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Originally Posted by Uptowngirl
Well someone at the PRC rightfully said Duncan Plaza should be the site of a new city hall built in a traditional style (and honestly it should get cleaned up to resemble a proper town common).
Lack of park space? City Park and Audubon? However parking lots are eyesores and perhaps like in Savannah they should be restricted to parking decks using traditional materials.
As far as 930 Poydras...I am generally not a fan of modern architecture in this city. It looks terrible especially on the residential level such as the Tulane: URBAN build. 930 may only work because it is where it is...but I am not convinced it will do anything for the area around it other than look like the Plaza Tower in 30 years.
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We already HAVE a City Hall built in a traditional style: Gallier Hall. Together with 550 Carondelet behind it, there is enough space to house city bureaucracy. If they need more, there is a surface lot right next door on Carondelet. Right now, it's just used as convention and banquet space; IMO a wasteful use of a beautiful building in a place that is the historic seat of government, and is still home to large numbers of state and federal employees. THIS should be City Hall's replacement, not Chevron or any new building.
Re: the park space... neither City Park nor Audubon Park are anywhere NEAR the central area. Savannah (where I am right now, incidentally) was planned with a regular pattern of landscaped squares, and Forsyth Park within walking distance of downtown. New Orleans needs a good downtown park... although City Hall definitely has redevelopment potential, I wouldn't mind seeing it torn down and combined with Duncan Plaza into a sizable, modern, and pleasant downtown park (probably requires a park patrol to keep out the homeless).