Comments on: The Broadway Brownstones http://boulderspace.org/2008/03/17/the-broadway-brownstones/ Boulder, Colorado Design Development Resources Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Renee http://boulderspace.org/2008/03/17/the-broadway-brownstones/#comment-377 Renee Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:05:46 +0000 http://boulderspace.org/2008/03/17/the-broadway-brownstones/#comment-377 I personally find the Brownstones refreshing. I am tired of much of the other new architecture that I see in Boulder. Boulder architecture is either neo-victorian, contemporary, colorado mountain or that stuff on Canyon that is totally boring. Why does architecture have to always look like the building next door? This building looks like it is built to last and only time will tell weather this building is enduring. Evidently the real estate market liked it. I personally find the Brownstones refreshing. I am tired of much of the other new architecture that I see in Boulder. Boulder architecture is either neo-victorian, contemporary, colorado mountain or that stuff on Canyon that is totally boring. Why does architecture have to always look like the building next door? This building looks like it is built to last and only time will tell weather this building is enduring. Evidently the real estate market liked it.

]]> By: Hank http://boulderspace.org/2008/03/17/the-broadway-brownstones/#comment-249 Hank Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:32:55 +0000 http://boulderspace.org/2008/03/17/the-broadway-brownstones/#comment-249 I'm not so much opposed to the attempt at bringing an outside socio-architectural influence to Boulder (although I doubt there will be much opportunity for a game of stickball in the middle of Broadway). These just seem to fall short of being anything interesting, they're just kind of "there." I'd be interested to know if the purchasers that bought these sight-unseen were Boulder residents or people from somewhere else that thought a brownstone in the heart of Boulder, Co sounded quaint. I’m not so much opposed to the attempt at bringing an outside socio-architectural influence to Boulder (although I doubt there will be much opportunity for a game of stickball in the middle of Broadway). These just seem to fall short of being anything interesting, they’re just kind of “there.” I’d be interested to know if the purchasers that bought these sight-unseen were Boulder residents or people from somewhere else that thought a brownstone in the heart of Boulder, Co sounded quaint.

]]> By: Brad http://boulderspace.org/2008/03/17/the-broadway-brownstones/#comment-230 Brad Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:01:49 +0000 http://boulderspace.org/2008/03/17/the-broadway-brownstones/#comment-230 I'm honestly speechless... Isn't the idea of vernacular and place an early lesson in any school of architecture? Building a replica in a completely foreign environment with the expectation that it will function as the original (this is not 95th & Lex) is as logical as building a Greek Revivalist home for the production of Platonic philosophies. Let's be honest and admit when things are done for the novelty's sake, much like when New York was replicated in Las Vegas... I might also suggest a lesson in New Urbanism if that was also the intent. I’m honestly speechless… Isn’t the idea of vernacular and place an early lesson in any school of architecture?

Building a replica in a completely foreign environment with the expectation that it will function as the original (this is not 95th & Lex) is as logical as building a Greek Revivalist home for the production of Platonic philosophies.

Let’s be honest and admit when things are done for the novelty’s sake, much like when New York was replicated in Las Vegas…

I might also suggest a lesson in New Urbanism if that was also the intent.

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