Is it just me or does that look nothing like the renders? There's no cantilever in the renders and it seems like the set back above the first floor is gone. It's not like they can change the massing without resubmitting so I'm curious if maybe the renders aren't up to date or maybe I'm just...
Yes I think this is key. When street parking is a free for all (in every sense of the word) then it really breeds controversy with projects like these, when really there shouldn't be. If street parking was permit-based it would be a non issue. Residents of this building would either need to get...
They absolutely murdered it the whole rhythm and vibe of the facade is ruined with the introduction of the darker horizontal bands and removing the thinner dark brown vertical elements from the original. Big disappointment.
The problem from what I understand with forced rehabilitation is that it does nothing to address the root causes of how and why individuals became addicted in the first place. It's not as simple as just "locking them up and teaching them life skills" so they come out rehabilitated and ready to...
As someone on reddit succinctly put it, it looks like a man camp on an O&G site.
Modular/prefab construction has a long ways to go if the feds are expecting it to be the solution to the housing crisis.
If any elevation is gonna be value engineered to shit, I'd rather it be the one that's at the lot line and will possibly get covered up in the future anyway.