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Originally Posted by Keep-SA-Lame
How is it apples and oranges exactly? Its not confined within the old Brewery. The new Credit Human building was not part of the brewery. The new apartment building on Newell is outside the old brewery. The land they own across the river was not part of the old brewery. Also not sure why any of that matters? Grey Star is dealing with a pretty big chunk of land. Not as big as the Pearl, but big enough to where they're basically building a small neighborhood.
I did not demand a replication of the Pearl. To the extent I'm demanding anything, it's the use of the type of architectural language that the new buildings at the Pearl use. Arcades. The light colored brick. Etc. I would have the same criticism of the 1603 Broadway project, but that sort of thing is trickier to pull off in a high rise.
And for the record, it's not completely a blank slate, they're retaining that old one story commercial building next to 1800 Broadway at the corner of Pearl Pwky and the Pearl Pwky extension. Kudos to them for keeping it. It would be nice if they kept the old school on the site as well, but it may be past saving given the way SAISD treats its real estate.
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Silver Ventures had a framework to work with in regards to architectural styles and themes. GrayStreet has much less of a framework to work with not are they simply going to match the Pearl as they are a separate entity and as such want to separate themselves from Silver Ventures.
Their goal is to build a much more modern development within the urban core. You have all the right in the world to dislike the Gensler masterplan, but as I said, you should wait until the final product is revealed instead of finding fault in a theoretical.