[SHOFEAR]

I had a rather nausseating experience at the water park last spring. Their willingness to deem the wave pool safe a couple hours later has kinda turned me off....

[m0nkyman]

You mofo's want to join me for this Sunday's walk? It's supposed to be warm out, so you nancy boys might be able to stay outside for a few hours without complaining. My plan was to hit the southern edge of downtown, climb a few hills, explore Rossdale.

South of Jasper from 116th Street all the way east to 100St... Shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. End at 1905, put all the pics on my laptop, I'll upload them on a pirated wi-fi connection while we warm up with some frosties, and then we can gloat.

This Starbucks at 11:30AM is the meet point. I'll be there from just before that time until about 11:45.... If you phone idar jewellers, it'll call forward to my cell phone, so you can catch up with us if you're late.

[m0nkyman]

You mofo's want to join me for this Sunday's walk? It's supposed to be warm out, so you nancy boys might be able to stay outside for a few hours without complaining. My plan was to hit the southern edge of downtown, climb a few hills, explore Rossdale.

South of Jasper from 116th Street all the way east to 100St... Shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. End at 1905, put all the pics on my laptop, I'll upload them on a pirated wi-fi connection while we warm up with some frosties, and then we can gloat.

This Starbucks at 11:30AM is the meet point. I'll be there from just before that time until about 11:45.... If you phone idar jewellers, it'll call forward to my cell phone, so you can catch up with us if you're late. :
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It's at the left in this image. Corner of 109 and Jasper.

[Coldrsx]

shoot the cranes....shoot artistic stuff too...

[newflyer]

The last I heard the Mall of America is planning a massive expansion in ythe coming years. I think it will make it the largest in North America ... but I don't know if that expansion is approved or just proposed.

[Greco Roman]

Like Edmonton, Minneapolis is a booming city. It would be one of only a few US cities I would consider moving to, only if I had to. As a major NWA hub, it is positioning itself to be amongst the top 10 US cities. It's no surprise to hear that they would consider expanding the MOA. If this is true, I can't wait to visit once the reno's are done :banana:

[Coldrsx]

Like Edmonton, Minneapolis is a booming city. It would be one of only a few US cities I would consider moving to, only if I had to. As a major NWA hub, it is positioning itself to be amongst the top 10 US cities. It's no surprise to hear that they would consider expanding the MOA. If this is true, I can't wait to visit once the reno's are done :banana:

amen...it along with portland and boston would be my top.

[feepa]

Isnt MOA connected to the LRT as well?

[feepa]

http://www.mallofamerica.com/about_moa_phase_II.aspx

Phase II
Mall of America® is poised to further broaden and enhance its appeal to both domestic and international visitors as its developers are well into the process of defining a vision that will incorporate a combination of synergistic uses that may include:

* Premier hotels on site
* Office complex/business center with conference facilities
* Unique new retail offerings
* Popular destination restaurants
* Recreational/fitness/spa facilities
* Entertainment/cultural attractions
* Performing Arts Center
* Dinner Theater (1,200 seats)
* Water Park

While still in the planning stages, Mall of America Phase II concepts will display a lifestyle-oriented, progressive and innovative personality that will complement the existing shops and attractions at Mall of America. The Phase II mixed-use complex is zoned for up to 5.6 million square feet of new development and will be built on 42 acres of adjacent property to the north of Mall of America on the old site of the Met Center. A connection will also be constructed to link Phase I and Phase II.

The first element of the Phase II expansion occurred when IKEA® broke ground in the summer of 2003. Opening in 2004, the new 306,000 square foot IKEA is located on 15 acres of the Met Center lot across from Mall of America. The home furnishings retailer features approximately 75 different room settings, three model homes, a supervised children's play area, as well as a 320-seat IKEA Restaurant serving Swedish specialties such as meatballs with lingonberries and salmon platters.

Mall of America also announced four new tenants committed to occupy the current Mall and future development.

Cantina Corona - Level 4 East (E406) 13,000 square feet
De Mexico Para El Mundo ("From Mexico to the World") is excited to bring the first-ever restaurant branded by world-famous Corona, the number one selling beer in the world. Tastes, conversations and spirits come alive with this unique dining concept that pairs exotic Mexican food with specialty beers. Scheduled to open in early 2007.

AEG - Phase II
6,000-seat performing arts auditorium for music and dance performances.

Kimpton Hotel - Attached to the south area of Mall of America, off Killebrew Drive
A luxury boutique hotel featuring more than 200 rooms; construction will begin in 2007 and completion is expected in 2008.

Bass Pro - Phase II
One of the nation's leading outdoor recreational retailers will lease approximately 300,000 square feet and function as an anchor in Phase II.

[tuffyy]

Speaking of which I have herd from a source that Cabela's wants in the mall and that it will be the companys second canadian location.For those not familiar with Cabela's it is a Large U.S chain of Fishing/Hunting stores.The area they want is large and they plan to be open by mid 2008.The first store is slated for Montreal...

[Coldrsx]

^some fancy cosmedics place is opening too...

[YYCguys]

Have any of the expansion plans for WEM as seen on Page 1 of this thread come to fruition or even been started?

