Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricopedra
One last thing. Here's a cool pic of dt from the tourism website, without River Landing. I was thinking, if the First Nations Bank and MNP buildings, etc., had built their parkades under their office floors (but still above ground) like many offices have in Regina, our skyline would be far more rocking - and would've saved space for future development and density. We'd have that tiny cluster of 7-9-9 that looks so 'nice' while crossing the Broadway Bridge become something like 10-14-15! Look at the following picture with that in mind!>)
(And of course my ultimate Saskatoon peeve - Scotia Centre should've built one 22 story building instead of 2 at 11fls, and saved the Capitol Theatre. Yea, right.)
https://www.tourismsaskatoon.com/pla...s/quick-facts/
...since when is the drinking age 19? It used to be 18. |
A couple comments from me:
I certainly agree that another 3 stories of height for the buildings mentioned would definitely make a difference in their aesthetic appeal, but the relatively cheap price of land in downtown Saskatoon makes it more economical to has surface parking beside a "tower" than even an above ground parkade. Also, above ground parkades do tend to add a bit of a disconnect to the flow of a building between an occupied, often retail, main floor and the parkade levels above. Keeping that main level dry can also be problematic.
I hadn't thought that the Scotia Centre towers looked so dumpy but they certainly do from that angle.
Lastly, the legal drinking age in Sask has been 19 for about 40 years or so....
Prev
Linear Mode
