Waterfront feels less crowded on the street because more people park in garages. There are more “open spaces” than if you are at, say, 3rd and Park or 1st and Jefferson where cars are parked practically into the intersections. Also, the actual fact of the water being a natural border makes things feel more spacious, because there aren’t more buildings immediately across the street. When Toll builds more of their Maxwell and Hudson Tea buildings, it will likely feel more crowded, but for now things feel quite open.

Community feel – definitely. I will grant you that maybe this is the case because I have kids and know other parents in the building who also have kids (e.g., a Music Together class takes place in our building, there’s a children’s playroom, kids play outside in front of the building on nice days). But, we also know our (child-free) neighbors on our floor quite well, and we do have small get-togethers, neighbors coming to the door to borrow “a cup of sugar”, you run into and get to know building folks on the shuttle and at Ganache, etc. Our building also hosts social events at least a couple of times a year, and that contributes to the community feel.

I’ve lived in other apartment buildings, but there is truly a community feel in this one – at least among some of the residents.