maestro
Senior Member
The concrete is overpoweringly hostile. There are plenty of hard surface choices that would have added warmth and texture. The utility vault could have been affordably screened behind something attractive. You don't have to redefine the space with a patio, trees, etc. to make it 1000 times more welcoming. This half a block is irrelevant in the grand scheme but, it is how cities' private and public institutions go about on these irrelevant spaces that end up forming the overall impression of a city
It's better than what was there before. Anything is better than what was there before. The retaining wall and surface parking lot existed to be redeveloped. This is now a finished product.
It's better than what was there before. Anything is better than what was there before. The retaining wall and surface parking lot existed to be redeveloped. This is now a finished product.