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Originally Posted by someone123
Not a huge fan of the current design, but I could see it getting better with some tweaking. I don't like the accordion-like facade above George Street, for example.
The rendering is a little weird. The Champlain Building (Bluenose) is 6 storeys tall, not 4 storeys. I'd like to be able to assume that the full facade would of course be preserved but I am not so sure about that -- the Roy Building redevelopment actually calls for the brick lower portion on Barrington to be cut down by 1 floor for some reason.
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I agree that I would like to see the building design tweaked. I would also like to see more of the heritage buildings preserved.
Regarding the Champlain Building, I don't know anything about its history but it appears as though they have recreated the original 4 storey facade.
I checked the NS Archives and found the picture below and marked where this building is located. The small building directly adjacent to it (to the south, along Hollis) also still exists.
(source:
http://gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/Rogers/album.asp?ID=62 )
Here is a Google Street View of how it currently appears -
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=5162+d...weHBTPxZIczDtg . The arches above the lower windows have been covered over and two storeys were added.