1570 Main Street West | ? | 12 fl | Proposed

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Chronamut

Why is it that every single redesign is exactly built to look like these? Like they ALL end up looking the same, modular, rectangular, bland - is the city against angles and curves? It's odd..

Is it the city, or the architectural style of this era? Style and it's probably cheaper for the developers.

I do hope the greenery happens, but I too share the doubts of catcher_of_cats.

Main West is going to be a very different street. Which is a good thing.

[Hawrylyshyn]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

Main West is going to be a very different street. Which is a good thing.

This. It's going to be vastly improved with all of this increased density.

[catcher_of_cats]

A Main Street West flanked by 8+ storey buildings from Osler all the way past downtown is something that might actually happen in our lifetime. They don't all have to be beauties, just not soul-sucking monstrosities that permanently damage the cityscape.

[Chronamut]

Originally Posted by Hawrylyshyn

This. It's going to be vastly improved with all of this increased density.

Density does not necessarily = improvement - look at all the apartments east of east gate - just made it slummier.

You have to actually have a good environment first.

And it seems every design that was once innovative keeps getting rejected by the city UNTIL it looks like one of these bland designs, then it gets approved - look at the build across from the alien park downtown - it went through 3 designs and each time it was less impressive until by the time it was modular and bland it was approved. I hate the "style" of this era if this is what it is - stacking rectangles upon each other is not a style - it is literally the bare minimum in design you can do. You can't even call yourself an architect or a designer at that point.

And randomly staggering windows just looks awful. At least these ones line up at certain intervals. I just.. I am so sick of a lack of ACTUAL design. Thank god for core urban.