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Old Posted Nov 27, 2012, 11:23 AM
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... I found a few new pictures on the RBC Waterside facebook webpage from yesterday Nov 26, 2012 . The pictures are labeled as "Glazing sample panels" - http://www.facebook.com/pages/RBC-Waterside-Centre/108681372508949?sk=photos_stream. The colour looks good to me; a slight blue tint.

Exciting to see.
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Old Posted Nov 27, 2012, 3:40 PM
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I'm shocked... I thought for sure they'd be going with green glass, as they have previously stated this on their facebook page.

Wow! This is exciting!! The blue would be very preferable!
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Old Posted Nov 27, 2012, 9:13 PM
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Definitely looks blue... I'm hoping its really the colour it appears to be in that shot!
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Old Posted Nov 28, 2012, 1:01 PM
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Definitely looks blue... I'm hoping its really the colour it appears to be in that shot!
looks a little blue/green to me. Its a very clear glass.
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Old Posted Nov 28, 2012, 6:09 PM
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looks a little blue/green to me. Its a very clear glass.
I suppose I was comparing it to the green of the podium.
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Old Posted Nov 28, 2012, 8:21 PM
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Pic from an hour ago. I was expecting a high quality curtain wall for this......

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Old Posted Nov 28, 2012, 8:46 PM
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Looks more greenish there, I guess we'll have to see after more glass is put up. Wouldn't be an atrocity with green depending on the final turnout.

Are the dividing sections of the curtain wall to be white or silver?
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Old Posted Dec 1, 2012, 11:03 AM
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Looks blue there.
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Old Posted Dec 3, 2012, 8:35 PM
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If we end up with turquoise...
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I can't see RBC having their main branch in a building with green glass, too TD. I would definitely bet for blue glass.
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I can't see RBC having their main branch in a building with green glass, too TD. I would definitely bet for blue glass.
Good point!
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Old Posted Dec 9, 2012, 1:15 PM
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Honestly, its a good re-use for these buildings. I hope the glass just looks more translucent than any specific colour... Really makes me want to see International Place go up because this whole area would be like our equivalent of a "stock exchange" type district. Is there anything in the old Peddler's location?

Has there been any more info on what's happening with the Morse's sign? It looks crap all white... I hope they don't go corporate and restore it to something.
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Ive eaten there myself

Food wasnt particularly great, but palatable, just "chain" food; certainly not as good as The Keg's "chain" food.

They do take some inspiration from New Orleans and Louisiana as a whole, particularly Louisiana BBQ. Its even in the names of some:


BÂTON ROUGE CAJUN CHICKEN SALAD
Louisiana Chicken Sandwich
Louisiana BBQ Chicken

http://www.batonrougerestaurants.com/1-7-menus/dinner/fish-chicken-and-pasta.html

Frankly I expected better from the people behind Pizza Delight... their pizza is the best!

Sure it's chain food but it is actually quite good for chain food...at least here in Quebec where the food quality is quite noticeably different and better than in the rest of the country. I have a friend that, born and raised in Quebec, spent almost a year in Winnipeg and suffered major problems due to the food quality...I myself also notice a difference when I travel to other provinces and especially the States

As for pizza...no one had had good pizza till you've eaten Santarpio's in Boston...to die for.
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Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but the Waterside Centre facebook page has posted some excellent shots of the development of Hollis Street (mostly focusing on Founders Square)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...85.105348.108681372508949&type=1&theater
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Old Posted Dec 9, 2012, 5:21 PM
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This is an interesting pic from the aforementioned Waterside Center page:




The buildings whose facades are being preserved didn't really look like much when this photo was taken, which I assume from the nice old slabside Chrysler was probably mid-1970s (the car is a '67 or '68). Also note the doghouse on top of the Morses Tea building c/w signage.
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This is an interesting pic from the aforementioned Waterside Center page:




The buildings whose facades are being preserved didn't really look like much when this photo was taken, which I assume from the nice old slabside Chrysler was probably mid-1970s (the car is a '67 or '68). Also note the doghouse on top of the Morses Tea building c/w signage.
I remember that area in the 1970's and it wasn't a pretty sight. I remember downtown Halifax being covered in the dirty fallout of the downtown generation plant (now the NSPI headquarters). I also remember when downtown building facades started to be cleaned of their layer of filth.

Halifax is certainly a different city than it was in the early 1970's.
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