The Hub I have mixed feelings about. On one hand, i like the idea of this lot getting occupied and I'm glad to see an office proposal rather than only residential this close to Union. On the other hand, while the design itself isn't bad, there's something that really bothers me about the spire. It's too small and weak for the size of the building and there needs to be more buildup to it. Plus that weird floating box thing is just awkward. I also don't like how it overpowers the Harbour Commission building. If they were just side-by-side rather than The Hub being partially cantilevered over it, it wouldn't be as bad. Or if the HC building was bigger and closer to the sidewalk rather than being set back. But with there being so few historic buildings in the South Core, the few that do exist deserve more reverence.
But hey, it was redesigned once so maybe it'll happen again.
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw
Don't ask people not to debate a topic. Just stop making debatable assertions. Problem solved.
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