Waterfront Place 8.02.08
The Pasquale continues to move along quickly in the land of planning/design fail known as Waterfront Village. Not one to rock the boat, this tower adds design features that are ‘in context with its surroundings’. Good for them.
I believe the townhomes are in the stages of being redesigned since the three that are up have struggled to attain much interest. (12 more were supposed to be constructed)
Those beige lines going across the back of the nearly-windowless side of the tower are a fabulous accent too I must say.
It’s great to know that a third and final tower is in the works on the site although I dread to see the renderings. Having a fairly dense neighborhood of wealthy people in downtown is great for the city tax rolls and can possibly make retailers feel a bit more comfortable with investing in Canal Side or downtown/the waterfront in general.
But one day Buffalo will desire a well designed, sustainable city infrastructure and they will look back on our generations and think of us as thoughtless and stupid people for letting such a project evolve into what it became.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I hear that two of the four existing THs are sold (one closed a couple months ago), and the prices on the other two have been reduced.
There is going to be a two-story addition on the city side of the tower for the lobby, conceirge, library, etc. Wasn’t Paladino quoted in the News saying the second tower would be a twin???
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
This stuff really is brutal. The sad thing is that it would not be that difficult to make it better with a few tweaks and some common sense.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Agreed, terrible stuff, both on the ground (the site plan) and in the air (buildings themselves). Why no windows facing downtown? That’s the view I’d want.
One added point, though. Assuming Schroeder’s empire zone bill gets vetoed, this project won’t increase the tax base for the City for a decade - all those well-to-do owners will be getting property tax abatements.