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Old Posted Sep 28, 2021, 5:06 PM
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some sort of mural or other art piece would really do wonders for those blank cement corners. The interaction with the riverwalk is great though. That spot will be bumping when the Final Four comes to town again
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Old Posted Sep 28, 2021, 7:48 PM
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This building looks great, dumpsters and all. I guess this is finished now?
It is Mr. Kevin from Austin!! Need to come down for a weekend and enjoy the EXCELLENT food at the hotel's restaurant Domingo, and have some cocktails at Otro bar on their third floor. Hugman's Oasis next door is great as well. Or, you can just go and have cocktails at The Esquire Tavern, also next door from the Canopy, which boasts the longest wooden top bar in Texas, and has been opened on the historical and beautiful San Antonio Riverwalk since 1933. All establishments mentioned above are owned by the same developer of the Canopy. Have an AWESOME day!!
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Old Posted Sep 28, 2021, 7:49 PM
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I was thinking the same (art on the corner.) Maybe install some type of framework to allow for rotating exhibits from art to advertising to public service messages. Maybe a default piece on the Commerce St side could be panels that look like the old building facade they kept? It kind of looks lonely there by itself.
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Old Posted Sep 28, 2021, 11:15 PM
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Yes, murals! Maybe it's time San Antonio invites its own Robert Wyland Whaling Wall. Although vertical and narrow is not necessarily the easiest aspect to use for his giant whale themes, the tropical blue color would make a perfect complementary color for all the beige walls, brown bricks, and pale terracotta of downtown and on the Canopy building.

Here is a rare vertical Whaling Wall in Honolulu:

(Image found on Bender Originals)

Imagine all the photographic opportunities to contrast a deep blue sea mural against the historic revival architecture of the Drury Plaza Hotel or the Aztec Theater. If Dallas and South Padre Island can both have Whaling Walls, why not San Antonio?

Honolulu's Hilton Hawaiian Village's aptly named Rainbow Tower is certainly not famous for its architecture, but it has become an icon for its colorful beachfront rainbow mural:

(Image from Hilton Hotels & Resorts)

Surely, San Antonio, the city of Fiesta, has colors like these to spare.

Perhaps easier for the tall canvas are some of Mona Caron's towering weed murals, such as this richly green one in Quito, Ecuador:

(Image on Pinterest originally from Mona Macron online portfolio)

Bedazzle it with some colored glass tile mosaic to lightly shimmer in the Texas sun, and it would go from a bleak corner of lost urban opportunity dreck to a treasured jeweled landmark.

East Asia is already installing giant, hologram-like, moving 3D billboards, such as the Shinjuku cat in Tokyo:

(Images from cross_s_vision and Rico_vl found on boredpanda)

Ah well, there was a time when San Antonio, like many other cities, knew how to make urbanistically humane building corners with a lot less money and technology. That urban design and architectural discipline has sorely slipped such that we have to try and imagine unlikely mitigations like this.
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Old Posted Oct 31, 2021, 4:35 PM
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A random aside, but has anybody noticed that the Rainey building in Austin looks just like the Canopy with a glass makeover?

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Old Posted May 11, 2022, 4:39 PM
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Suggest updating U/C to complete.
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Old Posted Feb 27, 2024, 6:43 PM
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This is hideous. Centro needs to throw up a mural here already.

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