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Originally Posted by Phxguy
I really hate the whole floating tower trend of podium parking. Sure it adds some more height and floors but to the car, which I feel is giving the wrong impression of who our downtown is for. Drivers or pedestrians.
On a side note, is anyone else impressed with how quickly the ASU innovation dorm is shaping up?
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Unfortunately that is the reality here. It is extremely expensive to go below ground in this environment and there just aren't enough jobs downtown still to support a truly walkable environment. Add the heat on top of that and I think the reality is we will always require parking for buildings downtown. I'm just happy they are podiums now and not entire blocks of garages. We seemed to have been able to reverse that trend now.