[feepa]

Have any of the expansion plans for WEM as seen on Page 1 of this thread come to fruition or even been started?

They are approved by the City, and thats about as far as it has gone. 555 doesn't have any of there own money, and I doubt anyone wants to lend them some.

[YYCguys]

They are approved by the City, and thats about as far as it has gone. 555 doesn't have any of there own money, and I doubt anyone wants to lend them some.

Well I hope something gets done with that mall. I went as a child and was pretty fascinated with it, but as an adult, it is sooo dingy and dated. It makes you wonder if 555 is pocketing all the profits and not turning any of it back into signifcant mall improvements. If 555 isn't willing to spend the money or doesn't even have it, they should sell it to someone who can bring WEM into the 21st century!

[SpongeG]

^some fancy cosmedics place is opening too...

Sephora perhaps?

that store rocks

they have all the colognes you could ever want under oen roof - the mens selection is hard to beat and they carry a lot of stuff you cannot buy anywhere else but say neiman marcus or bloomingdales

[SpongeG]

Isnt MOA connected to the LRT as well?

yes

http://www.metrotransit.org/images/rail/map2.gif

[murman]

They are approved by the City, and thats about as far as it has gone. 555 doesn't have any of there own money, and I doubt anyone wants to lend them some. Smart lenders. Who wants to be 3rd, 4th, 5th position or whatever for the most under-maintained large mall in Canada?

[Western Spaghetti]

I like the idea of a parkade just for people who carpool. If you dedicated a parkade just for cars with 3 or more people, it would be good incentive for carpooling.

A carpooling lane would be nice, but I don't know if it would work in Calgary. Carpooling lanes work great for freeways that don't have many entrances/exits

[mersar]

There already is a HOV lane on Centre street during rush hour, but your right, they don't work that well with lots of exits on and off. Something like along Memorial could be easier to work, such as say that the 3rd lane thats active during the lane reversals is HOV only. Or further to the east, turn the inner most lane into a HOV lane (the outer lanes tend to be congested up with traffic due to Deerfoot exit, but the inner tends to flow decent)

[dubiousmike]

I feel bad for people who stop off at WEM hoping to go to The Source to buy batteries or something.

It could take days.

[freeweed]

I feel bad for people who stop off at WEM hoping to go to The Source to buy batteries or something.

It could take days.

You don't pop into WEM for a quick shopping item. You visit for a week or so.

Well, I get bored after a day or two, but the place has always seemed to me something of an indoor Vegas. It's just too bad that they seem to be letting all of the non-shopping attractions slide. Well, the submarines, anyway - kitchiest Canadian tourist attraction, bar none!

[ibz]

The submarines are gone :(

[vid]

The submarines are gone :(

But Afghanistan is landlocked!! :ahhh:

[Biff]

I think the Canadian Navy was tired of getting ripped off from the Brits with used crappy subs and heard about the WEM having a pair of subs that worked and bought them for service.

[m0nkyman]

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If you look closely, the block heater is plugged in...
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Oliver pool, from the alley.
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First of many Oliver townhomes
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Very tidy utility meters.
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It's dark. It's wood. It was built in the 1970's
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Oliver's famous bubble houses.
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An odd building. Not sure what it is or what it is for.
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Very typical Oliver streetscape.
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More row homes. Also a nice representation of single family dwelling to row home to low rise, to high rise.
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Another view of the odd building. I'd like to know what it was originally built for.
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Oliver School
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Across the schoolyard. Midrises

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Another shot of the school. Built in three phases.
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Older single family dwellings in Oliver. Look at the fence a bit more carefully.
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Prettier single family dwellings.
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Very nice older home in the foreground, and decent quads next to it.
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I hate this style of sign. With a passion.
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More bubble homes.
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Mid century modern. ;)
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Stantec's addition.
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Art gallery
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More Stantec
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Another gallery, and another railtown stucco special going up.
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Heh.
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Crane, with a nice dramatic backlit sky.
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Constructioion.
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There's that crane again.
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Another shot of the construction. Count the cranes in this pic.
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Light pole.

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I still boggle.
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Self explanatory.
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Just liked the way that lined up.

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Yup. The mind boggles.
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Yup. And so it begins. For real.

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Ok. Got a phone call. Big W is actually going to show up. Apparently it's still to cold or something for everyone else. Wimps.
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So. I wait at Starbucks. When he shows up he takes a couple of pics then his battery dies. I thought stuff like that only happened to me.
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We set off down Jasper. This is public art near Joey Tomatoes.
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The back side of the church I photographed last week.
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Just a nice building about a half block south of Jasper
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On 100th Ave.
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Big W crossing the street to take a photo.
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LeMarchand Tower.
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Ditto
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LeMarchand Manor.
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Ditto
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Ditto again
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The valley as seen from LeMarchand
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How many of us had a tree house this cool? It has pretty much the same view as the last photo!
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The surprise is that this is getting renoed, not demoed.
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THere are still cool houses hugging the hill on the valley.
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Panorama. Note the house at the right.

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Log house. We both decided that we would do some pretty vile things if we were promised this house to do them...
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Very vile things.
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70's design? I think so.

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We clambered around the hill a bit....

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OK. I like churches.... they're neat buldings.

