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Originally Posted by brudy
It's only out of the way for the next few years I think. Long term we're stuck with another short, but large mass building. While I'm glad it's not stucco, it's not spectacular either. I like the street level retail, but there's something about the design of this one (and many others recently) that doesn't imply urbanity or downtown. It's too monolithic, a horizontal skyscraper as it were. All these large block projects have this air of separateness and lack architectural differentiation. It doesn't feel like a city with these single block-sized buildings, at least as these have been designed. One of the great things about cities is the variety you get, and this one just brings homogenization.
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You hit it. I couldn't put my finger on why these developments were not doing it for me. They almost feel like strip malls, fronting on the street instead of set back. Maybe TCA is the problem.
I think something that makes new bldgs look more urbane.......canopies [not awnings] that jut out over retail........like with this bldg:
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