Architecturally, the building looks good. It kind of reminds me of 188 WNL, which of course is a compliment. If it went further and had ground-floor retail like WNL 188, I would be even more pleased. The good thing is the building is proposed to line up against 36th Avenue, with only a strip of landscaping separating the building from the sidewalk. This would run consistent with Pfeffer's other buildings on 36th which also come close to the sidewalk. In its immediate vicinity, this will be the "tallest" building as the nearby Tatitlek Corp. building and Denali Alaskan headquarters are each four-stories high. Again, just because these renderings are floating around does not mean it will be built. Keep in mind that Pfeffer Development was behind the Augustine Energy Center, a proposed 21-story tower for downtown that was to be the tallest building in the city but ended up falling through due to the Great Recession. Six years later, a parking lot continues to sit where the tower was supposed to be. Let's hope its five-story kid brother in midtown pulls through.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Low-rise Proposed for Midtown
Architecturally, the building looks good. It kind of reminds me of 188 WNL, which of course is a compliment. If it went further and had ground-floor retail like WNL 188, I would be even more pleased. The good thing is the building is proposed to line up against 36th Avenue, with only a strip of landscaping separating the building from the sidewalk. This would run consistent with Pfeffer's other buildings on 36th which also come close to the sidewalk. In its immediate vicinity, this will be the "tallest" building as the nearby Tatitlek Corp. building and Denali Alaskan headquarters are each four-stories high. Again, just because these renderings are floating around does not mean it will be built. Keep in mind that Pfeffer Development was behind the Augustine Energy Center, a proposed 21-story tower for downtown that was to be the tallest building in the city but ended up falling through due to the Great Recession. Six years later, a parking lot continues to sit where the tower was supposed to be. Let's hope its five-story kid brother in midtown pulls through.
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