03-10-2018, 09:50 AM
I don't know how many of the apartments above the shops on King in uptown are still cheap to rent, but I remember being in a few and they were definitely the "missing middle" or lower even. Today I don't know if that is still true but ITSM that the middle (and lower) income spectrum is already missing from uptown... I mean the nickname "yuptown" isn't exactly a new name for the area. I think this building is okay for the exact spot... the office building at Erb & Albert hasn't ruined the human scale of uptown or whatever sense of history there is up there. I think the curvy curtain wall is better than more dark grey slabs at street level. At least it's something a bit different than rest of the hum-drum 3 storey brick buildings along the street.