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#51 Urbndwlr

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Posted 22 October 2018 - 01:54 PM

Just curious.... what do you think of this for the Rosedale location in lieu of that blocky thing?
 
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It's a proposal for a new building in Buffalo, NY.  (If you're curious, this is what's currently on the site.)

 

Another part of the project:

 

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And what's currently there now.  It's interesting that they're keeping many of the street level facades.  I bet that will make for some challenging construction.

I cannot stand this sort of arbitrarily busy design.  This, IMO, would be an utter failure of design.

 

If you're talking about the massing, i do like the two stories, then step back, then up.  The facade design is what is garbage. 

 

I also am a little concerned about the GFF design of the new Lang apartment development.  Its a little hard to tell how it will actually look and feel in its environment from the elevation drawings posted on here.  I do think that brick as a facade material ages better than most commonly used materials in apartment development.  It is very orderly, but risks looking too "heavy".  Cant think of a better word. 

 

The arguments against residential density are absurd.  That neighborhood desperately needs more residential density to make it more of a sustainable ecosystem.  The Magnolia corridor of the Near Southside has the potential to be a really great, walkable, energetic district if we can just get all the holes filled in with high density active uses and pedestrian friendly design.  Its still quite sleepy on a Sunday-Tuesday evening when it is mostly patrons who live nearby. 



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Posted 04 February 2019 - 12:18 AM

Going vertical

 

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#53 John T Roberts

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Posted 29 March 2019 - 03:26 PM

The tower crane was being erected today.  I noticed that on my way to the Forum Lunch Meeting.



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Posted 30 March 2019 - 02:34 PM

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Posted 30 March 2019 - 02:48 PM

Thanks for getting a photograph.  Yesterday at lunch, I didn't have time to take the short drive over to take a photo.



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Posted 04 April 2019 - 09:48 PM

Press release on the groundbreaking

https://www.connect....?market=newyork

Now called "The Cooper"

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Posted 03 August 2019 - 09:55 AM

KWA Construction shared a neat photo from the crane,

 

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Posted 03 August 2019 - 12:49 PM

Thats a really cool photo!

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Posted 28 January 2020 - 04:34 PM

Some of the scaffolding has come off the backside, revealing the look of the facade.

 

 

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Posted 27 June 2020 - 09:44 PM

Nearing completion

 

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Posted 29 June 2020 - 07:05 AM

I quite like the color of the brickwork



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Posted 29 June 2020 - 11:45 AM

Not a huge fan of this complex... the colors make it look like a prison.  It will be nice to have all those residential units though



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Posted 28 September 2020 - 11:16 AM

Now open. Article contains a gallery.

 

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Posted 28 September 2020 - 04:55 PM

I've been by there as the project neared completion and my opinion is the same:  This place puts the Ugh in Ugly.


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Posted 29 September 2020 - 07:08 AM

The pool area looks classy.



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Posted 29 September 2020 - 10:01 AM

I'm not as bothered by this as Doohickie.   I think it might have looked more welcoming from the outside if there was more glass (ratio of glass to wall was increased slightly). 

I like the brick pattern and how the building steps back a bit near the top.    Am delighted for the boost in density in a location that allows more people to walk to employment and to places around the neighborhood (eats, drinks, shops). 



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Posted 29 September 2020 - 02:06 PM

I've seen worse... 

Would be more disappointed if this was a highrise and it kept this look. Think a darker AT&T building with a few more windows.


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Posted 30 September 2020 - 11:42 AM

I don't have a photo but someone should check out the building design face of that five-story apartment complex on the east bank of the Trinity River just north of the Highway 183 (Southwest Boulevard) bridge.  That one looks more, if not as, mediocre as The Cooper.



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Posted 03 October 2020 - 08:06 AM

Yeah... these projects are starting to become anonymous, there are so many of them.  I've been riding my bike more, and I'll be going down a street I haven't been down in a while and I'll think, "When did they build that apartment building?"


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Posted 15 October 2020 - 09:41 PM

Some people on here complain that facades on new apartment buildings are too busy, but I much prefer the somewhat busy facades on most new apartments over this dull monstrosity.

 

This developer's other project on Rosedale (The Monarch) looks much better.


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