04-08-2018, 07:00 PM
(04-08-2018, 05:04 PM)REnerd Wrote: I wonder why they didn't design two shorter buildings more in line with the original buildings across the street. They could have put 3-4 stories on top of the parking garage and taken the tower down a few floors to reduce the extreme difference from tower to single family residences.
Seems there is lots of land there to get the amount of building they want....
Which could be a worse design.
Spreading the tower out will block out sun more of the time. And you'd end up with a monolithic design instead of a more stepped design. You're also moving workplaces away from King and the LRT. Depending on how extreme you take it, you might also lose the park.
And to gain what? I seriously doubt that such a change would have mitigated NIMBY responses.
I'm not saying that a different design couldn't work, I'm just saying that I don't think it would change anything to do with opposition, and isn't necessarily an objectively better design anyway.