CALGARY | Hilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites | 50 M / 163 FT | 14 Floors

[Design-mind]

Hilton slated for East village


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ge-hilton.html


http://www.evexperience.com/news_eve...iltons-ev-home

http://www.calgarymlc.ca/news/press/...l-east-village

[Surrealplaces]

Nothing fantastic, but still pretty solid. This will be a big bonus for East Village.

[Chadillaccc]

I imagine this one could start any day now...

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

I imagine this one could start any day now...

Rumors keep popping up that it will be starting soon. Anxious to see this one go ahead.

[PVG-YYC]

so many projects in the east village, but it doesnt look that big (area wise) driving by

[DarthMalgus]

There is some activity (site trailer and fencing) where the old building was torn down a few months back. I suspect the parking lot will remain in operation for the rest of March, and that (hopefully) we will see activity start up in April.

[Chadillaccc]

Site prep, moving under ground power lines


Hilton? by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[Surrealplaces]

Somebody mentioned in the Calgary construction thread that the parking lot is now closed and heavy equipment is being rolled onto site.

[DarthMalgus]

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Somebody mentioned in the Calgary construction thread that the parking lot is now closed and heavy equipment is being rolled onto site.

Its true. And there is some digging happening at the parking lot too.

[Chadillaccc]

I already posted about that, hence the photo above. The digging has absolutely nothing to do with the hotel, as I said. It has to do with moving power lines in preparation for the Library and the hotel. It's not excavation or anything to do with construction. They have been there for weeks.

[DarthMalgus]

/\Yeah but as of today, digging has moved to the (now closed) parking lot.

[Chadillaccc]

Well then that is excellent. It certainly isn't a very nice building, but the presence it will have and the large impact on the east village will be undeniable. I love that it is fronting along the "historic" street on 8th Ave, which is also the end of 'The Riff', and on 7th Ave.

It has been mentioned in the Calgary section before, but I wonder if the city is going to attempt to connect The Riff and Stephen Avenue through City Hall and the Central Library? and if so, how are they going to bridge it over the LRT tracks? Is the Central Library going to have an entrance on the east side of the tracks as well, at the end of The Riff?

[DarthMalgus]

Rumour I heard was that the library was going to have some kind of above-ground connection (more than just a +15, a genuine attempt to improve connectivity between East Village and downtown) through city hall.

[Surrealplaces]

It would make total sense to connect the Riff to Stephen Ave. My own personal opinion is that the building of city hall with it's massive back facing East Village kind of blocked out that community and helped drive it downward until finally hitting rock bottom. I really hope they can see the potential of connecting Stephen Ave to EV.

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Well then that is excellent. It certainly isn't a very nice building, but the presence it will have and the large impact on the east village will be undeniable. I love that it is fronting along the "historic" street on 8th Ave, which is also the end of 'The Riff', and on 7th Ave.

It has been mentioned in the Calgary section before, but I wonder if the city is going to attempt to connect The Riff and Stephen Avenue through City Hall and the Central Library? and if so, how are they going to bridge it over the LRT tracks? Is the Central Library going to have an entrance on the east side of the tracks as well, at the end of The Riff?

[Chadillaccc]

Well here's hoping they will connect it. The idea and possibility is certainly there. If the city can re-vitalize the street interaction of the Nuclear Bunker... I mean the Glenbow Museum... they can certainly do it with City Hall.

[middeljohn]

Slightly better exterior than the one they built in Hamilton, but nothing worth writing home about.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by middeljohn

Slightly better exterior than the one they built in Hamilton, but nothing worth writing home about.

For the most part it's pretty average. Most of us are exited about it for its location more than the design.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by middeljohn

Slightly better exterior than the one they built in Hamilton, but nothing worth writing home about.

Haha you can say that again, and twice for the part about being nicer than the one in the Hammer But as Surreal said, it's more about the excellent use of a hard-to-use location, boxed in on two sides by LRT tracks and nestled against a very historic hotel building, right at the end of what will one day be one of Calgary's most important activity areas, the Riff.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Haha you can say that again, and twice for the part about being nicer than the one in the Hammer But as Surreal said, it's more about the excellent use of a hard-to-use location, boxed in on two sides by LRT tracks and nestled against a very historic hotel building, right at the end of what will one day be one of Calgary's most important activity areas, the Riff.

The added activity the hotel will bring to the area will be good too.

[Surrealplaces]

The official height for this one is: 49.55m | 162.6FT