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10 condos. With that view. Do it.
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It's residential. It's tall.
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Looks like crap from this angle.
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But the interior courtyard is gorgeous.
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Calm, relaxed paint job.
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Older housing stock.
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Nice.
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Very nice.
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It's big. It's brick. It must be government.
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Another river valley tower.
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Another government building.
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More nice old housing stock

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Odd building. Big W got a better angle to show how odd it was.
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I'd like to know how old the building on the right is. My money is that it's the oldest building I've photgraphed today.
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There's that view again.
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I wonder what they're doing down there.
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Ok. That's a look back west.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00427-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00427.JPG)
And East is the Leg.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00428-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00428.JPG)
Oh. Look! LRT.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00429-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00429.JPG)
Hey, thanks for stopping. let's me get another picture of it.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00430-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00430.JPG)

One more, just in case I missed it.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00431-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00431.JPG)
Looking west.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00432-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00432.JPG)
Looking north
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00433-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00433.JPG)
Looking east
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00434-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00434.JPG)
Walking under the top part of the high level bridge, eastward.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00435-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00435.JPG)
Ok. Tear it down.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00437-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00437.JPG)
I am not going to fix this. Deal with it sideways. I missed one. One in five hundred pictures over three weeks. Deal.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00438-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00438.JPG)
The east entrance
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00439-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00439.JPG)

South side.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00440-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00440.JPG)
The highly attractive porta potties by the skating rink.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00441-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00441.JPG)
Dynamite
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00442-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00442.JPG)
Bulldozer. Just do it.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00443-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00443.JPG)
OK. So there are permanent toilets here. Closed for the season... and they install porta potties. :rollseyes:
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Cranespotting
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00445-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00445.JPG)
But wait! What the fugly is that in the distance?
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Scratch that. What the fugly is that right next to me? Oh. A government building.
Where's Guy Fawkes when you need him?
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Tower, and building wrapped in orange. Attractive!

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THe parking lot for the ugly government building. Did I mention this mofo blocks the view of the Legislature from the main entrance to the city?
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00449-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00449.JPG)
Telus field. Home to Edmonton's CrackerCats.
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Maybe if they changed the roof it wouldn't be so noticeable.
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Seriously. The Terrace building. Has to go.
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It do stand out doodn't it?
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Like a big french chateau that wants to eat babies.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00454-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00454.JPG)
Downtown from Telus Field's entrance.

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Right here in fact.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00456-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00456.JPG)
A nice building in Rossdale.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00457-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00457.JPG)
This is just killer residential!
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00458-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00458.JPG)
Nice variety.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00459-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00459.JPG)
Although the neighbours are odd.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00460-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00460.JPG)
But it's a killer location!
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00461-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00461.JPG)
And some nice walking paths down by the river. .
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00462-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00462.JPG)
City trucks drive onto the river.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00463-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00463.JPG)

Looking across the river.
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Saskatchewan drive is nice.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00465-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00465.JPG)
Water treatement is a good thing.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00466-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00466.JPG)
I thought only Victoria put industrial on the primest waterfront.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00467-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00467.JPG)
Guess not.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00468-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00468.JPG)
Nice buildings though.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00469-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00469.JPG)

http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00470-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00470.JPG)
Walterdale Bridge. The bridge you come across when coming into downtown from the airport.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00471-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00471.JPG)
And this is the view of the Legislature as you come into town. Seriously. The Terrace buildings need to go.

http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00472-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00472.JPG)
Self explanatory.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00473-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00473.JPG)
Power plants are cool.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00474-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00474.JPG)
Will be renovated into what was cruelly described as Peregrine Pointes' ugly little sister.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00475-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00475.JPG)
I say cruel, because.... well you look at that, and tell me anything needs to be described as uglier....
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00476-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00476.JPG)
I'm looking forward to 'the reveal'.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00477-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00477.JPG)
oof.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00478-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00478.JPG)
And it doesn't get better at the street.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00479-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00479.JPG)


That's a hill!
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00480-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00480.jpg)
Construction site.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00481-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00481.JPG)
On a hill
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A big steep hill
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Edmonton pigeons.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00484-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00484.JPG)
Look the other way.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00485-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00485_1.JPG)
More unexpected old housing stock.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00486-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00486.JPG)
Oh. Who is building this?
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00487-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00487.JPG)
That is an odd walkway.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00488-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00488.JPG)
and that's odd as well. Nice roof?
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00489-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00489.JPG)
Another look at the site.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00490-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00490.JPG)
Listen.

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Like I said, odd walkway.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00492-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00492.JPG)
This school was built the year Edmonton became a city!
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00493-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00493.JPG)
Peregrine Pointe would be ugly if it was short. Here's proof.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00494-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00494.JPG)
Far too long since I had a coffee.
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Another shot of the school.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00496-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00496.JPG)
Now about that coffee.
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Does every city have a lawyers office like this? It's like they're proud of how gang infested their building is.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00498-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00498.JPG)
Arlington. Picture a twenty story coming out of this. Sweet!!
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Photshoppers? Anyone?
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Another nice church.
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I like that hotel at the end.
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Another Arlington shot.
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Then.
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Now
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Straight up.
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It'd be cool to see this fixed.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00507-tm.jpg (http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00507.JPG)
It burned the week before I first arrived in Edmonton. I can't believe nothing has been done except the installation of cameras!

