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Originally Posted by bomberjet
I guess this begs the question, what would everyone prefer to see?
The larger building split up so there is access to the northern half of the site?
Why there is a roadway running through the middle of the site? Is that good or bad?
Include the northern half in this planning exercise so the site is cohesive?
Something more with the market itself?
What else?
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I think for me it's the
orientation of everything in the site, which effects all the things you mentioned. I much preferred the designs that maintained the street wall along Princess, then had the market along King. That in turn opened up the site northward.
I supposed I don't really understand the huge emphasis the committee put on needing full sunlight, as long as possible, on the market site. This is not a park were you sit. It's a shopping area. There aren't even areas marked out for lounging around in the winning design.
I don't see the need for streets/loading zones/curb cuts going right through the site. Loading can be on the inside lanes of King and Princess
The monolithic nature of the high-rise is dated and visually unappealing to me.
Honestly I feel like we all already expressed on the last few pages what we would like to see at the site so I feel like I am just repeating myself.