Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by SkahHigh

The cladding on 1000 DLG isn't salmon green, it's grey. The photo is making it look that way.

Is it? I've always seen a hint of salmon. That said, I've always liked the tower portion. The podium less so, especially the 3 that have poor street interaction.

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

That's kind of surprising to me. While pomo is not one of my favourite styles, 1000 RLB is one example that I really enjoy.

Never thought of that one as being PoMo.

In general, I don't dislike PoMo. Ottawa's few examples offer a hint of colour and interest to the skyline, like the World Exchange Plaza (1991 and 2001).


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_Exchange_Plaza_Tower_I_-_45_OConnor_Street.jpg


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Exchange_Plaza,_Ottawa_(40411884224).jpg

150 Elgin, which is a PoMo built in a post PoMo world (completed around 2014) is another one of Ottawa's few interesting office towers.


https://www.neufarchitectes.com/en/projects/performance-court-at-150-elgin

[J.OT13]

Skyline from above Greystone Village, a new development in old Ottawa East, next to St-Paul University.

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The heritage Deschâtelets (original built in 1885 and expanded) will be re-purposed into an elementary school, community centre and the top floors will be used for affordable housing.

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[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

https://www.neufarchitectes.com/en/projects/performance-court-at-150-elgin

The little house is a great place to have a lot of wine and meat based dishes.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

The little house is a great place to have a lot of wine and meat based dishes.

Never been to Beckta's, but hope to try it out when things return to normal.

They did an amazing job restoring the building and integrating it to the new tower. One of the best examples of heritage preservation I've seen. I wish we could see more of this over token empty gestures like facadism.

[Rico Rommheim]

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[SkahHigh]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Is it? I've always seen a hint of salmon. That said, I've always liked the tower portion. The podium less so, especially the 3 that have poor street interaction.

Depends on how you see colours but I see mostly grey.

[Rico Rommheim]

There's definitely a pinkish hue in le 1000's granite, observable in certain times and in certain types of lights. It looks grey and full in the rain, and in the early sin set one can see a bit of that pinkish hue.

It's a strange building. I'm not crazy about it. But I accept it.

[someone123]

The real estate agents are upping their game. I notice more and more listings that include drone footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeJcOX-5ifg

Some screen captures from that one, on Dresden Row in Halifax:



I hope the city protects some of these streetscapes on the side streets around Spring Garden Road. It's not so much the buildings themselves that matter, although some are historic and stand out, but the fine-grained scale and variety.

[Coldrsx]

https://www.edmontondowntown.com/news-publications/news/show-love-downtown-127/

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by SkahHigh

The cladding on 1000 DLG isn't salmon green, it's grey. The photo is making it look that way.

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

I think it's aging much better than the vast majority of pomo skyscrapers. And I can't imagine Montreal's skyline without it. I like its silhouette.

I also don't see any pink in its granite cladding, contrary to this one...

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.5015765,-...itch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Ah, well, maybe it was the power of suggestion and something in the photo that made me think of salmon.

Still, though. Pomo...blech.

[J.OT13]

Ottawa skyline from above Blair Station, the Confederation Line's current eastern terminus.

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And Hurdman, transfer to the s/e Transitway.

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Blair TOD looking west, with skyline in the background.

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Blair TOD looking north, with Montreal Road/St. Laurent Boulevard skyline in the background.

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[SkahHigh]

Blair "TOD"

[Coldrsx]

Everything wrong with TOD development. Blah.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by rousseau

I like everything in Montreal's skyline save for this one, which I think greatly detracts from the overall aesthetic of the skyline. That salmon-coloured cladding and those puke green windows are cringeworthy and represent some of the worst of the pomo design trends of the 1980s. As I kid I couldn't articulate it, but I knew instinctively how wrong these buildings were every time we got off the Gardiner and were confronted by this: https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6413592,-...QGzIB_DbmdAbfFUJ0v-Wg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I don't care at all for this building. At the same time, just a couple of blocks away, a far, far better tower was being constructed in the form of 1250 Rene Levesque. I watched both be built from the upper floors of the Hell Building at Concordia, during my UG years (90-94).

[MonkeyRonin]

https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2021/05/south-spadina

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Everything wrong with TOD development. Blah.

It's part of a long term masterplan that will eventually see the entire suburban commercial centre redeveloped.

Originally Posted by rocketphish

As Phase 1 of the long-term redevelopment of the subject property, RioCan proposes to construct a 30-storey, 90 metre residential building within Area A of the subject property, adjacent to the transit station. The proposed building would contain approximately 308 dwelling units and associated amenity areas. A single storey of parking is provided below the tower, below grade on the north side but at-grade on the south side.


Overall plan:



All from: http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%...g%20Rationale%20and%20Design%20Brief.PDF

The Gloucester Centre next door is also starting a redevelopment, but will maintain more of its suburban feel and surface parking, starting with the 30 storey tower directly plugged into the station.

Originally Posted by rocketphish

1980 Ogilvie Rd | 94m | 30f | Proposed
Ultimate use of lands:

[rousseau]

Spadina is a great street. While Yonge is the traditional centre of everything, and Queen is the sort of (mostly) indie street that any city would die for, you could argue that Spadina is the most emblematic of Toronto: half-hearted pretensions to grandeur, little shops cheek-by-jowl, the streetcar given centre stage, Chinatown, Kensington Market off to the side, the Gardiner at its base, etc.

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Spadina is a great street. While Yonge is the traditional centre of everything, and Queen in the sort of (mostly) indie street that any city would die for, you could argue that Spadina is the most emblematic of Toronto: half-hearted pretensions to grandeur, little shops cheek-by-jowl, the streetcar given centre stage, Chinatown, Kensington Market off to the side, the Gardiner at its base, etc.

And holding on for dear life as it tries to prevent condo developers from replacing local businesses with expensive condos.

[Sonog]

@jefrosonic