01-17-2019, 09:39 AM
(01-16-2019, 04:31 PM)kidgibnick Wrote:(01-16-2019, 10:14 AM)Spokes Wrote: Being Auburn isn't a huge compliment though, they don't have a great track record do they? They're a step up from Drewlo, but certainly no wow factor.
Auburn - right. And apologies for dating the wrong era; however, I think my concern was understood... dated and cheap looking architectural style. Nowhere close to a wow factor.
The criticism is driven by something I think we can (mostly) all agree on - that we would like our city to approve the best possible developments for the land we have available...because after all, this has an impact on how we interact with it, and the image of our city.
Perhaps this means passing building proposals that (albeit subjective) leverage the value of the land/location; ties the community and surroundings together; consider the building impact on social-engagement; considers community-focused design; meets socio-economic needs; as well as being generally unique/interesting/innovative, built of good quality, and aesthetically pleasing...and the list goes on. However, for most property developers it boils down to unit economics :/
I couldn't agree more. This isn't 10 years ago when DTK was struggling to get developers to build here. They WANT to build here now. So raise the bar.
That being said, if a project meets all zoning guidelines, how could a city reject it based on appearance? Wouldn't that be something that a developer would take to the LPAT, and win?