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Originally Posted by CharlesCO
I am far from being some nose in the air Cherry Creek NIMBY, but those Country Club Towers really do feel out of place. I would have been applauding that project if they were built in Cherry Creek North where all the other density is going, but they just don't feel right at all where they are.
At least the Norman is still there. That's one of my favorite old apartment buildings in town and it still looks great on the outside, even if the inside isn't kept up so well from what I've heard.
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I think for me the biggest issue is the width of each building, not their overall height, and that the wide sides of both buildings run east-west, creating a permanent shadow to the north. Had they been oriented north-south, at least their shadows would be dispersed to the east, north, and west depending on the time of day. Or if they were point towers, that would have helped as well. Given the width of the two towers' footprints, there's easily enough room for three point towers instead of two slab towers, but that is a less efficient use of space/floorplates and would have increased the cost of the homes even more.
There's a 20-story building right next door, on the adjacent blocks to the north are 13- and 14-story buildings, and a few blocks up Speer are buildings of 17, 18, and 19 stories, so there is precedent for height in the area. Speer could develop into a nice high-rise row given that along Speer heading towards the Golden Triangle we have numerous other high-rises. Of course, an excellent high-frequency transit service along Speer would be critical as the mobility counterpart to a high-rise row of towers along Speer if that were to occur.
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