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Oddly attractive.
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Shiny!
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BP lands what are we going to do with you?
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Let's head into town.
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Red Star pub, and Halo are downstairs in this building.
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Nobody here has ever been to this spot. ;)
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1905 and two cranes. It's a good thing...
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worth a second look.


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This snow pile is taller than I am. I'm 6'4"

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A bookend to the matching building on 109th. This one is on 105th
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Twp cranes and a lawyer.
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The sky was getting quite dramatic, and the wind was really picking up.
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That lawyer's office again.
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One more.
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Up close. That is the full width. Look carefully and you see at the bottom left where the building ends.
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And from the back.
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Sobey's digging in.
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Old pics of 104th st.

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Close up.
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Crane reflected in air stud space.

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Another reno.
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And the sun comes out in Edmonton!
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One building. Two dates. Shameful.
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I keep coming back to this building.
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It's all about the details. Idn't it?
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Yeah. That's a nice building.
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Course, so's this one.
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Trying to put the 104ths St phenomenon in context. Am I right that this is the 'contaminated' site that may be getting an0ther residential tower?
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Ok. I'm going to head home. Via 103rd Ave.
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Oooh. Pretty.
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Nice brewery!
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Modern attachment to a nice old warehouse. This is how to do it.
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Mmmm. Boston Pizza lands. Potential. Way too much potential
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The buidling Maverick is attached to, from the front.
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Characters. Another good restaurant.
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Pool hall. Knoll furniture. In the same building!!!
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It's a pink flamingo. I had to take a picture. Come on. You would too!

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The back of the 107th St lofts.
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Look at all that brick. Loft central baby.
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The front of the building with the pink flamingo. Beatty lofts
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107th Street lofts.
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Centre bit.
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Across the street. Not sure what's going on here.
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Western Supplies Building. Nice new windows.
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I really, really like the looks of this spa.
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This street deserves to be treated a lot better than it is.
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A lot better.

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Another snap of the Western Supplies building
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And another downtown.
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Another nice old warehouse.

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Progress report.
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It looks a lot better when the sun is blinding you.
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Looking north towards the new college building.
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Ooof.
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I'd be prouder to live here.
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Locking up the trailer.
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Going down the drain.....
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Oliver home that looks like it suffered a fire. :(
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Oliver apartments. We have hundreds of these.
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another shot of the house that had a fire. and it's abandoned neighbour.
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A nice little park.
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How to build a four story walk up in an urban environment. Not perfect, but at least the developer has not used vinyl siding. See a few pictures up for the counter example.

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Older apartment low rise.
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Row homes, using my absolutely favourite treatment. Vinyl!!!
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Oliver School again. Damn that's a neat building.
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More old housing stock. Bungalows, I'm guessing post war.
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Oliver pool in the background.
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The pool. Mite cold to be hopping the fence.
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Another four story walk up. This one is using vinyl siding, but appropriately. And sparingly.
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Another school in Oliver. This one is closed. Not sure what they're planning to do with it.
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Looking back downtown. You can see downtown in the distance.
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One last charming home before I go eat something.
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And the now traditional map:
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[Coldrsx]

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=125973


used to be a jewish religious bldg if i recall...but now a private home.

[Coldrsx]

please post in the city photo page.

[Xelebes]

Across the street from the 107th Lofts is the Women Building Foundation building doing it's renovations as it moves in.

[feepa]

Awesome photos. I like this series the best out of the 3.

God that lawyers office besides the soon to be built sobeys PISSES THE CRAP OUT OF ME. What I would pay to see that place accidentally hit with a meteor or a wrecking ball, or levelled in anyway. To the lawyers/owners of that building. Please, please reconsider moving the fuck out of there. Theres still time to redesign that sobeys. I'm sure YOUR office is the reason that theres no tower going there on top of Sobeys. Asshats.

Monkeyman, these photos belong in the City Photos Section. Please add them there as well. These show great variety of downtown and Oliver.

[Coldrsx]

"God that lawyers office besides the soon to be built sobeys PISSES THE CRAP OUT OF ME. What I would pay to see that place accidentally hit with a meteor or a wrecking ball, or levelled in anyway. To the lawyers/owners of that building. Please, please reconsider moving the fuck out of there. Theres still time to redesign that sobeys. I'm sure YOUR office is the reason that theres no tower going there on top of Sobeys. Asshats.

terrible shame and the owner of the site offered much more than market rate i heard, but the lawyers were just money grabbers. But that lot is NOT the reason why there is no tower...

[feepa]

terrible shame and the owner of the site offered much more than market rate i heard, but the lawyers were just money grabbers. But that lot is NOT the reason why there is no tower...

What is the reason then? I remember asking the representive for it at Dream BIG, but I forgot what his exact reasoning was... Wasn't it something to do with parking? I'm sure that lawyers office refusing to move had to have some sort of consideration.

[m0nkyman]

Awesome photos. I like this series the best out of the 3.


Yeah. I had some actual sunlight to work with.

