Freedm
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These lights at night actually look really nice.
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archited
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Yes, if you squint really hard and stick your thumbs in your ears you can almost hear the clickety-clack of wooden shoes pacing along the sidewalk.
ronron
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Those lights definitely make a positive impact. It also looks like a miniature model in those pics.
Avenuer
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Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
I think the developer must have just decided that pick some traditional European based architecture, pick a European based name, but them both together and it should be fine, who will know the difference.
Calfaer
New Member
I pass by here in the evenings after sunset sometimes, I always see lots of groups of people hanging around and taking pictures. I have seen some people set up a speaker and dance (is it still called breakdancing?), others just chilling out with their friends. I think the most interesting group I saw was a wedding photoshoot maybe a few weeks back. Seems like the place is already attracting a lot of positive attention!
Filip.Nowak
Active Member
I kind of wish this project was named something along the lines of ''Little Amsterdam''. Maybe then it would receive less negative feedback? I know that there are other components of this development that take away from its authenticity, but overall, I personally think this is still a great project and definitely a huge step forward for Edmonton in the sense that it is unlike any other strip mall.
Platinum107
Senior Member
I'm honestly considering taking down the YouTube video I made on this project like 2 years ago. I can't believe I'm saying this but like this project now 
Still a strip mall with a parking lot.
Omega Prime
New Member
Not going to lie, when most of those CRU's are full, I'm probably going to find myself there. And with a brewery available, I'm sure multiple times.
Still find it funny that the only breweries in the neighborhood worth going to (Arcadia, Odd Company, and soon-to-be Irrational Brewing) are not actually in the Brewery District.
Still find it funny that the only breweries in the neighborhood worth going to (Arcadia, Odd Company, and soon-to-be Irrational Brewing) are not actually in the Brewery District.
dunno
Active Member
not to mention pastiche trash
ronron
Active Member
But it will be the fanciest strip mall with a parking lot in all of the lands.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Well I say let's see how busy it gets before really judging this development. If the strip mall fills with little to no vacancy and customers fill the parking lot than the concept should be considered successful.
If vacancy is high and nobody frequents the mall than maybe the idea wasn't good.
If vacancy is high and nobody frequents the mall than maybe the idea wasn't good.
@Edmcowboy11 There are many definitions of "success" that can be measured. South Edmonton Common is a retail and commercial success, but is an abject failure of good urban design and planning, and those failures have consequences (e.g., to traffic, sustainability, tax revenue, etc.).
Manchester Square, I have no doubt, will also be a retail and commercial success. But it is also a failure of good urban design and planning, as it is still a single-use strip mall that people will overwhelmingly drive to use, while contributing nothing to housing in this part of the inner city, which also reduces the taxation potential of the land for city coffers.
It is also arguably a failure of good architecture, but that's a more subjective and difficult conversation to have.
Manchester Square, I have no doubt, will also be a retail and commercial success. But it is also a failure of good urban design and planning, as it is still a single-use strip mall that people will overwhelmingly drive to use, while contributing nothing to housing in this part of the inner city, which also reduces the taxation potential of the land for city coffers.
It is also arguably a failure of good architecture, but that's a more subjective and difficult conversation to have.
