Reply To: Developers threaten ‘black fortress’ – Time to stand up and be counted again

Just so we can see what we’re comparing, here is the SOM proposal

Artists impressions can indeed be misleading – buildings never look so clean or have such idyllic lighting in reality. In reality public plazas are normally windswept and littered spaces where no-one want to hang around, in renderings they’re bathed in a mystical halflight with groups of people hanging around having a great time. There is a knack in seeing past all the hype in proposals.