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Originally Posted by 2oh1
I assumed it's a plaza leading toward the building's main entry, sort-of similar to the one Eliot Tower has.
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Are you talking about the 2,400 square foot grass yard on the west side of the building that goes totally unused and is barricaded off from the street, or the tiny 1,500 square foot public plaza that is an extension of the well-used pedestrian street that leads to the Portland Art Museum?
To me, the public entrance plaza on the corner of the Eliot that faces PAM is completely different than this plaza proposal. They aren't even detailing any street furniture, which to me means that they aren't even thinking about public uses. I fear it may end up on this list:
Project for Public Spaces HALL OF SHAME
I should add that one of the reasons that Portland enacted its building codes, which are some of the best in America, was in direct response to Portlanders outcry against the modernist towers constructed downtown. You know the ones, such as the Wells Fargo Center, which features a blank wall around much of the block, or some of the other buildings that line 5th or 6th avenues and feature sunken or walled-off plazas.
I think this is a bad move for ZGF. They even depict a wall between the sidewalk and their "plaza."
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