've read in the local e-editions.

Since Apple is flush with cash, a series of free shuttles from surrounding areas would help with the traffic on city streets.

[loCAtek]

Cupertino isn't much more than industrial parks these days; part of that non-geological Silicon Valley, you her so much about. In California's economy, not much else, from malls to municipals, survives there.

'Residents' are nearly an endangered species; which is why they'd welcome another industrial earner in order to stay on the map.

IMHO

[dales]

?

[loCAtek]

Cupertino Square Mall, formerly known as Vallco Fashion Park, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September of 2008. After months of litigation, the Chapter 11 restructuring proceeding was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation proceeding.

and;

Foreclosures Cupertino

and;

Marie Callender's Restaurant Closes After 39 Years in Cupertino


Etc.

[dales]

Sad news.

I blew out of Santa Clara County in 1998 and never looked back.