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Originally Posted by 65MAX
Well, just based on this rendering, the only one that shows the alleyway in any detail, they clearly are proposing a seating area with extensive landscaping and hardscaping. Also, there are window walls on both sides that look like they open directly into the buildings. There don't appear to be any hiding places for addicts to be shooting up when there are that many windows facing the alley. It actually looks more like a courtyard connecting the buildings than a back alley.
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As we have learned, it is best not to go on a rendering on how active a place will be. Nothing in that rendering suggests it will be an active used place. The alleyway at the Eliot receives more activity than this will and the alleyway at the Eliot is dead minus the few people that cut through there when walking.
If there was retail space or something for a cafe to spill out into this area, then it might be active, but based on the drafts it doesn't suggest that so it will basically be a dead zone between buildings.
Looking at the drafts again for both buildings, it does look like there is potential for commercial space to connect to this alleyway in both buildings, so depending on what opens up and how they use the alleyway, it might see people walking through it to get to these places. But for now it looks more like a smoking area than anything else, we will see. Overall I am really liking how this block is turning out.