By the way. Where the hell were you wimps? BigW was the only person to show up, and he had to go home to go to the bathroom half way through the walk...

[feepa]

Yeah. I had some actual sunlight to work with.

By the way. Where the hell were you wimps? BigW was the only person to show up, and he had to go home to go to the bathroom half way through the walk...

I would've come had I known/remembered. My Canon is just sitting on my desk collecting dust with fully charged batteries and an empty 2 GB SD card.

:shrug:

[Coldrsx]

What is the reason then? I remember asking the representive for it at Dream BIG, but I forgot what his exact reasoning was... Wasn't it something to do with parking? I'm sure that lawyers office refusing to move had to have some sort of consideration.

well site area would have been increased, but marginally and they could go deeper and add another level or 2, but at a high cost yes. I believe it came down to cost, $/sfqt for residential. But i could be wrong as i dont have details.

[Wooster]

my god that is a big thread. Epic. Well done, some really nice spots in Oliver. :tup:

[ibz]

The WEM sub fleet is still in the lake in the mall, you just cant ride them anymore - they are apparently looking at something else to put in there.

Maybe the AB should buy that nuclear sub for Sylvan Lake, we could have a whole fleet!

[SHOFEAR]

By the way. Where the hell were you wimps? BigW was the only person to show up, and he had to go home to go to the bathroom half way through the walk...

I planned on it, but the girlfriend wouldn't leave.

[YYCguys]

I feel bad for people who stop off at WEM hoping to go to The Source to buy batteries or something.

It could take days.

I heard that The Source is closing all its stores. True or false? Would be nice to see full Circuit City stores up in Canada!

[vid]

The Source is closing? Great. NOW where am I going to buy low quality electronics?? :(

[Xelebes]

Who here has Nexopia? I remember having a couple on my friends list from here (canuckhead) and demoscene (Jordie). Who else uses it?

[Xelebes]

Oh, I should also note that I have an empty forum that needs to be used. Maybe I can transform it or something.

*shrug*

Of course we also have this, but Nexopia has a much bigger range of Western Canadians than here so...

[Distill3d]

i use it...but i don't promote its usage...too many fake little prepubescent girls that can get guys in trouble on that site for my liking...

my profile is Ditill3d (due to a drunken spelling mistake when i first signed up)

[Ginty]

Like I said before

You'll end up on NBC Dateline from this place.

Tread carefully my friends.

All girls on there are either fat or sluts. But usually both.

Time to log in

[SHOFEAR]

Like I said before

You'll end up on NBC Dateline from this place.

Tread carefully my friends.

All girls on there are either fat or sluts. But usually both.

Time to log in

Ever wonder what our pal Tofty would have done had he had access to the efficiencies of Nexopia?

Would of racked up some crazy numbers.

[Xelebes]

I don't hit Nexopia up to talk to girls - I use the forums mostly to talk to friends since I can't stand using MSN to chat. I also don't use the official forums for the aforementioned reasons - just simply too run amok with adolescence - thus just stick with user forums.

[Xelebes]

Ever wonder what our pal Tofty would have done had he had access to the efficiencies of Nexopia?

Would of racked up some crazy numbers.

Toft would have had a lot more luck inside an all-boys school as a teacher. Nexopia, I find, isn't that great of a meet 'n greet for sex tool.

[murman]

I take back what I said in your previous thread about how it reminded me of W1nn1p3g.

I couldn't have been more wrong... THIS thread is W1nn1p3g in disguise.

[feepa]

I take back what I said in your previous thread about how it reminded me of W1nn1p3g.

I couldn't have been more wrong... THIS thread is W1nn1p3g in disguise.

My new signature is dedicated to you. Please, Please, bury your face in a pail of gasoline. Your constant negativity is really starting to wear thin on this forumer.

[m0nkyman]

I'm going to take that as a compliment to both Winnipeg and to Edmonton. Otherwise I might feel as Feepa does.

[freeweed]

I heard that The Source is closing all its stores. True or false? Would be nice to see full Circuit City stores up in Canada!

Circuit City and The Source share nothing but the parent company.

The Source, or Radio Shack for those of us over 14, basically sells cellphones and a bunch of over-priced useless tech gadgets.

Circuit City is just another Future Shop/Best Buy. Maybe the FS/BB parent will buy a Canadian franchise, and we can have *3* electronics stores with virtually identical product at virtually identical prices, all located right next to each other in each big box power centre. :yuck:

[vid]

Don't have Best Buy up here. :) But lord knows we have more than enough space to build one. :(

[Xelebes]

Circuit City and The Source share nothing but the parent company.

The Source, or Radio Shack for those of us over 14, basically sells cellphones and a bunch of over-priced useless tech gadgets.

Circuit City is just another Future Shop/Best Buy. Maybe the FS/BB parent will buy a Canadian franchise, and we can have *3* electronics stores with virtually identical product at virtually identical prices, all located right next to each other in each big box power centre. :yuck:

I like how they slap 'em together like that. Makes it more difficult to get to and dividing their customer base at the same time.

[SpongeG]

the source isn't shutting down but it is closing most of its stores...

Circuit City Restructures; 62 The Source Stores to Close in Canada

Circuit City Stores, Inc. has announced a major restrcuture that will see the closing of seven domestic superstores, a distribution centre in Lousiville, KY, and 62 The Source by Circuit City stores in Canada.

