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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
Frankly, 4 to 9 storeys is human scale. I think it is horrendous that we built Claridge Icon at the entrance of Little Italy. It is not particularly welcoming. I have no problem with towers, but Icon would have been better a block or two over.
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"Human scale" is really all about how the building interacts physically with the street, and culturally-economically with the land uses around it.
The west end of whatever Place Bell is Called This Year is not "human scale". It's ugly, boxy, tall, and full of parking. At street level, though, you have a welcome respite from the weather thanks to the overhang, and busy retailers of consumer staples on either corner of the building generating comers and goers, plus people coming and going from other retail, service, and residential destinations nearby.
"tall" and "human scale" aren't opposites, and are only in opposition to one another when we stupidly let them be.
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