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Originally Posted by defishel
At first, I was excited to see this rendering (many months ago), but now I'm not quite sure I like this. Other than filling in a gap on Bank Street, it really has nothing special going for it. It looks a lot like the new EDC building at O'Connor. Not to say that it's a bad building, it's still quite nice and even if it did get built I'd be excited about it.
This doesn't have great presence on Bank Street. As it says on the first page of this thread, the entrance would be off of Slater and have retail on Bank, which is great.
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I agree, it's not a bad-looking building, but the street-level portions are not very pedestrian-oriented. I also would have preferred they continue the brick facade along Bank Street (i.e., basically having the whole 3-floor podium level be the older-style architecture) instead of mixing in the modern glass frontage. Actually, I'd like to see more developments along Bank Street maintain the look of the older-style buildings, at least on the first 2-3 floors.
The entrance around the corner on Slater is a bit mundane, and would do better to serve the public in a more appropriate way. That said, I do like the 2-story floor-to-ceiling glass frontage on the corner...
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