[bodsbods9090]

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I don't hate it at all.

 

[crisp]

Don't paint the old building white please. The rest of the new build is awesome, very fitting for the Ave.

 

[Omega Prime]

I like it - particularly the low-rise, subtle street focused commercial use with the use of brick on the envelope of the new structures. Additionally, the updated façade of the corner building to white gives it a fresh, vibrant feel. It looks cleaner, smarter, and more inviting.

 

[Daveography]

Scale looks good. I really like the broken-up facades that make it feel like several smaller buildings. I really hope they change their mind about painting the corner building white like that, though.

Not sold on the fake ghost sign, either.

@strata I know you've been here for a bit now, but I don't think I've said it yet, so: Welcome to the Forum!

 

[EtoV]

Are they not keeping the building on the corner though, or did they just do a really bad job at modelling it?

 

[Daveography]

@EtoV Keeping, removed that ridiculous cladding on the front, and rendered it painted white for some gawdawful reason?

 

[EtoV]

Ok cool. It looks almost like the building but it was different enough that I wasn't sure. Agreed on the white though. Painted brick rarely looks good or holds up.

 

[danby85]

This looks really good, is the lot that holds the parking and Chicago Deep Dish apart of this also?

 

[cmd uw]

Yup, this is great. Adding more density on the avenue is a bonus too!

 

[cmd uw]

Ok cool. It looks almost like the building but it was different enough that I wasn't sure. Agreed on the white though. Painted brick rarely looks good or holds up.

Painted brick can hold up for years.

 

[Daveography]

@cmd uw Maybe, but it's still kind of ugly IMO.

 

[Guy 1]

This is killer. Whoever is responsible for the design concept clearly understands whyte ave. Great scale, interesting design, sensitive to the rest of whyte...all great.

 

[Avenuer]

Looks like a great project, thanks Strata!

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

I'll agree with nearly everyone, this is a really fitting replacement. In ways it almost fells like a more contemporary take on Dubs(?) building design that’s kitty corner to the site. Retaining the old cursive “Army & Navy Department Store” sign is a nice gesture to the site's history too. My only comment would be don't paint the old Royal Bank Building on the corner — painted brick always looks rough after awhile, it's hard to properly reverse, and when it's that handsome deep-red Redcliffe brick to begin with, why bother?

 

[_urbanite]

Is the Army & Navy building not historic though? Why is it ok to tear this one down but not the When Pigs Fly Building (historic designation or not)?