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Originally Posted by Sterling
As usual, it seems the rendering was only to generate money for a "cost engineered" boxy version. So was that first ambitious design ever a possibility, or just "the guys" throwing a few curvy ideas around the office? This is such disappointing massing after the first one. A plinth for parking and a kleenex box tower. Stone Age in it's sophistication.
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This is good ol U S of A! Money/profit is the name o the game. A few extra dollars is better in a few pocket than spent in the public sphere o things. Companies make money. Even our city owned Hilton (yes the Hilton portion will return to being city owned in a few years) is just one bad public design created from a cost cutting point of view. The city got hosed on that building.
At least The Fairmont is glass.....not errrr stuccoesk crap like the Hilton. The Fairmont will still be a nice building, just not a stunner that we all were hoping for. Money speaks loudly in our economic system......