The Gaslight District | completed

[Bjays93]

How far along has this come? I basically never have a reason to go to Cambridge so I haven't seen it. I'm curious to see how the podium is looking. A few weeks ago, one of the architects who was on the design team for this project posted a reply to some person on Reddit in which they objected to the design for the podium, but explained that the developer cheapened out on it to save money.

haaaaaa I was on the design team for the Gaslight podiums! The architect ended up going with with the vertical stripe idea because of how easy it was to prefab the concrete and *fake* bricks. I didn't support that design because the stripes emphasized the height of the parking podium and had nothing to do with the surrounding context of downtown Galt. But yeah the Gaslight condos are kind of embarrassing and primitive, however still a step forward for the development of Cambridge in my opinion. I gotta say though that the units on the bottom of the podium, once finished, are going to look kickass

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I was working under the project architect for Gaslight at the time and he selected the idea from design team (aka the grunts) that we put forward to the developer (HIP) so ultimately the developer made the decision

I'm hoping it doesn't turn out that bad, but the way they explained wit with the stripes does make it hard to ignore.

Funny you asked, because I just happened to be by these for the first time today in months. No change in the podium since I last took pictures. The podium is virtually finished on the exterior and it is just that bad. Hopefully good public and community space can make up for some of it but this whole thing is a monstrosity. 

I wouldn't blame cambridge residents one bit for being vehemently opposed to any new developments in the core after this. It's like so bad it looks like a hulking concrete wall thrown up next to a heritage building in the middle of a classic downtown. They couldve at least tried to make it fit in to the area, if only at ground level. The development literally incorporates heritage buildings. 

Suffice to say it's awful. As for the buildings themselves the on tower is topped out and the crane is already down, the other is getting up there. Unfortunately these are quite visible no matter what direction your coming into galt from and it's a damn shame.