Calgary Construction XXVI

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Corndogger

Is that the stretch just west of 10 Street N.W.?

That's the one.

[SteveP]

Not quite that old, it about 10 years old tops.

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

I really had to laugh at this article. Talks about how Calgary is going to have a busy year in construction and it shows a nice skyline shot from 20 years ago. lol.
http://albertaconstruction.net/?p=1533

[craner]

^ No, more than 10 years old - no sign of Palliser South even under construction.

[Fuzz]

In 2005 the tower was painted red, so it is sometime after that, and before 2010, as the Saddledome still has the Pengrowth name.

[Fishthebow]

That shot is only a few years old.

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

I really had to laugh at this article. Talks about how Calgary is going to have a busy year in construction and it shows a nice skyline shot from 20 years ago. lol.
http://albertaconstruction.net/?p=1533

[DizzyEdge]

Tineye.com says the oldest copy of that photo on the internet was posted Feb 2008.

Edit: one of the places it's found on the web says it was uploaded by "Brandigal" on April 2007

http://www.digitaljournal.com/image/26149/

Edit: upon downloading it the EXIF data is still intact. Taken January 18, 2006 on a Canon Powershot A70, although the time is 00:22, so since it definitely wasn't taken after midnight, take that date/time with a grain of salt.

[Western Spaghetti]

That pic is from about 10 years ago.

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

I really had to laugh at this article. Talks about how Calgary is going to have a busy year in construction and it shows a nice skyline shot from 20 years ago. lol.
http://albertaconstruction.net/?p=1533

[Chinook Arch]

Sometime around 2005-2007. I'm not sure how anyone could think this is only a few years old! The Bow isn't in the picture, in fact it's not even under construction lol.

Originally Posted by SteveP

Not quite that old, it about 10 years old tops.

Originally Posted by Fishthebow

That shot is only a few years old.

Originally Posted by Western Spaghetti

That pic is from about 10 years ago.

[Chinook Arch]

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

I really had to laugh at this article. Talks about how Calgary is going to have a busy year in construction and it shows a nice skyline shot from 20 years ago. lol.
http://albertaconstruction.net/?p=1533

Way off on the timeline.

[suburbia]

Originally Posted by Corndogger

I don't think there is a thread for the cancer center. I was at Foothills a couple of times last week and the new main parking structure is progressing nicely. Does anyone know if it's ahead of schedule? The sooner it's done the better as the lack of parking on campus is a real issue.

Apparently, just the underground parking for the cancer centre will be 1,600 parking

[Fishthebow]

Originally Posted by Chinook Arch

Sometime around 2005-2007. I'm not sure how anyone could think this is only a few years old! The Bow isn't in the picture, in fact it's not even under construction lol.

When I said "a few years back" I meant around 10 years ago.

[Deepstar]

I'm trying to find the part where it says construction will pick up.

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

I really had to laugh at this article. Talks about how Calgary is going to have a busy year in construction and it shows a nice skyline shot from 20 years ago. lol.
http://albertaconstruction.net/?p=1533

[Chinook Arch]

Originally Posted by Fishthebow

When I said "a few years back" I meant around 10 years ago.

Just so you know, 'A few' does not mean 10.

[MrBigStuff]

Originally Posted by suburbia

Apparently, just the underground parking for the cancer centre will be 1,600 parking

I was wondering about the cancer centre parking - underground, or at grade - but you did answer that question for me.
I hope there is a thread for this complex and hopefully - a WEB CAM for this site as well - it will be interesting to watch this building go up in real time.

[ST1]

Originally Posted by Chinook Arch

Just so you know, 'A few' does not mean 10.

A few could mean 3 or 4, or a hundred depending on the context.

[ST1]

2007

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

i really had to laugh at this article. Talks about how calgary is going to have a busy year in construction and it shows a nice skyline shot from 20 years ago. Lol.
http://albertaconstruction.net/?p=1533

[msmariner]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

In 2005 the tower was painted red, so it is sometime after that, and before 2010, as the Saddledome still has the Pengrowth name.

The York hotel is standing. When was it taken down for the bow?

[SteveP]

Originally Posted by msmariner

The York hotel is standing. When was it taken down for the bow?

Totally not the York hotel in that pic.

[SteveP]

Originally Posted by ST1

A few could mean 3 or 4, or a hundred depending on the context.

technically yes. This pre-game crowd was described as 'only a few people' in the stands, but the reality is it's probably a hundred or so.

[Doug]

I'm guessing that pic is 2005:
-Calgary Tower has glass floor observation pod
-no signs of Penn West Plaza construction on former post office site (then known as the Hamburg Harris building)
-no signs of Palliser South construction