if the plaza was actually lined with restaurants, coffee shops, bars etc... at the very least there'd be some spill over. Unless you're...

They have been doing this. Not sure when it started, but I was at Central yesterday, and they had loud classical music playing...

This looks really weird. Brick is generally timeless, just do the whole thing in brick.

Y You mean it's going to get worse!?

With the black panels, it looks unfinished, too.

This looks really weird. What were they thinking?

Having bought windows for my own home, black comes at a premium so this doesn't seem unrealistic

My thought was oilfield worker housing or long term care facility.

looks like a jail

Bigger windows would not only provide a major assist to the architecture but it would be welcomed -- I'm sure -- by student inhabitants...

I'm no architect but it seems to me that it wouldn't take much to make this so much better! Brick or dark colours up above, bigger...

Here is some photo evidence. The final product may not end up being gorgeous, but It can't be ignored this has been a massive eyesore...

The parking lot is beginning to be ripped up north of the building.

The precedent was already set years ago with Monaco 2, the Legacy, everything in railtown, etc. If anything, I think this is a leg up on...

I still think it looks like trash. I’m not saying it won’t be good for DT with the influx of residents and vibrancy it will bring, it...