Central (1618 Quebec St.) | 18 & 19 st | Completed

[spm2013]

It wasn't in old photos of that section. Would be strange to cut out a section of the building just to build a trash chute.

Actually you can see the hole in this shot:



Credit: SSP

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Pinion

They're making the columns look like trees? That's cool/corny as hell depending on the poster.

That new one really does look like a tree, doesn't it?

Maybe that's the public art component and they'll add boughs with needles (as it looks like fir tree) to the underside of the bridge? (hope not, but you never know)

[spm2013]

Make it into a climbing wall for kids.

[hollywoodnorth]

there was a material hoist of some sort there before .... as in using the hole that is now a trash chute.

look back at older photos and you will see the metal hoist things frame running up.

[spm2013]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

there was a material hoist of some sort there before .... as in using the hole that is now a trash chute.

look back at older photos and you will see the metal hoist things frame running up.

I just looked at them post scaffolding removal and didn't see anything.

Do you mean this photo?



Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52692029@N04/11793928335/

[rsxstock]

if it's going to be a future trash chute, i wonder how they are going to get it unclogged when there is one

[spm2013]

Well this rendering from Omni has the 4 supporting columns along with this mysterious one in the center:



I guess it will just be cosmetic by looking at the floorplans of the top section.

http://ownatcentral.com/floorplans/floors/elevation/16/

Credit: OMNI

[jbrizzy]

^ I'm guessing that rendering is pre deciding to align the columns in two straight lines.

[spm2013]

Originally Posted by jbrizzy

^ I'm guessing that rendering is pre deciding to align the columns in two straight lines.

But it doesn't explain what that column is doing there.

Though you do have a point another render on the site has nothing:



Did you see the renders when the columns looked like a tree/teepee?

[Locked In]

My photos of the extra column from today:

[officedweller]

By Yellow Fever at SSC -
Looks like the Feds are moving in?

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

One last look of this completed project.


Flickr 上 Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity 的 IMG_8772


Flickr 上 Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity 的 IMG_8773

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

Flickr 上 Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity 的 IMG_8776


Flickr 上 Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity 的 IMG_8773

[SFUVancouver]

The office component looks good. I am still confused about the purpose of the additional column, the faux tree trunk one. Thanks for posting.

[officedweller]

As an art piece, it would have been more effective if the tree trunk was a snag - half as tall with a jagged top.

[rsxstock]

since it was added after, it's probably not structural so maybe used to run utilities

[axestone]

Originally Posted by Locked In

My photos of the extra column from today:

LOL!

The public "art" is just as bad as the building design!

[a very long weekend]

that building looks so canadian government-style that the log actually fits.

[dleung]

If they were going to go the tacky route, might as well have clad all the columns that way.

Anyway, I like posting pics of much better versions of this project:


Pier 31 in Toronto, by Marcanadian

[logan5]

Not sure how the Toronto project is any better. That's a whole lot of expressionless glass bearing down on you. Pretty oppressive actually.

[osirisboy]

I disagree. Although I like central I find the toronto one cleaner looking and just more esthetically pleasing

[spm2013]

I prefer the non-brick base.