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Originally Posted by 65MAX
I think you misunderstood their comments. It's not the overhangs, or protruding (oriel) windows, they have a problem with.... it's the lack of enough (or any?) canopies over the sidewalks to provide weather protection. I have to agree, the overhangs on the building are mostly too high above the sidewalk to provide adequate shelter when it's raining.
Also, I think the alleyway will actually be a very dynamic space with fairly high pedestrian traffic. It looks like the buildings will open directly into that alley making it more of a courtyard than a service entrance. We have so few alleyways here in Portland, but they can be some the best urban spaces if done well.
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How do you figure? Looking at the drafts, it looks like it is more or less just a walkway between two buildings that will be fairly dark with very little existing connections to it unless the current building under construction really opens up to it, which I don't think it does.
It looks nice in renderings, but this is basically a great alleyway for a heroin addict to shoot up in. I like the concept, but I don't imagine it being any more active than the alleyway by the Eliot Tower, and that one is much more inviting that this one would be.