07-02-2019, 10:32 PM
(06-29-2019, 11:57 AM)ac3r Wrote:(06-28-2019, 06:39 PM)taylortbb Wrote: About as disappointing as I expect from Auburn, another Barrel Yards but without having the redeeming factor of being close to uptown.
Even the buildings are Auburn quality and disappointing. They are essentially the exact same thing, but at different heights. It runs the risk of looking like mammoth developments in Toronto, such as Cresent Town. Of course, what Auburn has is nicer than that, but it's the lack of architectural diversity that makes the entire thing look very boring. I would not want to stare at that all day if I lived in the area.
Boring = cheaper. It's not Drewlo (as my daughter said "Copy and paste"), at least, and certainly not The Ghetto, aka, Northdale though.
Unsure how you can convince developers to have better vision, when all they think about money, and really, why wouldn't they? Not like we're going to have people with vision pony up the cash for nicer developments, as I have never seen that happen unless it's goburment. And even then, they like to copy and paste (new courthouse) things to cut costs nowadays. The old courthouse (on Weber) are things we likely won't see any time soon.
Damn, we have some majestic buildings in this area, sadly, most of them were built pre-1970.