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Originally Posted by Tuckerman
Face it, folks; most buildings in most cities everywhere are basic uninteresting structures. one can probably name the few cities that have planned, architectural gems. Most them would not be in the USA. We lived for 10 years in Edinburgh whose 18th century "New Town" was an architectural "gem". It was carefully planned over many years and designed with high restrictions on what and how it was to be built. Such meticulous planning is rare, if even possible, in the present building environment. We just have to hope that every now and then a builder comes along with design and aesthetics as a top consideration in building a new structure. Thus we wind up with occasional "gems" in a sea of the commonplace - that is the American cityscape; Atlanta is no exception.
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Agreed. We're talking about a ~33 story student housing tower overlooking the interstate in a not-so-prime corner of Midtown. A decade ago, we would have been thrilled.
I don't see how you could make an argument Atlanta hasn't progressed in terms of architecture quality during this cycle. O4W and West Midtown are leading the way, but Midtown too has progressed far beyond the residential offerings of the 00's (The Atlantic aside, which is a great building), let alone the original post-recession multifamily projects.
Atlanta's statement architecture was generally 1970-2000, mostly because that was the era of trophy commercial towers. Now almost everything new is residential, meaning way smaller multipliers between basic and luxury rents compared with commercial.
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