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Old Posted Apr 10, 2007, 2:19 PM
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Originally Posted by crewer View Post
The cantilever pool is irrelevant, as far as I'm concerned. It's nice if you live there, but no one on the ground level will ever see it. And in terms of good architecture, this building is awash. It has some redeeming style to the upper levels, but the fact that they would slap that down on a bland parking garage is inexcusable. It's cheap design! I don't care if the worst side faces the back. No side should look like crap, since every side will be in the line of someone's view.

Is the front view better? I don't think so. The very least they could have done was the first floor or two in retail for at least some street appeal.
You make a very good point, regarding the pool deck. It looks 'neat' from the renderings' birds-eye views, but wont look like much more than a protruding concrete slab from below. The only hope at this point is if the lower half renderings are preliminary and design changes are forthcoming. Street-level retail would be great.
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