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    honestly im thrilled they are renovating the older buildings on the south side of downtown. we used to always get so much hate about our "boring beige boxy buildings", so its nice to see that slowly changing. i do feel for the people who liked the old design, but i appreciate the fact they tried to reuse some of the old design features.
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    while i admit i wasnt blown away by the design (but its finally official!!!), look at the rendering and tell me it does 1500 Louisiana or 1400 Smith Street any justice. those buildings look mediocre in that rendering too but they look great in person. i think this tower has potential to turn out much better than what this rendering shows. there also appears to be a recessed section in the tower on the right side (and probably a matching recessed side on the left). i guess we will find out more about the building as more renderings become available, but i wouldnt write it off just yet..
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    ive always wondered why more surface lots werent converted to park space. ive had a cool idea for a while of a submerged park thats still open to the elements, but dropped down to tunnel level, with access on each side opening up into the tunnel system and shops/cafes lining the 4 sides below the street level (downtown could sure the additional amenities for all these new residents).. it seems to me like not that many people outside of those who work downtown even know the tunnel system exists, so imo it would help improve the existing system by having more street access from the tunnels and possibly bring new people into the tunnels that ordinarily wouldnt of stumbled into them unless they were in an office building.
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    oh ok thanks. so its the "1600 Louisiana" block/empty lot right beside the 1500 tower? i guess i could see why they would need to be making renovations to the lower floors of 1500 then if the new tower is linking into the building from the side opposite the circle skybridge. i wonder if they are going to keep the theme and go with another circle skybridge?
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    could someone please specify what block this is going on? i know its the "old YMCA block", but not sure which one that is. i just looked at the map. i see where the new YMCA is but im not sure if thats the same block. i was hoping the new tower would be able to be connected into the ring skywalk, but it doesnt appear as though thats possible unless they were to build it on top of the parking garage. i had been thinking how neat it would be to have the three towers clustered together with two more ring skybridges, one halfway up the buildings, and another at the top of the buildings, to better interconnect the buildings so workers didnt have to take the elevator all the way down to ground level and then back up to get around "campus".
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