Hyatt Place and Allison Residences | 250' | 23 Floors | On Hold

[AcmeGreg]

Originally Posted by MarkDaMan

http://djcoregon.com/news/2019/01/04/mixed-use-tower-proposed-pearl-district/



I think this Patricia Cliff needs to get out of her "low-slung" condo and walk around the district. What is "vertical sprawl" supposed to mean anyway? If it was all apartment or all hotel, would that satisfy her? Is her objection that the building is accommodating multiple uses?

I don't know about Ms Cliff's motivations for describing this as vertical sprawl... but I agree with her use of the term wholeheartedly as far as the visual design of the building. Hopefully the design commission will reject it outright for what it is: a lazy and uninspired turd. No attempt at invention, not even a feeble rotation of the form or touch of bling (sorry ZGF) to distract from its mundanity. I'll take the tree over this any day. A big boring box built with cost efficiency in mind, nothing more - in the heart of Portland's creative district no less! Not to mention its most expensive inner city residential district.