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Originally Posted by LMich
180 East Water is the Catalyst development, right?
I didn't recognize the name. BTW, from which direction will this most be visible on the skyline?
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Correct. I'm trying to train my brain to refer to it as this, after knowing it as just the "Catalyst Development" for a while. The best angle on this will be looking from the north-northeast, toward the south-southwest (basically from the Arcadia Creek Festival Place). From this vantage point, you will see this building, The Exchange, The Radisson, and the 5/3 Bank (former American National Bank) Building. Together, I think this composition of the downtown is most impressive. Far more flattering than the view of downtown when heading east along Michigan Ave. From that perspective, the city looks very linear / one dimensional. From the south, buildings like the 6-story Haymarket will mostly obscure its view. But that's OK in my opinion, because Kalamazoo needs to push outward with some better density from its tiny core.
This is almost the view I'm referring to. The particular angle of this photo is almost exactly that of the rendering above. Walk across Water Street and view it a little more from the north and I think it will be impressive.
