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Easy fellas.. gotta remember what year this is

That's enough to make me lose belief in the triumph of diversity.
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Old Posted Aug 17, 2017, 3:12 PM
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I personally have no problem with a colourful building in a dark, dreary northern city such as ours. That said, the red accent elements on top are a bit much.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 17, 2017, 3:19 PM
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Lol if this were the case then Langham group are a bunch of racists!
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 17, 2017, 6:16 PM
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^ I almost spit out my coffee when I read that
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 17, 2017, 8:18 PM
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I can identify just about every architectural nick nack available tacked onto that building. Brick. Pagoda. Tile. Stucco. Strange metal Red L's , 7 different colors.

the only thing I think its missing are spanish arches and decorative mullions. Also, where are the other 249 colors?
And a turret. Less is more. Jesus.
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Old Posted Aug 18, 2017, 8:23 PM
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Love it. Is it just me or is the pedestrian path on the new bridge hella fine. Best touch to the whole design IMO.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 18, 2017, 8:24 PM
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I love the new bridge and yes.
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Wow! Thanks McHilman
     
     
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I second that!
     
     
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Great montage metallica did as a thank you to Edmonton:

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Old Posted Aug 21, 2017, 2:41 AM
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^What is that ontop of Telus Toll Building? And what are they adding to it ??
     
     
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^ Another ugly aquatic painting, perhaps?
     
     
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I personally have no problem with a colourful building in a dark, dreary northern city such as ours. That said, the red accent elements on top are a bit much.
Yellow would have been better. An old Tim Burton movie was on TV the other day, and it made me think this would be perfect maybe along Ada Blvd.

     
     
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^What is that ontop of Telus Toll Building? And what are they adding to it ??
Additional cooling capacity I believe.
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Please God, compel Telus to replace that hellish cornball pool bottom treatment with something more befitting an urban setting.
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