this building had a different front when first constructed and then revised to this one- it's an improvement! You look at this building and wonder why the front stuff is not actual windows for the units- isn't that what a resident would want?

This is not a blob or poorly designed building. Is it great? no. Is it the end of Little Italy as we know it? No. Get real! Before critiquing this building I think it is appropriate to understand the site and its constraints. The building sits inside the city block. It WILL have buildings on all sides except the front at some point in its future, so the side pictures presented are an unfair photographic critique of what the architect is required to do by code. This project is really a "facade building" and should be critiqued solely on those grounds. I agree with the previous comment about its response to the street as it relates to the person-- that is not well done. I do not agree that its response to the street aesthetically and proportionally is all that bad. Little Italy's revival is one of Modernism and this building appropriately suits its new environment. This building is a good effort by an architect with severe site constraints that resulted in an average piece of architecture... but not an Onion.

Enough said.

There is a proposition on our ballots about providing adequate and humane living space for animals. If this building was to be used for animals, they'd get shut down. In the 2nd picture you can see that there are windows in the narrow gap between the condos. What kind of view do they have; their neighbors looking back at them? Marianne

SD-PD Arch. The street level lacks good design and continuity with India Street's interactive urban scene; however, the building overall is a decent enough example of modernist design. Not worthy of an award, but there are much worse offenders; such as the plethora of kitchy blobs in Little Italy trying to "reference" the architecture of Balboa Park while creating a poor excuse for a street scene.