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Originally Posted by clubtokyo
I agree, I would like to see more condos that are little less stuffy then some of the big towers. I just want a big open balcony and lots of retail below.
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Exactly. I mean not that I don't want nice buildings downtown, it's just that the style of this with the wood-backed balconies and concrete would look great in a larger building too. Instead of a giant square of yellow or pale red stucco with balconies sticking off the sides.
This almost reminds me of a building that could get built in Tokyo or New York, assuming it were taller.
And on a semi-unrelated note, the way the retail is done here looks great. A lot of places in east austin have "retail" that really just looks like a business is renting out a ground floor apartment. Nothing seperating the stores or businesses from eachother, nothing showing its any different from the residential above other than a small sign. This is a lot better where you know it's retail, and it looks like it was thoughtfully planned out, instead of "well we took this shell blueprint from the 97 other complexes we've built around the country, but Austin requires retail so let's throw some in where we normally put the cheapest apartments."
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