In the shot with Peak Audio you can see how much of an impact it has on the area. A building like that must double (or more) the population density on its block. I like the little wooden houses in this part of the North End, but with current household sizes they're not really enough for these neighbourhoods to be vibrant. Gottingen, Agricola, and Young in particular could become great neighbourhood commercial streets if population densities on the sidestreets are bumped up a bit.
In the shot with Peak Audio you can see how much of an impact it has on the area. A building like that must double (or more) the population density on its block. I like the little wooden houses in this part of the North End, but with current household sizes they're not really enough for these neighbourhoods to be vibrant. Gottingen, Agricola, and Young in particular could become great neighbourhood commercial streets if population densities on the sidestreets are bumped up a bit.
The precast siding is not very attractive. It reminds me of Burnside office buildings.
Yeah, I walked past it yesterday and I'm trying to withhold final judgement until it's donee and the balconies, etc, are installed, but it's not great-looking. Shame sicnr the renderings were pretty decent.
The pre-cast isn't filling my heart with love so far. Perhaps the masonry at the street and the balconies and metal elements can liven it up - the Gardenstone's (across the triangle park from the Hydrostone commercial strip) precast would not be very inspiring on its own either, but I think the whole building is excellent from an urban standpoint.
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