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Originally Posted by biguc
That "derelict" teal building is one of the first examples of a glass curtain wall in the city. And a tiny minority of units face it instead of anything else.
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The building may be interesting from an engineering point of view, but it seems to be a dud from an urban planning point of view as it is almost entirely vacant and many sections of it are boarded up (I walk past it daily). And while I agree that only 'a tiny minority' of units will have their views completely obscured by this building, nearly half will look out over its roof. Now at some point you get high enough that it doesn't matter, however I'd suggest that far more than a tiny minority of units will be affected. Put another way, glasshouse made sure to omit that building from their floor plans and distort the scale to make it look like it fronts onto Portage directly, so they aren't exactly proud of their location either.
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Originally Posted by biguc
Does anyone else remember when this board used to be for discussing architecture and city issues? I'm losing track of whether I'm reading SSP or the sun's comments section lately.
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Setting your disrespectful tone aside, it seems you are interested in engineering/architecture but not urban planning. I would suggest to you that the former cannot exist without the latter. Poor urban planning and mostly vacant buildings will do nothing to bring the projects you find interesting to this city. By simply existing glasshouse will bring more density downtown which is a good thing, but other opportunities, such as making Hargrave safer / more inviting, have been set aside, as has the opportunity to replace your empty 'glass curtain' with something that is actually used.