[UtakataNoAnnex]

...and do we really a health spa to take over half of the OP's real estate? That seems excessive even from a neoliberal perspective. >.<

 

[picard102]

I’m disappointed to see the parking structure built this tall and this close to the water, such wasted sightline

Sightlines to what though? The parking lot across the road?

Example - this is the mainland beach which will feature none of these views:

This shot is from 80ft in the air, this isn't a sightling anyone will have parking garage or not.

 

[kotsy]

Sightlines to what though? The parking lot across the road?

The downtown skyline. Look at the photo again.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

The downtown skyline. Look at the photo again.

And the sight lines of everywhere else in the south west that would previously see the lake.

 

[picard102]

The downtown skyline. Look at the photo again.

The photo that's 80ft in the air? Are they supplying jet packs to get this view?

 

[reinventingthewheel]

The photo that's 80ft in the air? Are they supplying jet packs to get this view?

Hey pal, you just blow in from stupid town?
You can see the skyline from the ground.

 

[txlseries4]

The photo that's 80ft in the air? Are they supplying jet packs to get this view?

Come on, it's not hard to figure this stuff out

 

[picard102]

Hey pal, you just blow in from stupid town?

I haven't visited your hometown.

You can see the skyline from the ground.

Now add in the trees from the render.

 

[11th]

The photo that's 80ft in the air? Are they supplying jet packs to get this view?

To be fair, anything over a storey tall would block the view. I understand for some people, it's all parkland/no cars/no Therme.
I guess the saving grace is the view should still be possible from Inukshuk Park, or perhaps from the the garage (may even be superior given the elevation).

 

[picard102]

Come on, it's not hard to figure this stuff out
View attachment 661626

Now with leaves.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

To be fair, anything over a storey tall would block the view. I understand for some people, it's all parkland/no cars/no Therme.

The long discussed alternative was a parking structure on the north side ofLake Shore Blvd, which would maintain a more welcoming continuous waterfront.

View attachment 661628
Now with leaves.

Quit straw manning. The argument applies widely to tons of sight lines, all which look better with anything other than a tall parking structure. Even just plain sky looks better.

 

[txlseries4]

View attachment 661628
Now with leaves.

You could clearly see the buildings between the trees in the screenshot I shared but nice trolling and goalpost shifting!

 

[picard102]

You could clearly see the buildings between the trees in the screenshot I shared but nice trolling and goalpost shifting!

You could clearly see it because it was winter.

 

[picard102]

Quit straw manning. The argument applies widely to tons of sight lines, all which look better with anything other than a tall parking structure. Even just plain sky looks better.

I've not had to distort anything you've claimed. Just because you don't like your hyperbole being challenged doesn't make it a strawman.

 

[11th]

The long discussed alternative was a parking structure on the north side ofLake Shore Blvd, which would maintain a more welcoming continuous waterfront.

I do agree placing it north of Lake Shore makes for a better layout, but this was about the sightline from the Remembrance Dr. being blocked by a structure.