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Old Posted Oct 21, 2007, 6:29 PM
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[Halifax] Waterton Towers | 2X40 m | 2x12 fl | Completed

**this should actually be moved to the suburban section**

This is a United Gulf project currently under construction near Northwest Arm Drive.

Rendering (from http://www.unitedgulf.ca):

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Old Posted Oct 22, 2007, 11:20 AM
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This is definately one of my favorite developments in the city. I like it more than Gladstone Ridge in fact. Does anybody have any fairly recent pics of the construction site?
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I got some pics, but they were mainly of the crane- notice it looks a little different than most of our local Tower cranes- "topless" design.
I heard a rumour that the construction company had been thrown off the jobsite because they could not find an operator for it, however on a recent trip into town, the crane was working. So perhaps they did manage to pull their butts out of the fire and get somebody.

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This crane's a Comansa, same type they had in "Casino Royale".
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How new is that picture with the crane? I thought the site would be farther along than that at this point.

How visible are these buildings going to be?
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Old Posted Oct 25, 2007, 8:19 PM
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I took that picture a little over a month ago. However, it was only very recently that anyone got up in that crane to do some work. So probably not much progress yet.
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how many floors are up?
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Old Posted Feb 27, 2008, 2:18 AM
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Does anybody have a progress update on this? I know it was slowgoing when it was last talked about. I was just wondering if anybody had been near the construction site as of late.
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Old Posted Apr 17, 2008, 5:03 AM
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Haven't been out to the site but I was in the vincinity of Strawberry Hill/Windsor yesterday morning, and looking across it is clear that progress is being made. Four-five floors have crested above the horizon. Looks like it will add nicely to the vista of Fairview when it is complete.
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I drove by there the other day, they are setting up the form work for the 7th floor above grade. I think it is the building on the left in the above picture they are working on? The basement/garage for the second building is poured along with the columns, I suppose they are waiting for the first building to be finished before they move it's crane over for the second one.
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Old Posted Apr 17, 2008, 7:29 PM
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Yeah, Im noticing it peek above the horizon when crossing the MacKay and going into the Windsor st intersection. Good to see progress being made.

And just to add, does anybody think the crane for this project is a little massive considering the building heights? It looks huge coming from Dartmouth lol.
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Could someone post a google map screenshot or something of where exactly this is? Thanks.
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Here are two photos I took today.

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A fresh shot out of my window in Dartmouth. I realize the quality is horrible, but thats what a 24x zoom does. Normally all you can see is the crane and the building is hidden in the trees.

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Good lord that development looks huge from that perspective
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Lol..the condos that ate Halifax!! Just one of those optical illusions caused by telephoto lenses..they have a relatively greater effect on distant objects than near ones...
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Old Posted May 27, 2008, 10:40 PM
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It's not an illusion, it's just a different lens compared to the ones humans have in their eyes.

This effect is what you get from having a longer focal length. Many project renderings and elevations are orthographic, which is what you get when by extending this effect to infinity (a single object looks equally large no matter how far away it is). They're therefore very different from what the final product looks like in person.
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