The retailer has also announced changes to its executive management structure: David L. Matthews will lead the merchandising, marketing, services, and supply chain teams; while all retail channels, including all domestic and international retail stores and Circuit City Direct, will report to George D. Clark, Jr., Executive Vice President, Multi-Channel Sales. Douglas T. Moore, Executive Vice Preisdent and Chief Merchandising Officer, has left the company.

Circuit City says the changes are a result of the “intensified gross margin pressures” experienced with flat-panels TVs in the third quarter. “The steps we are taking today represent the initial efforts toward getting our cost structure more in line with today’s marketplace,” said Philip J. Schoonover, Chairman, President, and CEO of Circuit City Stores, Inc.

All seven U.S. stores, which have been deemed low-volume, low cash flow older format stores, or cash flow negative locations, are scheduled to close by the end of February. The Louisville, KY distribution centre scheduled for closure is currently used store fixtures and signage.

In Canada, 62 under-performing The Source by Circuit City stores will close, eliminating one region and four districts, and resulting in the loss of approximately 70 positions at the store support centre and field management.

Circuit City expects the restructuring to cost anywhere from US$85 million to US$105 million, including US$30 million for store closings both in Canad and the U.S.; US$40 to US$60 million related to goodwill impairment; and approximately US$15 million in relation to other restructing activities. All expenses will be incurred in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007.

“I believe that world-class multi-channel retailers need to offer a seamless experience to their customers,” stated Clark. “As such, we have taken steps to fundamentally re-align our business, [and] we believe these actions will help our associates to offer the seamless experience that our customers desire.”

http://www.hereshow.ca/news_detail.asp?nid=454

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

So, how would WestEd compare against other malls in Canada... say Eaton Centre in TO...


http://www.lexpert.ca/deal.php?id=605

The Toronto Eaton Centre portion of the transaction closed on December 15, 2000 and the balance of the transaction closed on February 28, 2001. The aggregate purchase price for the transaction was $1.28 billion and accordingly constituted the largest Canadian real estate transaction of 2000/2001.

And it actually looks and works better then it did when it first opened. Cadillac Fairview has gone out of there way to help bring back that section of Yonge by opening up the east side at street level and contributing to Dundas Square. Looks nothing like a mall from the outside now.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/88412711_c74f402b25_o.jpg

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

All I hear is how bad WEM looks and I've never seen it befor.So I dug up some pictures.

Looks cool in a tacky Clifton Hill kind of way. I must visit!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/369836604_df9dadd586_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/205821132_c5ab9ec10e_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/205829044_2276b733ac_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/88486335_9fe6d1896d_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/320265679_83d21f0b0b_b.jpg

[SpongeG]

that pyramid this is where the casino is right?

the last time i was in WEM that was where Woodwards was

[canucklehead2]

Yeah, I have an account but I rarely use it these days, because all the people outside my circle of friends are usually moronic flamer. I prefer myspace to keep in contact with my peeps now..

[murman]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/88486335_9fe6d1896d_o.jpg

"WEM: Where the great unwashed come to bathe."

[murman]

My new signature is dedicated to you. Please, Please, bury your face in a pail of gasoline. Your constant negativity is really starting to wear thin on this forumer.

:haha:

My job here is done! :banana:

[slurrey]

I have nexopia, my username is slurrey. I'd say 90% of the people there are retards, but I'm still stuck using it anyways cause a lot of my friends prefer that over myspace or facebook. Why, I dunno :koko:

[murman]

I'm going to take that as a compliment to both Winnipeg and to Edmonton. Otherwise I might feel as Feepa does.

The comment I made was meant to be neutral. If someone sees negativity, then they're looking for it. Otherwise, ...

[Kevin_foster]

^ The pyramid is where the giant dragon is in the Movie theater.

The casino is the orange/yellow colored part.

[Calgarian]

Nexopia sucks

[Xelebes]

I'd rather deal with idiocy than eyesores. Facebook isn't bad - but nobody from my high school is on there nor any of my friends.

[Xelebes]

That last picture looks really old...

[SHOFEAR]

That last picture looks really old...

yeah... Both the Skyscreamer and Nessie's revenge have been replaced with different color slides. And that short blue one has been replaced with the worlds largest contineous flush toilet bowl....it's actually one hell of a good ride.

[Plus15]

I was just at the WEM website...there is a note explaining why the Christmas decorations are still up.

http://www.westedmontonmall.com/hours/events.asp#10602

Apparently they are working on a 'deal' that requires the decorations to stay put, a deal that will benefit our province as a whole. Anyone have any idea what it could be? I would tend to explain it away by blaming bungling ineffective management. Take down the f@cking decorations, its March.

[CanadianCentaur]

I was just at the WEM website...there is a note explaining why the Christmas decorations are still up.

http://www.westedmontonmall.com/hours/events.asp#10602

Apparently they are working on a 'deal' that requires the decorations to stay put, a deal that will benefit out province as a whole. Anyone have any idea what it could be? I would tend to explain it away by blaming bungling ineffective management. Take down the f@cking decorations, its March.

