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When St. Jamestown was being envisioned and constructed, it was a decidedly middle class/ artist clientel that they were trying to attract. The first decade at the Town' was just that, a vibrant, 'artist' based community - after that it started to slide but those golden years were just as Corb had wanted (i know he wasn't the architect, im not an idiot ).
You can't draw lines in the sand around building type as each is equally representative of the time period it was built in. Trying to find generic 'glass box' apartments from the 1960s-70s is as hard as trying to find the slabs of that era being constructed today...Just look at the 427, its LINED with these PIP monstrosities.
The location of Cityplace, though photogenic is also relatively isolated. This has been discussed in detail on UT before so I wont dredge past threads but to summarize: it aint as 'connected' as some seem to think.
I'm not saying that CityPlace is a bad development. My opinion there is quite the contrary. I think that CityPlace, though not without its own faults, is a pretty foreword thinking concept for a city who has neglected its high rise market for close to if not more than ten years...The choice to run in the face of shitty suburban sprawl developers and create such a large complex downtown is commendable. Plus its gonna look damn good once that Signature tower is there!
You can't draw lines in the sand around building type as each is equally representative of the time period it was built in. Trying to find generic 'glass box' apartments from the 1960s-70s is as hard as trying to find the slabs of that era being constructed today...Just look at the 427, its LINED with these PIP monstrosities.
The location of Cityplace, though photogenic is also relatively isolated. This has been discussed in detail on UT before so I wont dredge past threads but to summarize: it aint as 'connected' as some seem to think.
I'm not saying that CityPlace is a bad development. My opinion there is quite the contrary. I think that CityPlace, though not without its own faults, is a pretty foreword thinking concept for a city who has neglected its high rise market for close to if not more than ten years...The choice to run in the face of shitty suburban sprawl developers and create such a large complex downtown is commendable. Plus its gonna look damn good once that Signature tower is there!