Saint John, New-Brunswick | The city oldest incorporated city in Canada

[Haliguy]

Nice pics....reminds me a lot of Portland Maine.

[Smevo]

Nice pics Erick!

[@Champlain]

Originally Posted by Helladog

At least they made the main roof flat...

Yeah, but it still doesn't look "right", at least they didn't put it in the historical uptown area. Anyway, I don't know if they wanted to capture the style and class of the Fairmont Algonquin in Saint-Andrews, but it's a very tacky caricature of this New Brunswick landmark. This thing won't fit in Saint John and it totally screams, "I'm out of place" in Moncton. The first time in my life I came to Moncton, I drove onto Main Street and I was like... what the h*** is this and what is it doing here...

[kwajo]

Originally Posted by @Champlain

Yeah, but it still doesn't look "right", at least they didn't put it in the historical uptown area. Anyway, I don't know if they wanted to capture the style and class of the Fairmont Algonquin in Saint-Andrews, but it's a very tacky caricature of this New Brunswick landmark. This thing won't fit in Saint John and it totally screams, "I'm out of place" in Moncton. The first time in my life I came to Moncton, I drove onto Main Street and I was like... what the h*** is this and what is it doing here...

Well a similar design could work on the waterfront if they modelled it after the Murray Premises in St. John's



But yes, as it stands that hotel will be a very out-of-place addition to Saint John.

[@Champlain]

Originally Posted by kwajo

Well a similar design could work on the waterfront if they modelled it after the Murray Premises in St. John's



But yes, as it stands that hotel will be a very out-of-place addition to Saint John.

Yes, that design is more acceptable on a harbour setting, not outstanding, but acceptable in Newfoundland. One of the main problem with the Chateau design is that proportions/scale/colors are not working. BTW, for anyone reading these Chateau Moncton-Saint John posts, they are not related to the hotel itself. This hotel is a very nice establishment; the staff, service & rooms are great and I know many happy people who were happy with their stays here. We are talking about the "shell" of the hotel on these past few posts.

[kwajo]

Well the Murray Premises only really works in St. John's, NL because everything else is brightly coloured and oddly shaped. In a rigidly Victorian architectural area like Uptown Saint John it would look like Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

This discussion just makes me wonder why can't New Brunswick get any interesting architecture? Everything we build in this province is either faux-heritage, kitchy or just plain out-of-date or cheap. For a region with such a strong history of impressive buildings and engineering (just look at the historic areas of Saint John or Fredericton), we've really fallen flat on our asses over the past few decades.

[kwajo]

Well it only really works in St. John's, NL where everything is brightly coloured and oddly shaped. In a rigidly Victorian architectural area like Uptown Saint John it looks like Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

Why can't New Brunswick get any interesting architecture? Everything we build in this province is either faux-heritage, kitchy or just plain out-of-date.

[@Champlain]

Originally Posted by kwajo

Why can't New Brunswick get any interesting architecture? Everything we build in this province is either faux-heritage, kitchy or just plain out-of-date.