Canadian City Proposals - Page 250

Chadillaccc · #**4981** Posted **May 2, 2012, 12:27 PM**

We really need a couple good Edmontonians and Ottawans to start making some gods darn DIAGRAMS on those cities skyscraper pages!!!

So many proposals in Edmonton don't have diagrams and Ottawa's two tallest don't... and now with the Claridge proposal... Ottawa's three tallest don't have diagrams!! Come on guys!

north 42 · #**4982** Posted **May 2, 2012, 3:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nicko999

A 42 storey building in... Ottawa???

It's about time that Ottawa get's some height added to their already dense but not high skyline. You'd never know that Ottawa and Calgary are about the same size population wise by comparing their skylines. Hope this goes through.

Coldrsx · #**4983** Posted **May 2, 2012, 4:53 PM**

^yup... take a city with outlier levels of towers and a city with a height/view restricts, atta boy.

Coldrsx · #**4984** Posted **May 2, 2012, 4:57 PM**

The Ottawa proposal is the baby of these two:

Dallas - Museum Tower

(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/MuseumTower.jpg)

Boston - Federal Reserve Plaza

(http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/05/27/Boston%20Fed%20Building.JPG)

Travis007 · #**4985** Posted **May 3, 2012, 5:05 PM**

333 King Street East, Toronto

333 King Street East - Zoning Amendment Application -
Preliminary Report

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-46665.pdf

Coldrsx · #**4986** Posted **May 4, 2012, 4:18 PM**

Ultima Edmonton - giant parking lot will be gone soon as well... arena and entertainment district.

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(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x164/coldrsx/misc%20photos/DSC01620.jpg)

Chadillaccc · #**4987** Posted **May 4, 2012, 8:00 PM**

Glad to see movement in the Edmonton market

haligonia · #**4988** Posted **May 4, 2012, 9:24 PM**

An interesting new aerial image, showing the scale of Skye Halifax:

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Originally Posted by bluenoser

Still not sure of how I feel about this one.

TallBob · #**4989** Posted **May 4, 2012, 10:09 PM**

Like the Halifax proposal. But wondering if it might be a little out of scale for the area. Like to see the taller stuff in Calgary & Edmonton.

someone123 · #**4990** Posted **May 4, 2012, 11:36 PM**

Here's an update rendering I threw together. It indicates some of the other buildings that have been built since the photo was taken and buildings that will be built:

The Nova Centre office tower/hotel development has already been approved a couple of blocks up from the Skye site.

It's also important to point out that the rendering provided only shows a small part of the downtown area and the city. Purdy's Wharf, one of the larger office developments, is not pictured, nor is Fenwick, which is the tallest building in the city. This aerial shows a lot more:

visionairimages.com

giallo · #**4991** Posted **May 5, 2012, 12:56 AM**

I think the twin towers fit in just fine. Halifax's skyline lacks iconic highrises, so this would put an interesting focus on an already dense, but ultimately boring skyline. I hope it gets built.

Architype · #**4992** Posted **May 5, 2012, 10:12 PM**

(Re: Mix development in St. John's)

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Originally Posted by someone123

The new version looks better. One problem it has though is that there's not enough of a setback between the brick/stone-style facades and the glass above.

The cornices and projected overhang might make up for that. The building is very narrow on the east and can't afford much of a setback.

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Originally Posted by giallo

I think the twin towers fit in just fine. Halifax's skyline lacks iconic highrises, so this would put an interesting focus on an already dense, but ultimately boring skyline. I hope it gets built.

The proposed towers are almost twice as tall as anything in downtown Halifax, but the aerials don't show this very well. In terms of height they really don't fit in, but you could to liken them to the WTC twin towers.

urbandreamer · #**4993** Posted **May 6, 2012, 3:04 AM**

480 University Avenue at the NW corner of Dundas & U has a proposal for a residential addition to the top of this existing office tower. A future trend in Toronto perhaps? (eg 155 Cumberland)

Some ppl can't imagine what it could look like....well I can.