Construction sites in your city/town - Page 481

drizzo_613 · #**9601** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 4:37 PM**

Claridge Icon. Ottawa.

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Icon 45 floors by Alejo C, on Flickr[/IMG]

esquire · #**9602** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 5:01 PM**

Damn, those Calgary projects seem so massive... the cancer centre, the library, the towers, all of it. Not just Texas where everything is bigger, it seems.

The library is amazing BTW, what a spectacular public amenity.

#**9603** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 1:50 AM**

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Chadillaccc · #**9604** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 6:26 PM**

Snapped these on the way out of the city last Sunday. She really is turning out stunning.

By me.

Coldrsx · #**9605** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 7:42 PM**

https://twitter.com/IanOyeg/status/1064966757457190912
@ianoyeg

WhipperSnapper · #**9606** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 7:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

Since I'm an OCAD student, I have this view consistently of the Artist's Alley site, it's actively being demolished;

DSC_8819 by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr

DSC_8820 by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr

Good riddance. I worked there roughly 15 years ago for a short period and it was depressing as hell. I presume the jobs were shipped out to Scarberia and Mississausage which would make my coworkers from back then very happy.

240glt · #**9607** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Snapped these on the way out of the city last Sunday. She really is turning out stunning.

By me.

The closer this one gets to completion the more stunning it looks. Brookfield is still better IMO for Telus certainly raises the bar for Calgary

WhipperSnapper · #**9608** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 7:58 PM**

The Calgary Library interior looks great. I just wish I had never seen the renderings of the exterior. The rendered design gave a lofty grandness to the entrance which, in reality, looks low slung and dark.

240glt · #**9609** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 8:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

The Calgary Library interior looks great. I just wish I had never seen the renderings of the exterior. The rendered design gave a lofty grandness to the entrance which, in reality, looks low slung and dark.

At least it doesn't look like a pre-fab warehouse in a Nisku industrial park like downtown Edmonton's does

TorontoDrew · #**9610** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 2:35 PM**

Shoring has begun at Great Gulf's 357 King Street West.

height: 486 ft
storeys: 42
source: http://urbantoronto.ca

240glt · #**9611** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 3:04 PM**

Always surprised to see apartment buildings with no balconies. There's no way I'd live in a place without some sort of private outdoor space. Seems like a serious downgrade to me

TorontoDrew · #**9612** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 3:15 PM**

And I'm the opposite. I would never use a balcony and I'd rather the interior sq footage. My fear of heights keeps me from wanting to go out on a balcony more then 5 or 6 floors up.

GeneralLea · #**9613** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 3:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Shoring has begun at Great Gulf's 357 King Street West.

I've already posted an update on this a few weeks ago....

TorontoDrew · #**9614** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 3:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

I've already posted an update on this a few weeks ago....

I missed it I was busy a few weeks back and probably missed a number of other posts as well. This morning was the first time I noticed shoring equipment actually working on the site.

GeneralLea · #**9615** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 3:38 PM**

Alright then. I do wish this project had some retail...although personally a midrise would be better here.

TorontoDrew · #**9616** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 3:41 PM**

Ya I'm sick of all the same height buildings in the area. It does look as though it will have retail or a restaurant. There is an "EAT" sign in the render on the corner. Like these 2 around the corner at roughly the same height 512 ft each.

source: http://urbantoronto.ca

WhipperSnapper · #**9617** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 4:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

Always surprised to see apartment buildings with no balconies. There's no way I'd live in a place without some sort of private outdoor space. Seems like a serious downgrade to me

It's a smaller site. My guess balconies would eat up too much square footage

WhipperSnapper · #**9618** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 4:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

Alright then. I do wish this project had some retail...although personally a midrise would be better here.

I'm okay if there isn't room for retail. This represents tower intensification that I want to see more of in Toronto. It makes for an interesting streetscape than the half to full block podium developments going up in the downtown, Mississauga and, now Vaughan. There's also a tower planned between the two towers in the rendering.

kwoldtimer · #**9619** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 6:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

And I'm the opposite. I would never use a balcony and I'd rather the interior sq footage. My fear of heights keeps me from wanting to go out on a balcony more then 5 or 6 floors up.

Me too, I think standard balconies are useless. I'd much rather have a three season or year-round enclosed sun room.

240glt · #**9620** Posted **Nov 21, 2018, 6:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Me too, I think standard balconies are useless. I'd much rather have a three season or year-round enclosed sun room.

I'd consider a sunroom as outdoor space.

When I had my condo in Calgary we used the balcony all the time. It wasn't huge but loved it out there. Had a little hibachi and a few tomato plants, and a couple chairs to sit out & enjoy a cocktail. I hate being cooped up indoors, and without that outdoor amenity you feel pent up inside. At least that's how I feel being in an apartment without a balcony.

Plus resale. At least here in Edmonton condos without balconies are not considered desirable. Maybe it's different in Toronto or other larger cities though.