Edmonton Construction 13 (November 2015) - Page 313

hilman · #**6241** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 2:29 PM**

http://skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/e...morguard-corporation-kasian.25784/page-3

feepa · #**6242** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 5:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by McBoo

^^ 16.

Still don't see how it can be called a walkable community. Are there even sidewalks in that power centre?

(Mind you, I'd crawl to wine and beyond ....)

sidewalks all over the place. I regularly walk around this from home or work.

It's a very walkable community. I'm closer to more amenities now than when I lived in Oliver.

ue · #**6243** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 5:24 PM**

^^ bleh

Black Star · #**6244** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 6:38 PM**

^^^ good bye old friend!

GreenSPACE · #**6245** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 7:23 PM**

^^^^Best view was from Sherlock's patio. Gold towers reflecting the sun.

Hallsy's Toupee · #**6246** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 7:44 PM**

The pedway between Enbridge/KR and Manulife is open, but construction hasn't finished yet. Even inside the pedway there's still unfinished fixtures.

Airboy · #**6247** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 8:41 PM**

Reports coming in of a fire on the NAIT campus G wing. They have evacuated G, F, E, X, H & J Wings.

CanadianCentaur · #**6248** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 9:35 PM**

^ IIRC, the G Wing is where the chemistry studies takes place.

Sounds to me like someone's chemistry experiment went very, very wrong. Uh-oh.

s4.audios · #**6249** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 9:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

The pedway between Enbridge/HR and Manulife is open, but construction hasn't finished yet. Even inside the pedway there's still unfinished fixtures.

I feel like the length of time it is taking to complete this pedway may surpass the length of time it took to build the new Enbridge building itself.

Kevin_foster · #**6250** Posted **Feb 10, 2017, 10:26 PM**

Bah, although the glass on scotia looks good... the gold was epic. It's too bad

headhorse · #**6251** Posted **Feb 11, 2017, 2:26 AM**

almost as sad as the barber pole

itom 987 · #**6252** Posted **Feb 11, 2017, 5:18 AM**

The last pic shown makes me with they kept the towers gold. On the other hand, the gold can look bland as shown in the second last image. The blue glass looks nicer on a dull day.

craner · #**6253** Posted **Feb 11, 2017, 8:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Black Star

^^^ good bye old friend!

Seeing those pictures (thanks hilman) all I can think of is "what a shame". All of Scotia's individuality and uniqueness is being stripped away as it becomes like all the other forgettable towers. It's sad.

bigcitydude · #**6254** Posted **Feb 11, 2017, 11:19 PM**

^forgettable is the word! especially the older stuff except for Manulife. i liked the unique gold color but now it's just going to look like every other blue building.

craner · #**6255** Posted **Feb 12, 2017, 8:13 AM**

^Love Manulife but I also like Bell (CCB) Tower, CWB (Principal Plaza) ... and ... Scotia (at least till now). I've also always had a soft spot for the black Enbridge (Royal LePage) building.

Hallsy's Toupee · #**6256** Posted **Feb 13, 2017, 3:29 AM**

'One-of-a-kind in Edmonton': Community shows love for the Graphic Arts building

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Leaving behind odes to the architecture and the history, dozens of Edmontonians turned out this weekend to show their love for the Graphic Arts building in the Quarters, which faces possible demolition.

Local advocacy group Heritage Forward held a ‘heart bomb’ at the two-story building Sunday, inviting residents to share their thoughts on brightly coloured valentines taped to the building’s fading exterior.

“I love it because it’s really one-of-a-kind in Edmonton,” said Dan Rose, a member of Heritage Forward. “It has this really distinct, pronounced expression of the art deco style, with these streamlined, modern features, so architecturally it’s incredibly significant.”

Coldrsx · #**6257** Posted **Feb 13, 2017, 3:44 AM**

Twas a good event to bring some much needed attention to this building and its future/fate.

Skyisnolimit · #**6258** Posted **Feb 13, 2017, 6:54 AM**

They city is getting carried away with all the blue glass colored towers. Real shame about Scotia and why they could of not stayed gold . I know they said it was budget but come on .

Airboy · #**6259** Posted **Feb 13, 2017, 4:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Skyisnolimit

They city is getting carried away with all the blue glass colored towers. Real shame about Scotia and why they could of not stayed gold . I know they said it was budget but come on .

It wasn't just budget but energy issues as well. quite a few studies on different Glass and shades were done early on.

I would like to know how the buildings to the south will be affected. When Energy square was built. the building across Jasper Ave had to change the ventilation rate on the North side of the building because of Reflective sun loading. Quite a challenge when most buildings here are not designed for North-side cooling loads.

feepa · #**6260** Posted **Feb 13, 2017, 4:50 PM**

manulife is actually green glass.