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Originally Posted by pip
As time goes on I'm more convinced that maybe the focus on architecture from a distance isn't what we should be going for. I feel the architecture should focus on the human experience at ground level.
I'm in Boston now, temporarily, and Boston certainly does not build signature towers but it does exceed at building for people who walk by.
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Boston's success at ground level is mostly about putting parking underground, so there is more active frontage, fewer blank walls. And they have a higher design standard for sidewalks around new development - granite curbs (which are standard in New England), brick pavers, proper landscape.
In Chicago, underground parking is almost never done. The only recent one I can think of is One Chicago, but that also has significant parking above ground. Or we have the multi-level streets hack in certain areas, which effectively puts the parking underground but at a lower cost.