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Originally Posted by Boiseguy
I believe boise's city blocks are similar to portland's in that they are 68,000 sqft.
I think if towers are incorprated with more breaks it would look less castle-like
Also, I know that the simplot is looking to incorporate their corporate headquarters into it. I don't know if that would involve more floors or another tower of if that is what is part of the design in the top left corner...
we'll have to wait and see...
I hope that the design review does not just let this steamroll through the process because the economy is crap right now... if you're going to do something.. do it right...
I would even advocate parking to be underground and elevators to ground level being in the center of the plaza..
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Thanks...that's a good point of reference for me, as I went to Portland State(in DT) for a couple years--a lot more recently than my last visit to Boise. In that case, they're small blocks, when compared to grids in other cities. Actually, it reminds me how PSU has a number of skywalks across streets connecting various campus buildings--sometimes on a 4th or 6th floor(when that was the hight of the buildings).
Skywalks on upper floors could help break-up the 4-block-wall-of-Boise-plaza...yeah, hopefully the name will evolve, too. I'm OK with JUMP or maybe simply J.R. Plaza.
Yeah, your suggestions are a compromise that could work, vs. punching through the streets for one lane of cars. I hadn't realized that inner part was a parking structure--that's gotta go underground. Isn't there a trolley proposal for Boise? It might be cool to have that go through(or a branch offshoot) in lieu of punching through the streets for car traffic. There's a plaza at PSU, that has a trolly cutting through it, and it worked well design-wise.
Anyways, hopefully some of these ideas can be heard at a city council meeting or in The Statesman--from the local Boise urban enthusiasts.