[Halifax] The Sister Sites | 2X29 m | 2X9 floors | Completed - Page 30

Jstaleness · #**581** Posted **Nov 23, 2015, 10:18 PM**

The car may have had a strange name but the design and lines were much cleaner than this current building. There must have been a sale at Happy Harry's.

OldDartmouthMark · #**582** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 5:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jstaleness

The car may have had a strange name but the design and lines were much cleaner than this current building. There must have been a sale at Happy Harry's.

That's because in the automotive world, you have stylists who's responsibility is to design attractive vehicles, and the designs must be approved by management to be attractive to the consumer (of the era). If the vehicle is unattractive or deficient in a functional manner, the public won't buy it.

Conversely, any developer can build any building, no matter how bad it looks, as long as he has money to throw at it. It appears the approval process has virtually no requirements for attractiveness, and customers are more concerned with location rather than how the building looks. It's the non-buying public on the street who suffers the most by having to look at it every day.

eastcoastal · #**583** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 3:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

That's because in the automotive world, you have stylists who's responsibility is to design attractive vehicles, and the designs must be approved by management to be attractive to the consumer (of the era). If the vehicle is unattractive or deficient in a functional manner, the public won't buy it.

Conversely, any developer can build any building, no matter how bad it looks, as long as he has money to throw at it. It appears the approval process has virtually no requirements for attractiveness, and customers are more concerned with location rather than how the building looks. It's the non-buying public on the street who suffers the most by having to look at it every day.

yes

hokus83 · #**584** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 3:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

That's because in the automotive world, you have stylists who's responsibility is to design attractive vehicles, and the designs must be approved by management to be attractive to the consumer (of the era). If the vehicle is unattractive or deficient in a functional manner, the public won't buy it.

Conversely, any developer can build any building, no matter how bad it looks, as long as he has money to throw at it. It appears the approval process has virtually no requirements for attractiveness, and customers are more concerned with location rather than how the building looks. It's the non-buying public on the street who suffers the most by having to look at it every day.

And on that note I think cars feom the past decade are hideous looking compared to ones of any other area

OldDartmouthMark · #**585** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 5:44 PM**

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And on that note I think cars feom the past decade are hideous looking compared to ones of any other area

Can't disagree on that.

ScovaNotian · #**586** Posted **Dec 1, 2015, 7:57 PM**

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I don't know if I would call it exciting. This one is such a mish mash of styles. I will hold my final judgement until it is closer to completion.

If I saw this right when walking past, the dark stone panels that you can see in Jonovision's shots above were removed today.

someone123 · #**587** Posted **Dec 11, 2015, 3:32 AM**

The Margaretta has been approved by the Design Review Committee.

Jonovision · #**588** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 4:42 PM**

Jonovision · #**589** Posted **Dec 14, 2015, 3:52 PM**

The new esplanade along Clyde has been laid out. Nice wide sidewalk of pavers.

counterfactual · #**590** Posted **Dec 15, 2015, 9:55 PM**

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The Margaretta has been approved by the Design Review Committee.

I hope we don't live to Margret it. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

worldlyhaligonian · #**591** Posted **Dec 15, 2015, 10:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by counterfactual

I hope we don't live to Margret it. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

^ lol.

pblaauw · #**592** Posted **Dec 16, 2015, 5:57 AM**

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I hope we don't live to Margret it. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

I hope it doesn't turn out to be a pile of Schmidt.

goldeneye77 · #**593** Posted **Dec 17, 2015, 2:07 PM**

Not sure if this was already mentioned or not, but I noticed they have floor plans up for the Mary Ann now. I like some of the corner (2BR + Den) units.

http://www.themaryann.ca/plans.html

Keith P. · #**594** Posted **Dec 17, 2015, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by goldeneye77

Not sure if this was already mentioned or not, but I noticed they have floor plans up for the Mary Ann now. I like some of the corner (2BR + Den) units.

http://www.themaryann.ca/plans.html

Some of the unit plans are rather odd.

It appears these are rentals? I thought they were condos. Apparently not.

goldeneye77 · #**595** Posted **Dec 17, 2015, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Keith P.

Some of the unit plans are rather odd.

It appears these are rentals? I thought they were condos. Apparently not.

I was surprised to see that too!

Colin May · #**596** Posted **Dec 17, 2015, 7:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Keith P.

Some of the unit plans are rather odd.

It appears these are rentals? I thought they were condos. Apparently not.

Condo market is dead as a parrot..... or perhaps ...just resting (for an indefinite period).

MonctonRad · #**597** Posted **Dec 17, 2015, 7:39 PM**

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I was surprised to see that too!

Not everyone wants to own. If I were to return to Halifax after retiring, I would probably be more interested in renting than owning. Something like the Sisters could be up my alley.