If this kind of silliness is what it takes to get neighborhood acceptance of a project -- especially a project that looks as transformative as this -- then obviously one has to say "ok that's fine." But on the merits it seems unnecessary at best.
I’ve always referred to “heritage walls” as “façadomies”, but they are sometimes quite effective in maintaining a street-level “fabric” of a neighborhood. In this case, though, I think it’s quite a stretch.
I think many if not most preservationists agree with your take on this. It is not preserving anything meaningful about the history of the place or its architecture. That said, many times the ground story of a tower doesn't address the street in a pro-urban way (think uptown Charlotte). It can be good to have a finer scale at the ground level even if it can be a little architecturally incoherent.
As someone who believes in urban planning in general, this kind of thing is just stupid. I don’t think it counts as preservation/heritage and it usually plays out as bragging rights for the developer to an unaware audience, and little else.
If this kind of silliness is what it takes to get neighborhood acceptance of a project -- especially a project that looks as transformative as this -- then obviously one has to say "ok that's fine." But on the merits it seems unnecessary at best.
I like it.
Then again, I don’t overthink things .
I think it's great they're building condos
I’ve always referred to “heritage walls” as “façadomies”, but they are sometimes quite effective in maintaining a street-level “fabric” of a neighborhood. In this case, though, I think it’s quite a stretch.
I think many if not most preservationists agree with your take on this. It is not preserving anything meaningful about the history of the place or its architecture. That said, many times the ground story of a tower doesn't address the street in a pro-urban way (think uptown Charlotte). It can be good to have a finer scale at the ground level even if it can be a little architecturally incoherent.
As someone who believes in urban planning in general, this kind of thing is just stupid. I don’t think it counts as preservation/heritage and it usually plays out as bragging rights for the developer to an unaware audience, and little else.