Hmmm...this is just plain f%^king weird. :koko:

[CMD UW]

A 'deal' they are negotiating....man, this just screams typical 555 bargaining tactics.

Pathetic.

[YYCguys]

I was just at the WEM website...there is a note explaining why the Christmas decorations are still up.

http://www.westedmontonmall.com/hours/events.asp#10602

Apparently they are working on a 'deal' that requires the decorations to stay put, a deal that will benefit our province as a whole. Anyone have any idea what it could be? I would tend to explain it away by blaming bungling ineffective management. Take down the f@cking decorations, its March.

Perhaps there is a movie or TV show that is going to be taping a scene(s) using a Christmas background. That would make sense of this "secretive deal".

[SpongeG]

wasn't their a thread about a movie being filmed in edmonton?

[vid]

Yes. It quickly evolved into several people making fun of Thunder Bay. I have nightmares of it. :(

[a-k]

hahah even though i dont post too often, you constantly make me laugh...just thought id give u some positive re-enforcment, and tell u i love Thunder Bay! lol

[tkoe]

A lot better.
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00555-1.JPG

Things like this just make me crazy. The city developed a plan to fix this street and make it a true Capital Boulevard about a year or two ago and here is it still sitting there looking like shit. I thought they were going to widen the sidewalks, put in some trees and build a fountain on the median. I don't know if the plan has been srcapped or just forgotten about, but why on earth does the city bother making development plans and then fail to fund them?

[Kevin_foster]

http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00413.JPG

Although this condo complex looks plain from the outside, the inside is absoultely the most unique setup I've ever seen. Two of my good friends live here, and their condos have the best floor plans - and they face into a gorgeous indoor courtyard. Very cool.

It was designed by an Italian, and the building is so very nice... to think, these sold for 200,000 2 years ago - I'll bet you they are over 375,000 now - easily... and I was THIS close to buying one. Damn.

If you ever get the chance, go check 'em out. We need more of these in the city.

edit:
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00492.JPG
^ as fugly as this walkway is - it leads to the oldest highrise apartment building in our city.
Right beside it the atrocity VIVA CITY is being built. OH MY GOD.

Good to see lots of cranes, but we have so much land downtown.

Thanks m0nkyman :D Maybe next time I'll come out and well do the CORE.

(ps how are you resizing your pictures with BB code.....)

[murman]

Things like this just make me crazy. The city developed a plan to fix this street and make it a true Capital Boulevard about a year or two ago and here is it still sitting there looking like shit. I thought they were going to widen the sidewalks, put in some trees and build a fountain on the median. I don't know if the plan has been srcapped or just forgotten about, but why on earth does the city bother making development plans and then fail to fund them?

If I recall, I think the city was planning to "force" the property owners along the street to foot the bill. You can't imagine what a can of worms that would create, as certain leases permit the recovery of costs like this from tenants. Both the building owners and tenants would likely tell the city to go pound sand (or dump it all over the streets, it would seem).

[m0nkyman]

http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00413-tm.jpg

Although this condo complex looks plain from the outside, the inside is absoultely the most unique setup I've ever seen. Two of my good friends live here, and their condos have the best floor plans - and they face into a gorgeous indoor courtyard. Very cool.

It was designed by an Italian, and the building is so very nice... to think, these sold for 200,000 2 years ago - I'll bet you they are over 375,000 now - easily... and I was THIS close to buying one. Damn.

If you ever get the chance, go check 'em out. We need more of these in the city.

edit:
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00492-tm.jpg
^ as fugly as this walkway is - it leads to the oldest highrise apartment building in our city.
Right beside it the atrocity VIVA CITY is being built. OH MY GOD.

Good to see lots of cranes, but we have so much land downtown.

Thanks m0nkyman :D Maybe next time I'll come out and well do the CORE.

(ps how are you resizing your pictures with BB code.....)

I'm not resizing, I've got two seperate images. I use Ecto (http://ecto.kung-foo.tv/) to convert and post them to my blog, then use an html to bbcode converter (http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/html2bbcode/) for a two step copy and paste.

Oh, and if you missed it, I took a picture of that courtyard:
http://aptenobytes.typepad.com/m0nkymans_photo_blog/images/DSC00414-tm.jpg

[Greco Roman]

I take back what I said in your previous thread about how it reminded me of W1nn1p3g.

I couldn't have been more wrong... THIS thread is W1nn1p3g in disguise.

Uh-oh; here we go again..............................

[Greco Roman]

I wonder if you walked by the house I'm living in on 116 St. I am very close to those bubble homes; I think that those types of windows must be a really cool lookout for young kids to just sit in and watch the world go by. :cool:

[murman]

Uh-oh; here we go again..............................

For the love of Pete, READ MY LIPS! My comment was neutral in nature. If you want to take it negatively, then you're looking to find negativity. Is it an insult to say that Edmonton and W1nn1p3g have some similarities?

[Xelebes]

You're inability or refusal to spell Winnipeg properly tells us that you are regarding Winnipeg dismissively and thus refering to Edmonton as it is to be dismissed.

