1960 Scott St | 81m | 25f | Completed - Page 4

Kitchissippi · #61 Posted **Dec 12, 2018, 1:30 AM**

The new version seems more energy efficient (smaller windows) and easier to maintain. If these are rental apartments I can see why they went this way

J.OT13 · #62 Posted **Dec 12, 2018, 2:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by k.evans

I have been thinking about this a lot after seeing the underground Confederation Line stations being finished - they look nothing like the renderings which were used to sell the project to the city. I was also worried seeing the RVL designs and wondered if the finished product would be anything close to what the city was being pitched.

I see what you mean. What looked like stone changed to large porcelain tiles underground and a mix large grey panels on the exterior and flat beige panels on the interior of above ground stations. The concourse levels of the underground stations have also changed quite a bit.

In terms of layout and space, the underground platforms haven't changed much, other than Rideau's open cavern (though that was shown on a station plan that was released at the time).

Paige · #63 Posted **Dec 16, 2018, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbanarchit

This is really disappointing. It went from the first building that was too-good-to-be-true, to the second which was acceptable, to this third one that looks really depressing in terms of colour, materials, and geometry. I'm not impressed and disappointed that Ottawa will never see anything good. The first one would have been an exciting building (I even modelled it as an asset for Cities:Skylines I liked it so much).

***Images removed***

Did you upload that asset to Steam? If so, what's the link?

(Sorry for being off topic!!)

Urbanarchit · #64 Posted **Dec 16, 2018, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Paige

Did you upload that asset to Steam? If so, what's the link?

(Sorry for being off topic!!)

I haven't yet.

I'm still trying to figure out texturing. But I'll let you know when I do.

Urbanarchit · #65 Posted **Feb 3, 2019, 11:40 PM**

I was excited about it so I thought I'd share it with you guys.

I've lately gotten into try to make assets for the game Cities: Skylines, and I made one for the first version of this building, photo below. It's not available yet on the workshop, but when it is I'll share it and here in case any of you play the game and want to use it as an asset. It's not 100% the original proposal, but it's as close as I could make it while fitting the scale of the game. I've been working on 3 other buildings in Ottawa (The Julian, 196 Bronson v2, 12 Clarence), and have 8 other non-Ottawa buildings. Depending on how things turn out I may do more models for the game, including a few more from Ottawa.

waterloowarrior · #66 Posted **Feb 4, 2019, 4:09 PM**

Great model! definitely preferred the original design.

Urbanarchit · #67 Posted **Feb 5, 2019, 12:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Great model! definitely preferred the original design.

Thank you!

I agree that the original design was much better than the current one being built. Hopefully in this way that design can live on.

Jayday23 · #68 Posted **Apr 3, 2019, 1:13 PM**

a quick look at some of the ground floor retail for this building:

link:http://www.westboroconnection.com/#layoutsSection

HighwayStar · #69 Posted **Apr 3, 2019, 3:11 PM**

Looks ripe for a Timmies and Shoppers !!!

Here's the current status:

Davis137 · #70 Posted **Apr 11, 2019, 11:42 AM**

You can see this, and the other projects going up in Westboro and Wellington Village from the top floor of my office now...kinda cool seeing all of these assorted projects slowly dotting the horizon from different vantage points...

RogueNacho · #71 Posted **Jul 31, 2019, 3:02 AM**

Taken on July 30. I count 21 floors (ground floor hidden behind the fence). One more floor + mechanical unit until this one is topped off.

RogueNacho · #72 Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 12:22 AM**

Taken October 5. Building is topped off and exterior brick work is slowly rising on the north side.

Harley613 · #73 Posted **Nov 17, 2019, 12:18 AM**

I picked up the brand new DJI Mavic Mini micro drone on release day yesterday and I've been having a blast with it. It is light enough that it's classified as a toy in Canada so I am able to fly it legally and safely in more places than my other drone. I got a few shots today including this one:

DJI_0028 by harley613, on Flickr

Norman Bates · #74 Posted **Nov 17, 2019, 4:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

I picked up the brand new DJI Mavic Mini micro drone on release day yesterday and I've been having a blast with it. It is light enough that it's classified as a toy in Canada so I am able to fly it legally and safely in more places than my other drone. I got a few shots today including this one:

DJI_0028 by harley613, on Flickr

So cool, Harley! Back in my day we had model rockets that would go up with 110 film cameras.

JHikka · #75 Posted **Nov 17, 2019, 4:55 PM**

Thanks for the photo Harley. Really gives some great perspective.

Davis137 · #76 Posted **Nov 26, 2019, 12:57 PM**

It looks like it turned out a bit taller than I originally thought...the Metropole isn't on it's own anymore.

McKellarDweller · #77 Posted **Nov 26, 2019, 1:48 PM**

Harley, I'm digging these latest drone shots! Especially the height, near eye level with the top habitable floors. It really gives a great perspective of the views, and urban context of the building.

Arcologist · #78 Posted **Nov 26, 2019, 3:02 PM**

Great aerial photo, thanks for posting!

This building has gone up much faster than I realized! I can't believe it's already topped out.

Hopefully we can get some more height in the area and have a nice cluster of 20-30-40 storey buildings around that LRT stop.

RogueNacho · #79 Posted **Apr 28, 2020, 9:26 PM**

Taken April 23, 2020

Davis137 · #80 Posted **May 24, 2020, 1:50 AM**

That is literally the same building as the twins on Heron...