Readers: Blue is Favorite of Six Plaza Square Colors
Blue was the favorite Plaza Square color picked by readers in the non-scientific Sunday Poll, with orange second. Readers were allowed to pick two. Blue & orange are also my top two favorites, though I prefer orange over blue.
Q: The six Plaza Square buildings were restored to their original colors, which are your TWO favorites?
![#1 Blue with 18 votes (27.69%)](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plazasquare.blue01.jpg)
![#2 Orange with 14 votes (21.54%)](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plazasquare.orange01.jpg)
![#3 Teal Green with 12 votes (18.46%)](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plazasquare.tealgreen01.jpg)
![#4 Light Blue with 9 votes (13.85%)](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plazasquare.ltblue01.jpg)
![#5 Yellow with 7 votes (10.77%)](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plazasquare.yellow01.jpg)
![#6 Mustard with 5 votes (7.69%)](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plazasquare.mustard01.jpg)
Yellow, which finished fifth, is a close third favorite of mine.
As I said on Sunday, I thought the colors were originally used on the North & South ends but the National Register listing says they were always white.
![The white ends just do not look right to my eyes](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plazasquare.orange02.jpg)
Though I like a lot about these six buildings, they make no attempt to connect to Olive, Pine, or Chestnut. With Pine & Chestnut being a one-way couplet they’re horrible places for pedestrians, There is zero positive street activity.
Hopefully they’ll do better now that ownership, mission, etc are split up.
— Steve Patterson