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Originally Posted by animatedmartian
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Well, if this ain't some stuff! I'm cautiously optimistic. So long as they can keep the big (1,000) parking garage directly off the square (early reports seem to imply something different), this will be great. If they decide to put anything but the entrance of the building on the square, though, I will raise hell. lol There is more than enough room on this site to put the entrance/exists for the parking garage - or even just a wall of the garage - on Farmer, Monroe, or Bates.
As to the height, the undeveloped blocks immediately on the square were
always conceived to be more human-scaled the skyscrapers around it, and I like that set-up. I wouldn't want anything much over 20-stories on any of the undeveloped blocks. Things are supposed to "step up" from the square, visually. The square wasn't meant for skyscrapers beyond what was already there. It's supposed to feel more intimate. Legit light/sight-blocking skyscrapers can be built eslewhere in the financial district and beyond.
This is so exciting. The only Campus Martius block left - even though it's not on the square - is the Hudson's Block.