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Originally Posted by Dear Leader VI
Is this a gated community I see? Check out the maximum security gate at the bottom of the picture.
Other than those (and those garage-clad Philly townhouses) I like all the infill posted so far. Excellent work!
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Well, to be fair to the Depot, that's not a great photo of it. It's hard to get good photos of it, in fact, because of its orientation.
The Depot is situated atop a fairly steep hill on the east side of downtown. It's built on the footprint of an old rail warehouse, and the old rail cargo depot is part of the development at one end. The rest of the building stretches back away from the depot and rail line, and isn't really on a street. In fact, there really aren't any roads around it, just a road that runs to the old cargo depot that's become the office. It's hard to explain.
It's not a perfect site plan, but it had to fit into a weird space, so I let it slide a bit. The Hillside Apartments, also mentioned in my post, sit right next to the Depot but below it, quite a bit lower in elevation and on a proper street grid, and are much better from a pedestrian quality point of view. The Depot had to make do with an odd situation.
EDIT: A better shot of the Depot. As I said, a weird location:
And here's the elevation difference between it and the Hillside neighborhood.