While I agree with the thought that the underground level is lacking and looks like it should have been a connection to something (as was intended, apparently), I find it a stretch to dismiss the whole, huge public area as a "waste of space." Maybe the lower level needs something, but it's just one part of a multi-layered public space.
When the fountains are running, it is quite a remarkable setting. The thing is no one has seen that now for nearly 3 years now. I think people are forgetting the full sense of the setting when the fountains create the effect of a downtown cascading river.
That will be back soon, thankfully, and I wouldn't want them to touch that element of the space.
Ideally, I think it would be great if some type of restaurant / cafe with outdoor seating could be incorporated into part of the below ground level area. Just something to bring life to that section, which again is just one piece of the entire complex.
Last edited by johnjimbc; Sep 16, 2009 at 10:56 PM.
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