Your City's Tallest U/C - Page 25

Dale · #**481** Posted **Jan 23, 2013, 7:30 PM**

Did Mosaic wind up the city's tallest with the cornice ?

Chadillaccc · #**482** Posted **Jan 23, 2013, 9:49 PM**

Yes, it's now the tallest building in Saskatchewan.

Dale · #**483** Posted **Jan 24, 2013, 8:17 PM**

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Yes, it's now the tallest building in Saskatchewan.

Very cool! I know there was concern that it wouldn't be.

Bankview · #**484** Posted **Jan 25, 2013, 2:27 AM**

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Yes, it's now the tallest building in Saskatchewan.

A line that would make anyone from a larger urban center chuckle.

Chadillaccc · #**485** Posted **Jan 25, 2013, 3:20 AM**

Why though? It's impressive to see the growth in Saskatchewan. Just because it's a smaller city and province doesn't make the boom there any less impressive.

Martin Mtl · #**486** Posted **Jan 25, 2013, 4:14 AM**

It's all a question of perspective. A 20 storeys tower in a small town can be as impressive as a 50 storeys tower in a large city.

Tone · #**487** Posted **Jan 31, 2013, 3:10 AM**

Le Havre de l'Estuaire in Rimouski from yesterday morning

Rico Rommheim · #**488** Posted **Jan 31, 2013, 3:14 AM**

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It's all a question of perspective. A 20 storeys tower in a small town can be as impressive as a 50 storeys tower in a large city.

That is correct, also corroborated by Tone's picture of Le Havre de l'Estuaire in Rimouski above.Quite impressive indeed. Is that 2 new towers?

I've always wondered why Rimouski, a city of barely 60,000 way up north is so quick to embrace highrises when 99.% of every other Quebec community fights tooth and nail to avoid having them. Interesting.

Tone · #**489** Posted **Jan 31, 2013, 3:50 AM**

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That is correct, also corroborated by Tone's picture of Le Havre de l'Estuaire in Rimouski above.Quite impressive indeed. Is that 2 new towers?

I've always wondered why Rimouski, a city of barely 60,000 way up north is so quick to embrace highrises when 99.% of every other Quebec community fights tooth and nail to avoid having them. Interesting.

2 new towers yes. A twin 12 storeys towers here would equal to two 1000 stories towers in Montreal all proportions kept!

I think the main reasons why there's many tall buildings here is the geographical setting being next to a large body of water and the relatively dense built form but most importantly, the views!

Nathan · #**490** Posted **Jan 31, 2013, 9:26 AM**

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A line that would make anyone from a larger urban center chuckle.

And I'm sure European and Asian cities scoff at your idea of public transit... And the Japanese and Chinese can hardly breath from laughing so hard at what you call density. There is always someone somewhere who can find something with which they can look down upon others.

In any case this year another 10-15 storey tower (I don't think the height is final yet) is set to begin construction in the gap between the Mosaic Tower and FCC turning it into even more of a corridor of sorts. You can see the gap best in the 3rd pic. It's being built by the same firm that built/owns the twins, Mosaic Tower and numerous other office towers in Regina's core. I'm sure we will get some more finalised design concepts in the next little while.

AuxTown · #**491** Posted **Feb 3, 2013, 3:12 PM**

Beautiful update of Ottawa's tallest (150 Elgin - Performance Court) from http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1084369&l=c096f133d9&id=333451070080431 (photos by Roy Grogan)

This baby's gonna fill a very visible gap in our skyline from a number of angles. Add to this project Tribeca and another new tower on Lisgar and we will start to see a nice balancing of Place Bell (the monolith in the photos below).

Andrewjm3D · #**492** Posted **Feb 3, 2013, 3:45 PM**

Wow these are ugly.

Chadillaccc · #**493** Posted **Feb 3, 2013, 5:16 PM**

What do you expect from a city of 47 000? It's far better than any of our cities of similar size in any other province are doing.

Tone · #**494** Posted **Feb 3, 2013, 5:35 PM**

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What do you expect from a city of 47 000? It's far better than any of our cities of similar size in any other province are doing.

Thank you, you said it for me.

Andrewjm3D · #**495** Posted **Feb 3, 2013, 5:35 PM**

That's not true. It's also no excuse.

Tone · #**496** Posted **Feb 3, 2013, 5:45 PM**

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That's not true. It's also no excuse.

No? No love at all then? Oh well!

Rico Rommheim · #**497** Posted **Feb 3, 2013, 5:46 PM**

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Wow these are ugly.

They're fine. I've seen uglier towers going up in St. Leonard right here on the island. Hell, I've seen uglier ones rising by the handful during my trip to TO last week!

Dwils01 · #**498** Posted **Mar 1, 2013, 1:52 AM**

Tallest in the Sault under construction for only one more month. Hopefully we can get another building starting construction soon.
Extendicare Homes, will be completed at the end of March.

All pictures by me from yesterday.