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Originally Posted by Notyrview
RIP 808 Wells. That is a bummer. The roof was stupid but overall it was really good. Shame.
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Originally Posted by prelude91
I thought the building was garbage, and not sad by the loss of it. The really sad part (I mean really really sad) is we lost the great building that stood at that corner, and now we are left with another surface lot.
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The design had some positive points (the podium was wrapped with active spaces), and some negatives (weird roof), but I would guess a big factor is that the immediate area around it really doesn't support their price point. I mean, seriously, who in their right mind would pay what they were asking to live *across from a gas station* and across from a stale institutional brick wall, on a busy, noisy street sort of on the edge of walkable, but also with horrible traffic congestion. It is a great site for dedicated urban dwellers, but pretty much a horrible site for luxury condos.
And I agree, the fact that they demo'd the existing buildings is extremely frustrating - if those had all been renovated, or even just preserved the facade's, it would have helped keep the area better. I think if they'd integrated the facades into the building and put the sales center in the existing building, it might have worked better because it would have felt less destitute than it did with just a plain-jane temporary sales center holding the corner.