Yeah I wouldn’t mind it if the buildings were more neo-classical in design. Street life would still be dead BUT at least it’d be architecturally impressive and we’d have more tourists visiting that besides the Legislature Grounds.
I ask the question on how much the overlay impacted the skyline ? Of course, there will be buildings designed to maximize space in the height window. Edmonton's skyline would be different but, how much different?
There was a restriction until the 60s-70s but since the 90s there have been protected views of parliament that mostly prevent very tall buildings from being built downtown.
If you like to scroll while pooping at work I recommend checking out the "Unbuilt" pages. There's over a dozen pages of unrecognized projects in and around the downtown core and some beyond.
... and more tourists might improve street life some and fill up some of those empty commercial spaces. Still nothing in the Augustana, I think.
Its a noticeable feature or quirk of the building and I understand that was the reason. I suspect if you go elsewhere and also see something odd, sometimes a zoning or other restriction is responsible for that too.
Phase 2 is going to help our downtown look so much bigger from the west.
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