04-07-2016, 08:33 AM
(04-07-2016, 08:16 AM)REnerd Wrote: It looks terribly dysfunctional from a streetscape point of view. Also, the style doesn't fit our downtown at all - it seems like something from Vancouver.
Hopefully this gets some more revisions before construction starts....
What is the "style" of downtwon kitchener, boarded up plywood? Seriously, I do not think this is out of place right right across the street to the modern looking new Google building, on the other side of the tracks to the equally modern School of Pharmacy and a few short blocks away from 1 Victoria, Kitchener City Hall and City Centre, not to mention the forthcoming Transit Hub there.
I like that is modern. mixed usage, and airy. The project has some flaws (e.g. the wall) but it is clearly an improvement over what was there and quite in line with the surrounding architecture.