The Georgia | 157m | 48 fl | Completed - Page 51

vanman · #**1001** Posted **Oct 6, 2010, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Plus a pic of the precast (ugly beige) around back - probably beige because it faces the old part of the hotel?

Precast doesn't look nearly as bad as painted concrete imo. It at least adds texture to a building because of the countless individual panels.

itinerant · #**1002** Posted **Oct 6, 2010, 8:05 PM**

The outside construction elevator on Howe Street for the office portion has just come down.

Photo by me at 12:45 today

officedweller · #**1003** Posted **Oct 6, 2010, 8:23 PM**

Cool - now maybe they'll put some cladding on the corner where that strip of windows in located.
Strange that they aren't finishing the concrete behind those window panels that are covering the bulky concrete transfer floor
- or maybe the ones above will be dark blue spandrel panels like the ones on the office block to the left.

Hadn't seen this render posted by Hed Kandi - it shows the biege/brown cladding facing Howe St. too.
Not that keen on that - I would have rather had it be gray stone/granite to match the gray blue glass, not the old hotel.

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Phil McAvity · #**1004** Posted **Oct 7, 2010, 9:10 PM**

^wow sneaky.

I thought the building under construction in the front of this picture was the Gerogia, I just couldn't figure out the angle. I finally noticed the tiny sliver of a building in the background that is the Georgia.

Get back in your office, dweller!

officedweller · #**1005** Posted **Oct 7, 2010, 9:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

^wow sneaky.

I thought the building under construction in the front of this picture was the Gerogia, I just couldn't figure out the angle. I finally noticed the tiny sliver of a building in the background that is the Georgia.

Get back in your office, dweller!

That's akin the the "where's Waldo" type skyline pics that Urban Toronto forummers seem to continuously post in their construction threads.

Phil McAvity · #**1006** Posted **Oct 8, 2010, 12:01 AM**

^My post makes no sense now because you changed the picture!

Locked In · #**1007** Posted **Oct 8, 2010, 3:18 AM**

Thanks for all the photos OD.
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More scaffolding at street level removed on Howe - my not-so-good BB photo, taken tonight:

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officedweller · #**1008** Posted **Oct 8, 2010, 6:56 PM**

Here are a couple of shots by me today showing the columns angling back in:

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You can see that the point where the facade pokes out the most on the Howe side is flush
with the adjacent non-angled section, whereas on the Georgia side, the angled facade pokes out further
than the adjacent non-angled section (i.e. the vertical trough)

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ckkelley · #**1009** Posted **Oct 8, 2010, 7:16 PM**

Cool. Thanks for the update OD.

navazan · #**1010** Posted **Oct 8, 2010, 8:18 PM**

i think we're on the ten floor to go countdown!

Locked In · #**1011** Posted **Oct 9, 2010, 9:01 PM**

Georgia poking through the skyline - my photo, taken from Guelph Park, today:

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SFUVancouver · #**1012** Posted **Oct 9, 2010, 11:02 PM**

Thanks for the photo. This project is not going to be a skyline changer but it will be a good addition.

Phil McAvity · #**1013** Posted **Oct 10, 2010, 9:07 PM**

^I disagree. It probably won't have the impact Shangri-La has had but I think it will most certainly be a skyline changer much the same way Wall Centre changed it. From this angle The Georgia will be about the same height as Scotia. Are you saying it won't stick out or be noticed? You're damn skippy it will!

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