About a month ago I blogged about Alexan Park Avenue, the project planned for both sides of E. 19th Avenue between Ogden and Emerson along Park Avenue in Downtown Denver’s Uptown district. The proposed development by Trammell Crow Residential is the first to occur at the former Children’s Hospital site.
The design by Denver-based JG Johnson Architects has been evolving over the past several months, but here’s the latest rendering for part of the project: the E. 19th Avenue (north side) elevation:
Many thanks to the folks at JG Johnson for sending me the above image. As we get closer to the start of construction, I hope to be able to share with you additional images of the project.
This seems to be the fall-back "Denver look" of which I've already grown very tired. If forms are actually functional they seem to look good in my opinion. But these forms are kind of like an odd collage. Those roof-top additions might end up looking like the "prison towers" we see on the Metro at Prospect … but let's hope not.
I think it's fine — this style of building is definitely getting kind of tired, but these things come in waves. I'd personally like some more classic buildings like 16 Market Square across from Market Street Station, but I'll take whatever comes along. Any new development is better than parking lots, right? At least this building is built at a human scale and has a nice rhythm at street level.
I agree with the first comment. It's about the third or fourth development with that same visual look in the central city. ick.
I live in the neighborhood, and this will be a welcome development. Looks good.
I live a couple blocks away from the new development. It'll be a great addition to the neighborhood.
Looks great in this diagram–let's hope there's plenty of real brick and other quality materials, and minimal fake stucco!
I live in the neighborhood and I think this looks ugly!