Since June, 1975 18th Street has progressed nicely. The building has topped out and most of its features are starting to take shape, including the facade. Before we get to the photos, let’s start out with a rendering refresher.
Here are the two corners of the building along Chestnut Street. The paneling and brick have started to make their way up.
Here is what isn’t pictured in the rendering. The building goes back along 18th and 19th Street.
1975 18th Street should be complete later this year.
So wait, they value engineered off the only good feature of the building? The two roof visors look like total after thoughts when they use to be the boldest elements of the design. Come on Denver…..every time!
Give them time to finish it before you judge! Clearly they aren’t done yet and the middle piece of the ‘visor’ that connects the two hasn’t been installed yet. Jeesh people….so quick to complain.
Actually, not just that, but the brick has turned from something appealing and contrasting look camouflaged against the other tones and the glass completely disappeared out of the right side of the building along that stairwell. This project just took some seriously embarrassing downgrades. Not sure how we let things like this happen in the hottest (and one of the most expensive) neighborhoods in the city.
It is affordable housing I think. That’s probably why it looks like a storage unit.
These buildings look very ordinary for this location. Not a good use of the land.
What an utter BS project.
The densest transit oriented development in 1000 miles and they build this 4-story, hihgly-VEed POS.
It’s this kind of crap that keeps Denver a second-class city to places like Seattle and Portland.
Minimum development requirements is something Denver needs to consider.
(I do realize that this is an affordable housing development, but that still doesn’t warrant the lack of density on this site).
We’ve had some much nicer looking, even more affordable projects (homeless transition housing), going up in less desirable areas.
(https://denverinfill.com/2015/08/arapahoe-square-renaissance-stout-street-lofts-final-update.html)
I, too, think Union Station, and some other areas need minimum development requirements.
Affordable housing, but yes, depressingly ordinary and architecturally disappointing. Oh well. Another tick in the craptastic architecture column.