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Originally Posted by FrenchTwins
I agree that any development should be max 3-5 stories. You could put a parking garage in the middle and line the outer edges with the residences similar to how many parcels in the quarter have interior courtyards with parking.
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Those 3-4 blocks are tricky because you have to make a lot of people happy in order to be allowed to develop that space. These are the general options:
1. Make it look historic which might upset some, since there was never a lot of buildings there besides warehouses and wharfs, and it would be faux-historic.
2. Make it look super modern, so as not to be confused with the actual historic buildings - like Canal Place. That will certainly upset the VCC.
3. Make it look old/traditional circa 1930s, which is a happy medium, and not faux at all -using brick/stone facades that do not match the Spanish/French architecture of the rest of the FQ, but do not stand out as tacky either.
I would choose the 3rd option. I would also attempt to place the parking underground, and before you tell me it's impossible, I remind you that the Royal Sonesta, Supreme Courthouse, and Harrah's Casino all have it already.