[Halifax] Spring Garden West | 90 m | 2x30 fl | Approved

[kph06]

New renderings I believe?

Source: Dexel - Spring Garden West

[HfxGuy]

Originally Posted by kph06

New renderings I believe?

Source: Dexel - Spring Garden West

Wow looks incredible imo. This will really transform the west end of spring garden and the perspective of robie st looking south.

[Drybrain]

1. I really preferred the original proposal (below), which felt light and welcoming; this feels dark and top-heavy, with a bit of an '80s corporate office plaza vibe. The SGR facade looks to me like it may turn out overly imposing and monotonous.

2. I do wish that the new façade would incorporate one or two of the old historic facades, both to inject more variety into the street interface and for a little injection of heritage interest. (This building on the right, in particular, has retained a level of detail that I think merits restoration and inclusion--its scale and ornamentation is more impressive than most of its era.)

3. Aesthetic reservations aside, I'm eager to see this move ahead.

[eastcoastal]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

1. I really preferred the original proposal (below), which felt light and welcoming; this feels dark and top-heavy, with a bit of an '80s corporate office plaza vibe. The SGR facade looks to me like it may turn out overly imposing and monotonous...

I happen to like the darkness - I feel like it's a change from current developments elsewhere in the city, and I feel like it's sexy... but it's only a personal opinion, and I understand where your reservations are coming from.

Originally Posted by Drybrain

... 2. I do wish that the new façade would incorporate one or two of the old historic facades, both to inject more variety into the street interface and for a little injection of heritage interest. (This building on the right, in particular, has retained a level of detail that I think merits restoration and inclusion--its scale and ornamentation is more impressive than most of its era.)...

I think the street would have benefitted from a little more variety - whether from preservations of facades or some other measure... I'd agree with you here.

[Jreeb]

I think the new dark renderings will look better alongside The Promenade development next door. This is going to be quite the block once both projects are done. I wonder if both have the same construction schedule

[q12]

Originally Posted by kph06

New renderings I believe?

Source: Dexel - Spring Garden West

I like the dark version better too.

[teddifax]

Where can we see the full pictures? They just show snippets!

[Empire]

I like the black. Perhaps it minimizes the height & bulk. It has a good Boston / Montreal look. I assume the full height is not shown for a reason.

[kph06]

I think it looks great. It reminds me of the nearly complete Brooklyn Tower (as far as colour and style - not height).

[someone123]

Some recent updates here: https://www.halifax.ca/business/plan...arlton-streets

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by someone123

Some recent updates here: https://www.halifax.ca/business/plan...arlton-streets

My first thought, when I saw these images, was that this looks like it's right out of Gotham City...

[MonctonRad]

Quite a change for the neighbourhood. Having gone to Dal Med, I know this area well.

Halifax is moving to the next level development wise........

[someone123]

If and when this block is rebuilt as planned I think it will be one of those little step changes that suddenly makes the city feel bigger. The towers will bring a lot of new residents and you'll see them down Spring Garden Road, Coburg, or Robie. That feel of the main commercial areas being steps away from underused lots and low density development is going away.

If Robie eventually becomes a medium to high density corridor connecting Spring Garden Road to Quinpool and North/Young that will make the city feel much larger.

The downside around this area is there are a lot of tower-in-park developments and government-owned empty lots. I've heard Dalhousie is suffering from a major student housing shortage but they still have some large surface parking lots and the municipality doesn't like to allow new highrises around the university campuses. People freaked out about the 30 storey proposal on Inglis St by SMU; that would have been more living space than all the tents now popping up around town.

[Dartguard]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Quite a change for the neighbourhood. Having gone to Dal Med, I know this area well.

Halifax is moving to the next level development wise........

Well after getting stuck in mid afternoon traffic yesterday near this very spot , perhaps some element of that next level is already here.

[Jstaleness]

It would be my hope that Spring Garden/Coburg could be our Mini Yonge St. Minus the mall, and traffic somehow.

[Saul Goode]

If both this and the Rouvalis development proceed as planned (here's hoping), that's going to be a pretty impressive block.

[Dmajackson]

Staff Report for Regional Council regarding this project. Apparently the proposed architectural features make the project not meet certain requirements that were included in the Centre Plan adoption. There are some new renderings included.

[terrynorthend]

Originally Posted by Dmajackson

Staff Report for Regional Council regarding this project. Apparently the proposed architectural features make the project not meet certain requirements that were included in the Centre Plan adoption. There are some new renderings included.

That looks decent. I see the Promenade blocked in as future development, but what is the box further down Spring Garden, approx where Summer Gardens is, listed as future development?

[egb]

Along with this, there is also a big report at council next week about where the rapidly rising homeless population can live. Sadly I have very little hope that anyone will grasp the link between delaying a development yet again because some windows stick out too far and the sad reality that there are not nearly enough homes for people in this city to live in.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by egb

Along with this, there is also a big report at council next week about where the rapidly rising homeless population can live. Sadly I have very little hope that anyone will grasp the link between delaying a development yet again because some windows stick out too far and the sad reality that there are not nearly enough homes for people in this city to live in.

Not just that, but I note that the developers initiated this application 8 years ago and have still been unable to proceed. This latest decision just gives the Peggy Camerons of the world yet another opportunity to make allegations and disparage the project and the developers. It is simply ridiculous.