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Originally Posted by The ATX
That entire little area is urban vomit featuring the ugly side of the Fairmont, the IHOP, a surface lot with an anti-pedestrian slope to Cesar Chavez, the ugly little overflow parking lot for Iron Works next to the Demo'd WPP site, Waller Creek cess pool, I-35 & Cesar Chavez...
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They oriented the building to Waller Creek in deference to the Waller Creek vision. They probably could have put the exit stairs on Sabine, but that would impact the future Sabine Promenade. Red River might have been a better choice given that the Convention Center already impacts it. But Cesar Chavez is currently an automobile sewer, so it was an easy choice. Once the other properties fronting Cesar Chavez redevelop (and it is only a matter of time) the nature of it will change and the Fairmont will be the most negative influence. I think it could have been handled better. The JW Brazos frontage does not seem so bad in comparison. The JW also has exit stairs on Congress of all places, but they tucked the Burger Bar in to mitigate - a huge success that needs to be repeated on new projects!