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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking
Opening up the AGH to King made a big difference (nevermind the total makeover... she became a completely new building!)
As much as I appreciate many of Garwood-Jones' designs in the city, I really don't understand his penchant for hiding the entryways.
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Some things are inexplicable. I does seem to have been a design trend, though. I believe it was Wright, many decades before, who first started placing the entrance to homes, in particular, off to the side as opposed to facing the road. Perhaps the post-modern type buildings are a continuation of this trend.
I'd love to see a re-imagining of that area ie Commonwealth Square, the EF building, etc. I really don't think it's that hard to imagine Summers Lane being a more inviting little street. A seven-year-old could manage that!
Summers Lane:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2562...7i16384!8i8192