[St. John's] Convention Centre Expansion
I think it's time to proceed with a separate thread for this project in our brand new St. John's section (I'll still be saying that a year from now, by the way - I love it!). The St. John's Convention Centre is currently expanding. Several clapboard buildings adjacent to the existing centre were demolished to allow its expansion west to the corner of Waldegrave and New Gower streets. Here is a past render (which is no longer valid) from The Official Project Thread: Quote:
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And here is the most recent description posted in that thread by Architype: Quote:
And here is a recent image of the general site preparation: http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/img/...55266772-5.jpg |
http://i.imgur.com/0aUxdl.jpg
Taken from the provincial gov. new release posted September 2012 http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/...ewsArticle/154 |
Thank you, JCE! I realize it's only one post down but I quoted you for the first post as well. :)
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I read there were interior and exterior elevations presented last week. Does anyone have any copies or photos of these?
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Article on VOCM today regarding the Convention Center:
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Notice the link jeddy ;) |
So, It's not starting until next year and the whole convention center is going to be shut down for two years?? That sounds pretty bad for business.. You would think they could keep at least part of the existing convention center opened during the expansion.
Edit: It "goes to tender tomorrow"? Probably a really stupid question, but does that mean it gets officially proposed i.e: LUAR tomorrow?? |
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When it goes to Tender it means that it will be published so that companies can put in bids on parts of it's construction (a competition for the best fit) for example the construction portion and the landscaping and electrical etc. In other words they will announce what the companies can bid on and it starts the competition for companies to win the contracts |
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Heard this on th news to clear things up a bit..
-Construction will be begin this march -The convention center will close sometime in 2014 for about a year -due to be completed on a Saturday in 2016 |
I guess this can be shared here too:
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Architype, read six posts above :haha:
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LoL sorry, I usually spend a little more time reading.
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haha, I've done the same thing many times :cheers:
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One thing that I fear about this convention centre expansion is that they might be playing catch up and not looking at future demand .. how long will it take to outgrow this one? I mean they are citing cities like Fredericton and Charlottetown as competition .. I'd think that they would aim to compete with some bigger cities (keeping the future in mind) even if it wont be right away
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That's one of my biggest pet peeves about us. We always underestimate ourselves when planning for what the future St. John's and Newfoundland and Labrador will need. Always. It's why we have hideous, piecemeal buildings like the Avalon Mall while cities that are more forward-looking in their planning have beautiful, single buildings. |
I know. While the expansion is great, I find it sad that we, a city of 200,000, is playing catch-up with cities of 60,000. We should be building this with the future in mind. We should not build something that can rival those cities, we should build something bigger than those cities in hopes of competing with larger centers such as halifax.
The plans for the expansion sound great, I just feel it should have been much bigger. |
That being said we HAVE come a very long way, attitudes are changing even if it's bit by bit.
Look at the airport they are going to DOUBLE the size.. I think that's going to be a good forward thinking project .. it's also difficult when you are using public money like for the convention centre, the public outcry all the time about anything being spent above the perceived "need". However I hope they have an idea of how they will expand it more in the future (no more room) .. maybe they will be able to go up and add move floors? I dont know but give it ten years after it's complete and we'll be crying for a new one I say enough catch up -> time to start shooting for the moon :) edit: This is why we need more young people with fresh ideas helping shape our city |
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