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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper
Vision, forward-thinking ? It's tall. Is that all it takes? Height is hardly visionary these days. It's going to cast long shadows on the Quarters and these early renditions should have everyone a little concerned with the design. They're really bad.
The CN Tower was a necessity. It just made practical sense during the 1970s to add an observation deck late in the process. Observation deck are back in style too. It's also a tower that stood in the middle of a vast railyard. At least I find that very different than a tall (potentially ugly) skyscraper standing alone in perpetuity.
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The Quarters itself is a long shadow over central Edmonton. It's a dump. Something - anything - to bring investment and foot traffic to that area is a bonus.
The "isolation" of this tower wouldn't even remotely approach the isolation that CN had when it was built. As previously noted by someone else, this proposed location is just a couple blocks from the CBD. It's not in the middle of a field somewhere.
To me, this is an example of how Edmonton is changing and becoming a big boy. When a gift like this is placed in your lap, you should take it. If not this, what? What is the great master plan for the Quarters? Because so far, nothing has worked.
And really...it was a "necessity" to build the world's tallest freestanding structure in downtown Toronto? No, it wasn't. But it was visionary in every sense and helped lead a transition in an area of the city. Let's not undersell it.
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