EDMONTON | Manulife Place | 146 M / 479 FT | 36 FL | 1983
Thought I would show Edmonton's tallest building, Manulife Place. It's at 146 m which is almost the tallest a building can go in the downtown (max is 150 m / ~500ft) currently due to a small airfield (it used to be Edmonton's main airport, but for the past few decades Edm Int'l has been the main airport) about 15 blocks north of the downtown. Why so close to the city? Well when it was built, it was on the outskirts of town and people never dreamed of skyscrapers in Edmonton. And the airport was built on former HBC reserve lands, meaning pre-WWII the city had to grow around it, so the city's old neighbourhoods aren't directly north of the dt, a few neighbourhoods then the airport are. But a couple months ago, the council decided for a staged closure for the airport and in 5-15 yrs depending, the height restrictions will be lifted.
Anyways here is a little about Manulife Place from Wikipedia: Quote:
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Credit: raptortheangel Credit: raptortheangel Credit: wburris Credit: raptortheangel Manulife is behind it's "sister" Commerce Place: Credit: wburris |
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http://www.cosmoloan.com/loans/ten-s...-industry.html "EVERY BODY GETS A CORNER OFFICE!!!" :banana: You know, the cut off for a building to be a skyscraper is generally 150m. This kinda means Edmonton doesn't have skyscrapers. We make some exceptions if the building is isolated but since Edmonton has so many highrises we can't even bend the rules and let it in. :P It's a nice building though, good geometry and the glazing doesn't look shitty like so many other buildings from the era. |
^What do you mean? The section is Buildings/Architecture and I never saw any 'height restrictions' for threads, I even think I saw a shorter building. It's not a skyscraper section.
Or were you just meaning in generally it technically isn't a 'skyscraper'? |
Just generally.
It is very close, though. |
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