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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
But, keeping an open mind, could a school on this site provide benefits to the neighborhood that are even greater than the required park? We tried to discuss ways it might aid shopping center access for pedestrians and connectivity from the north, by terracing down from cineplex level in the manner of the Oakland Museum. Noticing that the site is so cramped that they even show classrooms above the circulation roadway, we asked why they couldn't give the the school a partial third level to allow a more graceful transition at the north end. You guys will love the answer: it might block the views from the cineplex restaurant.
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That doesn't even make sense. The theater bar thing is on a mezzanine level above the theatre level which itself is above the ground (plaza) level of Roosevelt Collection. There is no way a 3rd level on the school would block that view. It would however block the view of another retail space below the theater (opposite the long proposed residential tower), I assume that is the real reason.