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Originally Posted by travis3000
I remember when Calgary was putting up The Bow, Brookfield Place, Telus Sky... this site was super skyscraper heavy. Way more involvement and comments. But ever since the rest of Canada stopped building anything tall, and Greater Toronto took over basically 100% of the skyscraper construction... its all crickets.
I mean Toronto is currently constructing the country's top 3 tallest towers and nobody really seems to care. You'd think there would be a little more excitement!
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I think there's a lot more to whether people are excited about a project than its relative height. There's also whether people like the design, the skyline impact, and what it means for a city. For one thing, people tend to be more excited over office towers since they're rarer and harder to do, at least in Canada. Plus, it implies a strong business sector when there's a demand for class A office space. People get excited about signs of economic success. Nationally we seem to put up 10 or 20 tall residential buildings for every tall office project, so with 2/3 of those Calgary projects being fully office and the 3rd having a large office component, that probably makes a difference.
And in my case, The One has been going on for so long it's hard to maintain excitement for that many years. I remember pointing it out to a buddy as the future tallest when we visited three years ago and it was already several stories above ground then. And with Concord Sky... I don't like it. So obviously I wouldn't get excited about something I don't like. With Forma, I'm nervous. Whether or not I like it will depend on the execution. It could be quite nice or become an eyesore, so it's too early for excitement.
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