[salsa]

I found these pics by NOW Magazine of what the square used to look like.

 

[interchange42]

From earlier this evening:

Kid taking tickets said he heard the new VIP cinemas wouldn't be open until the Christmas season. Ehh, what does he know?

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[Roundabout]

This morning

 

[modernizt]

Not only does this expansion not give life to the intersection, but it sucks the air right out of it.

 

[Edward Skira]

Wouldn't it be the construction hoarding that's sucking the life out of the intersection. How can one tell when it isn't done yet.

 

[ehlow]

The intersection is still as busy as ever

 

[Amare]

My goodness can we please get that public square back? This has got to be one of the worst ideas that have ever come into fruition in this city. It wouldve been better off in the "proposed but never built" category.

 

[Logan]

The puke green spandrel really sucks. Can't say this 'adds' to the intersection. It doesn't help that the Pickle Barrel sign is about as cheap looking as it can get.

 

[kotsy]

My goodness can we please get that public square back?

I like the design more than most here but agree that the public square was better use of space

 

[condovo]

The Pickle Barrel Pavilion

 

[modernizt]

Wouldn't it be the construction hoarding that's sucking the life out of the intersection. How can one tell when it isn't done yet.

Really? You think when they remove the hoarding this thing is going to suddenly be a good piece of design / people space?

 

[Adjei]

What an ugly intersection.

 

[Edward Skira]

Really? You think when they remove the hoarding this thing is going to suddenly be a good piece of design / people space?

It may not look like good architecture in your eyes but it could still work as a people place depending on how it meets the sidewalk.

 

[Skeezix]

My goodness can we please get that public square back?

I like the design more than most here but agree that the public square was better use of space

Regardless of what one thinks of this architecture or the use of this space, let's be clear on one point. It was never a public square. It wasn't publicly owned (I appreciate that you might have been using the term "public square" loosely, as a square used by the public, but it typically means public ownership). While it was privately owned open space, there was no requirement on the landowner to maintain it as such. Short of expropriation, this was always going to happen eventually.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Not to mention the previous open space also sucked...