MIAMI | do you think this is attractive?

SpongeG · #1 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:06 AM**

this is from 1997 - i can't find a recent picture but the one i saw in this months metropolitan home was much more filled out - its a parkade

its kinda ugly but an attempt at being more green...

source of pic

PIZ · #2 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:16 AM**

Being from Chicago, anything with a Palm Tree infront of it is attractive to me.

Boris2k7 · #3 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:16 AM**

Imagine covering those white, barred sections with either wood (to simulate a "forest") or something else. It would be much nicer.

BTinSF · #4 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:28 AM**

In a Hanging Gardens of Babylon sort of way, yeah--it's nicer than most parking structures.

Derek · #5 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:31 AM**

I was expecting females.

Ayreonaut · #6 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:34 AM**

Lol, me too.

Boris' idea isn't too bad.

galaca · #7 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:49 AM**

this is Miami, right?

i think it looks better than the majority of parking garages, but from this angle it looks kind of awkward, and seems to detract from the otherwise attractive street retail.

Rico Rommheim · #8 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:55 AM**

I looooovvvvvve it!

BroncoCSU05 · #9 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 3:56 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek loves SD

I was expecting females.

me too. i feel cheated

Derek · #10 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 4:25 AM**

Okay. To address the issue, a parking garage like this belongs at an amusement park or something to that nature, not in an urban environment.

mthq · #11 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 4:41 AM**

I don't like it. What's with the spruce trees randomly popping out from the rest of the greenery? It also looks like someone hasn't trimmed the flora in quite a while. I do like the different facades for each retailer though. Nothing uniform about it as each storefront is unique.

Of course the white wall and black bars are a no-brainer in contributing to its ugliness. Unless this is your parking garage, Sponge G. If that's the case, then I like it

BnaBreaker · #12 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 5:07 AM**

It looks like some computer model you'd see on one of those Discovery Channel 'Armageddon/Fifty years without humans' shows.

KevinFromTexas · #13 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 5:26 AM**

I like the greenery, but what the heck is going on with that facade? That crossed facade looks horrible. One of these days an architect needs to get smart with a parking garage like that and actually make the foliage cover it entirely. In a way, that almost looks like a cliff instead of a building with some trees on it. I'm not feeling those yellow tiles on the corner.

brickell · #14 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 5:37 AM**

here's another shot couretsy of BobMiami: http://bobmiami.com/2006/11/05/more-...rking-garages/
It's in South Beach and I think it's great. The retail is part of the garage and wraps around both sides if I remember correctly.

bobdreamz · #15 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 7:30 AM**

yes it is South Beach on Washington Avenue I believe and the second pic looks more recent since all of the foliage now covers the facade of the garage. Kevin this is south beach remember? Pastels are the norm.

mthq · #16 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 7:31 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by brickell

The retail is part of the garage

Are you TalB in disguise?

brickell · #17 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 7:54 AM**

Sorry.
I guess I misread an earlier post. It can't detract from the retail when it is the retail, but I get it now.

theWatusi · #18 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 10:49 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek loves SD

I was expecting females.

ug this thread title is borderline misrepresentation

FREKI · #19 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 10:52 AM**

I like it - was quite impressed when I first saw it with my own eyes ( I might have some pics of it somehwere )

It kinda reminds me of the houses in Nice, France that are build right next to cliffs full of plants giving the same look..

wjfox2004 · #20 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 11:19 AM**

Looks very attractive to me.