Great shots, it would be great to George's Island (and really all the islands) get used more. I always get stuck on how ugly the Dillon is from the water.
I was there today too, and took very similar photos.
I took my pictures around 4PM or so. When were you there?
I was there probably about an hour or two before you. That's funny, I wondered if any other forumers would be there to take photos! The weather was terrific for it and the tunnels and views are defiantly worth the visit.
In a way Dexel lucked out. They could propose a vinyl-clad piece of vomit for the bank bunker site and people would fall over themselves to see it approved just to see the bank bunker and that red wall gone.
I understand why the Dillion had to have a blank wall there (fire separation on a property line), but why in the world did they make it red??? A gray panel wall would have just sat there quietly until it was covered up by the Dexel development
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I understand why the Dillion had to have a blank wall there (fire separation on a property line), but why in the world did they make it red??? A gray panel wall would have just sat there quietly until it was covered up by the Dexel development
Or even a mosaic or pattern of some sort using the same materials. It would cost the same (or virtually the same), but at least be somewhat visually interesting/appealing.
I finally got around to taking a walk over the bridge for the first time since the walkway has reopened. It is a much more pleasant walk and while it it still very much a construction site. The path is a lot nicer and wider.
I noticed the old tops of the towers were sitting down under the bridge. Not sure if they are going to go back up or not. If they don't they would make for great public art pieces at the entrance to the bridge on either side.
When I was there in person I thought the Nova Centre looked pretty good. It's hard to tell exactly how it will turn out once it's complete but the blue glass makes it bright and inviting looking, and I think it'll be a lot better when you can go from the Agricola Street level up to Grafton through the interior, and when the displays and signs are up. It complements the older masonry buildings around it nicely. I don't think it feels overbearing at all.
The Argyle area is going to be great when the current work wraps up. Far better than the state it was in back when the street surface itself was run down with narrow sidewalks and the blocks above were parking lots and abandoned buildings. The covered block of Grafton is also going to be an interesting asset downtown. There isn't any other space like it currently.
I think Nova Centre is a bit overbearing and out of scale from certain perspectives, but ultimately, I don't mind it either. The idea that it's some architectural atrocity is basically taken for granted in some circles, but there are some perspectives from which I think it's downright attractive. Heading east on Sackville and seeing it peek over Citadel Hill. Looking north on Grafton or Argyle. And from further away, in the North End or along the waterfront.
I also like the peek of it you get along Barrington at Sackville, with the podium roofline contiguous with the Durty Nelly's/Starbucks building on Barrington. Honestly, it's a genuinely elegenat juxtaposition.
It is a bit looming along Argyle, which is the main thing, but I'll be curious to see what it's all like when the streetscaping is done and its commercial spaces are in use.
The only thing I hate is the checkerboard brick pattern on the west tower. It ruins the sheer glass effect for no apparent purpose and looks kind of chunky and crappy from Citadel Hill. (I like the black brick podium, though.)
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