MisterF
Senior Member
I can understand criticism of the architecture in this area but it looks nothing like any mid-sized American city I've ever seen. Which one specifically does Southcore look like??
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Marcanadian
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I think Southcore looks more like an Asian city than any American city. Most mid-sized American cities don't have these types of large districts with modern glass towers. There's a desperate need for some variety down here though, which we've been through quite a bit already in this thread.
pw20
Active Member
Dallas, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Omaha... not the historic buildings but just the big/broad streets (the tops of these skyscrapers are often different) but the street view/experience to me just seems like anytown America.
The same could then be said of a similar shot of Toronto in 1900 or 1940 in comparison to most American cities at the time.
Torontovibe
Senior Member
The downtowns of those cities are loaded with surface level parking lots and empty, windswept plazas. They don't do tightly packed offices and condos, side by side. It's a completely different look and feel. Pedestrian friendly most of those places are not.
A few years ago I did a 1 month road trip from Milwaukee, all the way down to New Orleans, around to Florida and back up through Georgia. I stopped in all the major cities of central and eastern USA. Once you have seen all those Mid-West and Southern cities, you realize they are quite different then anything you will find up here, especially Southcore. American's love their wide open spaces and parking lots everywhere.
Southcore is pretty much the opposite of that.
Kraylin
Active Member
I fixed your sentence for you
Seeing as these buildings are VERY new and until then there were huge expanses of parking lots and open spaces.
ehlow
Senior Member
I fixed your sentence for you
There still are a few big parking lots, like the one just east of ACC. These are marked for development, but if you go a bit further east, even more large parking lots.
They are rapidly disappearing for sure, but still a bunch of them left, which you can see on Google maps.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Architecturally mid-sized American cities tend to be more architecturally diverse, and often with a heavy dose of PoMo. Definitely not Southcore that way.
AoD
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drum118
Superstar
Jan 17
More up on Site
Love the wood. Need a card to use the elevators to get the floors and no view. The new walkway in service and can get some view from it.
More up on Site
Love the wood. Need a card to use the elevators to get the floors and no view. The new walkway in service and can get some view from it.
Benito
Senior Member
Wow, the lobby is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the photos.
Ryan_T
Senior Member
The lobby looks almost plain in pictures, but quite pleasant in real life.
I made the walk from Union to SFC, and then down to WPPIII/RBC. Quite pleasant, albeit confusing path. There's minimal direction/indication where to go from ACC to RBC, but going for Maple Leaf Square will lead you there.
I made the walk from Union to SFC, and then down to WPPIII/RBC. Quite pleasant, albeit confusing path. There's minimal direction/indication where to go from ACC to RBC, but going for Maple Leaf Square will lead you there.
Marcanadian
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buildup
Senior Member
I've been meaning to do a heartland drive for some time. Any cities that resonated with you?
junctionist
Senior Member
Few cities in North America are building districts as dense, transit-oriented and contemporary in style as Southcore.
modernizt
Senior Member
I hope Marriott doesn't mess with the Delta brand and leaves it intact. I think it's far nicer than the vibe/design of Marriott's marketing/brand.