Canadian City Proposals - Page 183

dleung · #**3641** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 4:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by TallBob

Great looking Low-rise proposals....Nice!

What's a building under 6-stories then? No-rise?

6-12 stories is mid-rise. Let's not let this "new normal (because our towers are getting sooo tall)" become a thing

WhipperSnapper · #**3642** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 5:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by gunnar777

A joke, eh? I'm pretty sure that you just got caught out.

Whatever suits your fancy. Clearly you have never been to Bayview & Sheppard. Lucky you.

TallBob · #**3643** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 7:59 AM**

dleung: Ok.... Everything under 6 floors will be deemed "No-Rise"!

WhipperSnapper · #**3644** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 12:52 PM**

Starting to see the light or should i say shadow. City planners have it all wrong. Limits on height, density and shadowing are all obsolete principles from a simpler time. Bring on the mega developments. Height is all that keeps our cities relevant.

Or, I just shouldn't have visited SSC Toronto during a fit of insomnia.

TorontoDrew · #**3645** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 1:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by dleung

What's a building under 6-stories then? No-rise?

6-12 stories is mid-rise. Let's not let this "new normal (because our towers are getting sooo tall)" become a thing

10-12 stories used to constitute a skyscraper. If somebody came on here with an 11 storey proposal calling it a skyscraper they would be laughed off the forum. I think it's fair to say depending on where a building is going up 6-12 might be considered lo rise. 1-9 should be lo-rise, 10 -19 mid-rise and 20 + highrise. At least in places like Vancouver and Toronto.

WhipperSnapper · #**3646** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 1:48 PM**

I see the term skyscraper defined by how tall a building looks to an individual. Rise terms related more to the form and function of buildings. That doesn't change no matter how many tall buildings dot the skyline.

Coldrsx · #**3647** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 6:07 PM**

Name is from the historical plan, City open house June 11 (more details to follow or please post).

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x164/coldrsx/coldrsx117/IMG_1225_zpsafsprfcy.jpg
From the developer

Current site

Proposed development

From the developer

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I like this.

ssiguy · #**3648** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 10:16 PM**

Very nice Edmonton proposal.

WhipperSnapper · #**3649** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 10:24 PM**

Looks like something out of Toronto

urbandreamer · #**3650** Posted **Jun 3, 2015, 1:36 AM**

re: Bayview Sheppard. Whippersnapper is joking when he's refering to that Kirkor schlock as being too modern: Most of the area is hideous faux classical mcmansion-style condos/townhouses/mcmansions, featuring hideous precast, copper, faux stone veneers etc.

What Bayview/Shep needs: bulldozed and start over with at minimum, Freedville-scaled/styled density.

O-tacular · #**3651** Posted **Jun 3, 2015, 2:49 AM**

A new Marriott in DT Calgary.

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

And another one from our good friend on Twitter, Ian Meredith

Ian Meredith ‏@ian_meredith
First public rendering of PBA's 5th Ave Marriott hotel project
300 rooms - 27 storeys
http://www.pbaland.com/developments/current-projects/5th-ave-sw/ …
#YYC pic.twitter.com/P2O4ysj3Cu

O-tacular · #**3652** Posted **Jun 3, 2015, 2:51 AM**

Another new one from Calgary.

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Fom Ian Meredith ‏@ian_meredith

PBA's 17th AV & 1 ST SW proposal
4-storey retail/office & 26-storey (likely rental) tower
http://www.pbaland.com/developments/current-projects/17th-ave-sw/ …
#YYC pic.twitter.com/5Lf5BhschZ

Coldrsx · #**3653** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 8:48 PM**

Healy Ford redevelopment open house last night, ie. getting closer to Council hearing. Still at 40, 42 and 48 storeys.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com

Klazu · #**3654** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 5:33 AM**

PARQ VANCOUVER is the name of the new 600 million dollar casino and luxury hotel resort currently under construction in Vancouver. Two hotel will include J.W. Marriott and The Douglas. See video in here.

http://parqvancouver.com/

ssiguy · #**3655** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 5:58 AM**

Since when has the city allowed casinos? The reason why there are current casinos in NuWest and Richmond is because Vancouver would never allow them.

esquire · #**3656** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 1:23 PM**

Parq looks great... what a fresh-looking building. Nice.

csbvan · #**3657** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 2:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

Since when has the city allowed casinos? The reason why there are current casinos in NuWest and Richmond is because Vancouver would never allow them.

The Edgewater has been around there forever. I believe that Edgewater's operations will essentially be transferred to Parq.

Martin Mtl · #**3658** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 10:25 PM**

Amazing Vancouver project.

Beedok · #**3659** Posted **Jun 6, 2015, 12:22 AM**

So, a couple things I saw that I'm sort of concerned about.

Edmonton. Looks potentially awkward.

Victoria. I hope that's just a massing. Doesn't look up to Victoria's standards.

Gah! Editing size.

ssiguy · #**3660** Posted **Jun 6, 2015, 4:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Healy Ford redevelopment open house last night, ie. getting closer to Council hearing. Still at 40, 42 and 48 storeys.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com

What exactly is the opposition about? It's not like that side of downtown has a whole lot of people in it.