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eastcoastal · #**381** Posted **Jul 9, 2013, 2:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

Not sure if this has been posted before, but Banc has a page for the Mary Ann with a rendering: http://bancgroup.ca/properties/item/the-mary-anne

Looks a bit clearer than some of the other renderings I've seen. The design is a too busy for my tastes but the storefronts look good. This area will look great when construction and the new streetscaping is complete.

The addition of colour seems to have made this less attractive.

Drybrain · #**382** Posted **Jul 9, 2013, 3:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by eastcoastal

The addition of colour seems to have made this less attractive.

Purple, yellow, brown, lime-green, blue...phew.

Street-level looks like it may be successful though, which is important. Saving grace of the Trillium too. I can forgive a lot if the building meets the street decently, if only because it's so rare those days (I've noticed Halifax developments tend to do this somewhat more decently than I'm used to seeing in other cities, actually--with some notable exceptions of course).

ILoveHalifax · #**383** Posted **Jul 9, 2013, 3:48 PM**

I was a little surprised by all the color at first but also thought it looks fun. I would want to walk down that street.

OldDartmouthMark · #**384** Posted **Jul 9, 2013, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Drybrain

I do fear it's a pretty everything-and-the-kitchen sink design. Visual chaos, and not in a good way.

I have to agree with that. Way too much going on, and the yellow highlights don't do much for me either.

That said, from the street it might take on a whole different character...

Phalanx · #**385** Posted **Jul 9, 2013, 9:10 PM**

The yellow glass in the balconies is nice, but everywhere else it's used is a bit much. Too many contrasting colours without any real theme to hold them together. Lose some of the yellow, tone down or change the brown (preferably the latter), and it'd look better.

resetcbu1 · #**386** Posted **Jul 10, 2013, 2:58 AM**

I can't believe anyone would have any negative to say considering the long-standing vaccant eyesore it will replace....... Honestly , I like it

someone123 · #**387** Posted **Jul 10, 2013, 3:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by resetcbu1

I can't believe anyone would have any negative to say considering the long-standing vaccant eyesore it will replace....... Honestly , I like it

I agree. I'd personally prefer a simpler design, but this will be a major improvement. The parking lots are/were terrible.

The Queen Street streetscaping renderings in the other thread show how much this area is going to change. In a couple of years the Spring Garden Road area will basically have doubled in size compared to what it was around 2000. Back then it was 1/3-1/2 parking lots and soon there won't be any sizeable surface lots left.

Empire · #**388** Posted **Jul 10, 2013, 3:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Phalanx

The yellow glass in the balconies is nice, but everywhere else it's used is a bit much. Too many contrasting colours without any real theme to hold them together. Lose some of the yellow, tone down or change the brown (preferably the latter), and it'd look better.

I agree................and lose the portholes.

Empire · #**389** Posted **Jul 18, 2013, 10:51 AM**

Crane base is almost done..............

someone123 · #**390** Posted **Jul 30, 2013, 3:41 AM**

Crane's going up on August 6.

W.Sobchak · #**391** Posted **Jul 30, 2013, 4:00 PM**

If the yellow was a bright tree green, not that faux copper green, this would be less cartoon-y.

worldlyhaligonian · #**392** Posted **Jul 30, 2013, 11:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by W.Sobchak

If the yellow was a bright tree green, not that faux copper green, this would be less cartoon-y.

I wouldn't worry about rendering colours too much... it will probably be okay. Just look at how much better the Citadel redevelopment is. That being said, iin Halifax anything can turn out to be crap.

Empire · #**393** Posted **Jul 31, 2013, 12:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by W.Sobchak

If the yellow was a bright tree green, not that faux copper green, this would be less cartoon-y.

The portholes must go......................

ILoveHalifax · #**394** Posted **Aug 9, 2013, 12:30 AM**

BTW, the crane was up when I walked by around noon today.

someone123 · #**395** Posted **Aug 9, 2013, 3:04 AM**

This is mostly a shot of the library but this angle (and the telephoto) show the big difference in scale between the new building and the smaller older buildings south of Spring Garden Road. I could see this development having a larger-than-anticipated impact on the area, in a positive way.

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Jonovision · #**396** Posted **Aug 9, 2013, 3:54 PM**

From yesterday.

BravoZulu · #**397** Posted **Aug 23, 2013, 9:48 PM**

Perimeter concrete and footings have been poured on the eastern half of the lot. Still seems like a fair bit of rock left to be removed on the western side.

kph06 · #**398** Posted **Aug 24, 2013, 2:06 PM**

one from yesterday:

someone123 · #**399** Posted **Sep 24, 2013, 5:26 AM**

A photo of the construction site from flickr. I take it nobody is living in that house..?

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Nouvellecosse · #**400** Posted **Sep 24, 2013, 5:33 AM**

Substitute the yellow for red and I would love it! Still glad to lose a gaping surface lot though.