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Originally Posted by Wolf13
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Not saying it won't happen. I WANT IT TO HAPPEN. Winnipeg needs people downtown and the tower is sexy. But for once, skyscraperpage.com, ask yourself what the roots of the optimism and skepticism are, and compare them.
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Exactly. Well said
Sky City's success would do so much for downtown Winnipeg and for everyone involved in trying to make Winnipeg's downtown a more attractive, better place to invest and it would certainly add a lot of bodies downtown which is never a bad thing. I too want it to happen. We all do. We all should.
But Wolf said it perfectly, I think, in that last sentence..."roots of optimism and skepticism...and compare.."
There is reason to have skepticism for this project. Unfortunately. More reason for skepticism, based on the realities. I would love to see it go through, but until this tower is actually U/C, above grade with a crane on site, I will remain a skeptic. I pointed out why I am hopeful for them to go through in earlier posts, I wasn't even living in Winnipeg when this project was announced and i was still hopeful then too....but I can't ignore the "smoke" either. I will continue to hope for it's success because of what it would mean for downtown in the Peg, but there is genuine cause for skepticism. And that shouldn't be ignored by even the staunchest proponents.
Consider how long their project in Regina has been announced, and it's been a thing there since 2009....it is now 2017!! And it's just a big hole in the ground. We have all had so many changes in our own lives from 2009 until now...thats a long time to announce a project with only a hole to show for.