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Yesterday. The site is now covered in asphalt.

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“…I like big lots - and I cannot lie…”
- Sir Mix-a-Lot (Urban Design)

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Some days we get the bear, some days the bear gets us... /sigh
 
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It seems I'm going against the grain here, but...I think I like it?

On first blush it's not as good as the previous iteration, I agree. Though the renderings of that iteration benefitted from being covered in greenery, which was unlikely to be the reality. The building itself was relatively simple without the greenery (though I did love the cantilever at one end and the tunnel between the buildings).

For this new design, based on the other renderings in the database, there appears to be some interesting brickwork. And I love that the brick is brought down to street-level in many places along the building. In fact, the street level experience looks excellent.

Part of me does wish the built form could be a bit more varied, and that the brick colours could also be a bit more varied. And I do wish they'd bring back the high-ceiling tunnel between the buildings (surprised they didn't as it's extra square footage). But I think if this were built as-is it would be monolithic, but also be quite impressive to look at.

Edit: forgot to mention, perhaps my expectations were already lowered because I was actually a bit worried about the design for this building when I had heard it would be switched to entirely affordable rental. I don't know a great deal about the economics of real estate development, but I have to imagine affordable rental buildings do not generally get the best architecture. Given that, I'm pleasantly surprised.
 
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Start Fox said:
It seems I'm going against the grain here, but...I think I like it?

On first blush it's not as good as the previous iteration, I agree. Though the renderings of that iteration benefitted from being covered in greenery, which was unlikely to be the reality. The building itself was relatively simple without the greenery (though I did love the cantilever at one end and the tunnel between the buildings).

For this new design, based on the other renderings in the database, there appears to be some interesting brickwork. And I love that the brick is brought down to street-level in many places along the building. In fact, the street level experience looks excellent.

Part of me does wish the built form could be a bit more varied, and that the brick colours could also be a bit more varied. And I do wish they'd bring back the high-ceiling tunnel between the buildings (surprised they didn't as it's extra square footage). But I think if this were built as-is it would be monolithic, but also be quite impressive to look at.

Edit: forgot to mention, perhaps my expectations were already lowered because I was actually a bit worried about the design for this building when I had heard it would be switched to entirely affordable rental. I don't know a great deal about the economics of real estate development, but I have to imagine affordable rental buildings do not generally get the best architecture. Given that, I'm pleasantly surprised.
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Yea i'm liking it. The waterfront desperately needs more earth tones and less blue-grey glass
 
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