[vid]

hahah even though i dont post too often, you constantly make me laugh...just thought id give u some positive re-enforcment, and tell u i love Thunder Bay! lol

:D

[nunuangel99]

Hmmm...this is just plain f%^king weird. :koko:

They are finalizing the deal for the movie to be shot there, thus the reason for the xmas decorations remaining up.

[CanadianCentaur]

^ I guess it's obviously a lot easier to do the shooting outside the actual Xmas season - not nearly as crowded! Just try finding a parking spot on the same block as WEM after Dec. 21 within 15 minutes. WEM is just INSANE at that time of year.

[LordMandeep]

^^^ so is every major mall in every big city in North America.

What i have noticed in Canada that malls are still much more popular then strip malls or power centres...

[CanadianCentaur]

^^^ so is every major mall in every big city in North America.

True dat. But even then, I've noticed that WEM appears to outstrip all the other malls in the city in xmas season activity!

What i have noticed in Canada that malls are still much more popular then strip malls or power centres...

That's because then you don't have to freeze your ass off going from store to store!

[LordMandeep]

True man, i want to the infamous Square One in Mississauga and there was one Km line to get off the highway exit that leads to the mall. X-mas shopping in the last weekend is a mission impossibile. It takes more time parking then actually shopping.

About strip malls.... in my city the local mall is nothing special and then a massive power centre opened. The mall almost died for a few months, then they just added a few stores, replaced the tiles, brought in Best Buy and now its busier then ever.

The Power centre is usless and now it nowhere as busy as it onced opened.

[murman]

You're inability or refusal to spell Winnipeg properly tells us that you are regarding Winnipeg dismissively and thus refering to Edmonton as it is to be dismissed.

Once again, an assumption is being made here...

Sigh...

If you must know... my spelling of W1nn1p3g is in deference to a certain 'peg forumer who steadfastly refuses to crack the binding on his dictionary, and is too lazy to use the spell-check feature that some hard-working software designer added to this forum. His spelling is so fantastically bad that it sets alarms off on my computer. Sorry if that's too obtuse for ya.

[SpongeG]

maybe out east - but robson street is the most popular shopping street out in vancouver and the power centres are always busy

the malls kinda suck - they close so early compared to ontario

[Xelebes]

Often a brush paints too much.

[Nabs]

WEM proudly boasts on it's website that they have the "world's largest parking lot" (in my mind, not something to be proud of).....maybe better would be the "world's nicest LRT station" :tup:

Anyways, it says WEM has over 20,000 parking stalls...and to think that it's still impossible to find parking there anytime before or after xmas, and sometimes even on long weekends. Its just a zoo there.....a very unmodern, run down zoo, to be precise...

[HomeInMyShoes]

Sheesh. I've lived in both Winnipeg and Edmonton for periods of my life and I find a lot of similarities between the two. I never think of either negatively and when you walk some places in Edmonton you can definitely get a Winnipeg feel. Monkeyman's super-cool extra cold and snowy outings really solidify the comparison for me. End of story. It's not negative, it's not positive. If you think it's negative then you're dissing Winnipeg and maybe we should bring biguc and the gang over for some gentle persuasion. :)

Do you have an ETA on a non-phone camera Monkeyman?

Haha murman, I've read those posts. I don't contribute to the Winnipeg threads very often, but they are some fun reads.

[m0nkyman]

Do you have an ETA on a non-phone camera Monkeyman?


As soon as my debt level gets below seven figures. We just got the store open a few months ago, so cash flow is a wee bit tight.

I've been waffling between a Nikon D80 and one of the Canon Digital Rebels...

[adeep88]

^ also the World's deepest indoor lake. Couple of other world's largest.

Went to WEM today. The Harry Rosen expansions are massive.

A European handbag/purse shop is opening up. Some other fancy clothes store. Starts with an L.

Some guy jumped from the 2nd floor (by Club Monaco) to the lake. Thankfully, he didn't get hurt.

Paintball is opening...where the Playdium used to be. Boy I miss playdium...unfortunately, 3 out of the 4 locations in Canada have closed down.

[Greco Roman]

As soon as my debt level gets below seven figures. We just got the store open a few months ago, so cash flow is a wee bit tight.

I've been waffling between a Nikon D80 and one of the Canon Digital Rebels...


What kind of business do you run? I guess I haven't been paying attention enough......................

[LordMandeep]

I hope the PLaydium In Mississauga stays open...

[SpongeG]

playdium went bankrupt i thought?

the one here closed years ago and the one planned for Richmond never happenned

[Harrison]

RENOATE THE ENTIRE MALL ALREADY! YEESH!:hell: :yuck:

[HomeInMyShoes]

As soon as my debt level gets below seven figures. We just got the store open a few months ago, so cash flow is a wee bit tight.

I've been waffling between a Nikon D80 and one of the Canon Digital Rebels...

Cool, either would be a great choice. Try them out and see what suits you best. Hopefully I'm back in town this summer for some photoshoots and beer afterward.

[Plus15]

I wonder what sort of low budget waste of time movie works a deal with the mall to leave up its Christmas decorations for months...certainly not one with a budget to speak of. Movie producers like to control everything...not just conveniently use whats there. Maybe its another ABC Family blockbuster hit, in which WEM poses as "Galleria USA". Wow, what a boon to the Alberta economy.