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Originally Posted by someone123
The Waterford was okay, and so were the small faux buildings around the base of Vic Suites (but most of Vic suites is modern and actually not too different from the Portland Pl building). Around Portland Place, the small newer brick building that went up looks pretty good while the Brickyard townhouses for the most part look like cheap knock-offs of the historic buildings nearby. When you see the old and new brick townhouses nearby one looks like a skilled work of masonry and one looks like a Lego version.
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This is a lot more nuanced than what I was getting at and I do agree. I think maybe my issue is more the form and scale - the Vic is undoubtably modern, but broken up so it better matches the existing pattern of the streetscape.