Unbuilt Projects of Canada

[Architype]

It's a good thing they didn't waste money on the blimp tower for Hamilton.

The recent Montreal ones all look very good, same goes for the art-deco one posted above. That would have been something.

[Paper Boy]

Some fantastic proposals......great to imagine these built! Makes me wonder... what would change our cities the most had they NOT been built?

[Gresto]

Originally Posted by Andrewjm3D

Bay and Adelaide Centre - 1993 - 230m

The B-A design seen here, from 1991, was actually slated to be 288 m. to the top of the spire. Victim of the '91 recession.

[flar]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Ok, your point? Every one of my numbers was basically exact (obviously rounded to the nearest 10 000) except for Halifax and Quebec City, which for some reason I must have gotten the urban/metro populations for.

What was your point again?

You said you weren't sure about some of them, so I added some numbers.

God, no wonder I barely post here anymore.

[kool maudit]

Originally Posted by flar

You said you weren't sure about some of them, so I added some numbers.

God, no wonder I barely post here anymore.

it's very combative.

[thomax]

Here is a proposal from 2009 for a major renovation to Copps Coliseum which never happened.

The renovated Copps Coliseum would have included:
— Atrium-style lobby with stairs, escalators and elevators to all levels
— New street level retail
— New main concourse
— Club lounge with direct access to the club seating section
— More washrooms
— Food, beverage and bar amenities throughout concourse areas
— New upper concourse to exclusively serve the upper seating bowl
— New upholstered stadium seats
— New “state of the art” video scoreboard
— Capacity for more than 18,000 spectators
— 20 new “bunker suites” located at event level
— New “platinum” restaurant at event level
— 50 mid-level private suites, with bar/buffet facilities, 14- to 16-person capacity
— Four group suites at mid-level with 33- or 42-person capacity
— New suite level restaurant with view of the on-ice action
— New group sales/party deck incorporated into upper seating bowl



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[Chadillaccc]

Awe shit that would have been a nice reno! Make it an NHL stadium. I wish Hamilton had NHL.

[1ajs]

rock n roll hall of fame


Nygard village


i beleave this was for the asembly of manitoba cheifs back in the early 2000's?? one of the other wpg forumers worked on it


some sorta study someone did not sure how much potential it had


theres been least 4 proposals by lakeview on this site since i was in jrhigh back in 2000 2001. their talking about a new proposal for a hotel not sure what it will look like compared to this one


died then was reborn as something bigger and better looking thats suppost to be starting this spring called D condos


old domed foot ball stadium proposal that true viking worked on.



save the eatons colition proposal
had condos a hotel offices and a atrium was kool concept but never happend as the true north center won the battle now known as mts center home of the jet


from 2002 not much is know of this one. its between smith and garry on at graham curently theres a rummor of 36 story tower proposal in the works for the site with a second smaller tower from fortres developments who recent aquired land around there somewhere


a project that got true viking worked on that died when the people behind it got cold feet?? not much els is known



2nd place winner of the cmhr compition back in 2002?



died at city councle aparently they thought it was stupid idea was to be home of the building owner who has his company in that building witch makes builit proof vests and such



died aparently profit margin was to small or somthing yr or 2 ago


tom jackson of north of 60's development company had jump in on a rfp at one point to build this then deiced to do somthing els somewhere els


old timer from 1908 1911


they wound up building a meh glass box instead


was a off grid building for the center of indigionious eviromental resources woulda been a first of its kind got caught up in some city red tape that killed it to do with the buildings that existed and needing to put a roof on the buildings befor they could get the permit to do this project that woulda cost 500k that would be removed for a different kind of roof they tried to fund raise extra funds but got nowhere sold the building a yr ago and now being renovted queitly by new owners that are being tight liped about what their up to


100 main st rfp surplus land winning proposal that turned into a mess that ended with a 25 story apartment complex thats foundation is curently under construction around the corner. city hall and its stupidity that coulda gotten the city sued......


one of the loosing proposals for 100 main st location mix use residential and offices with several floors of parking theres another rendering have i wish i had permision to share but get in trouble everytime i post it



one of the oddest designed that poped up in 2007.
burt sadlery building
had some ground to stand on then died as fast as it poped up


thats just some stuff hiden away in my archive from a quick skim if anyone has any winnipeg stuff they want to contribute to my rendering archives please send it my way

[Dylan Leblanc]

wow neat!

[vid]

I remember this one! They posted blueprints for the top floor, and there was no way in or out, and the bathroom had no door!!

[SHOFEAR]

Edmonton Omniplex from the late 60's/early 70s. Football + Hockey. It's probably a good thing it ddn't get built....but it is a rather grand idea.

[SHOFEAR]

Edmonton's Transportation plan from way before my time

[Chadillaccc]

Basically their plan was to devastate the entire city just like the Americans did to theirs Thank gods none of Canada's "grand" highway schemes ever came to fruition.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by vid

I remember this one! They posted blueprints for the top floor, and there was no way in or out, and the bathroom had no door!!

[vid]

I'm serious! There was just this little wall in the kitchen, and if you pop around the corner, there was a toilet there! But it didn't matter because there was no way in or out of the apartment unless you crawled through a window! And there was another unit on that floor with stairs to a lower level entrance, but no bathrooms! Or something like that. We had a lot of fun criticizing that project.

It would have been an amazing place to troll someone with. Give it away on a radio contest.

[J.OT13]

I didn't know where else to put it so here we go. This one was never built, but came close. Rideau Street 27 storey Office/Apartment/Hotel, 1969. Curtsey of Urbsite;

http://urbsite.blogspot.ca/2013/11/u...und-hotel.html


While I'm at it, here are some more from Ottawa;

Place de Ville phase II original proposal (posted it somewhere else recently, but here it is again);


http://urbsite.blogspot.ca/2011/09/d...g-skyline.html

1915 Downtown Ottawa subway plan along with expanded inter-city rail infrastructure;

http://spacing.ca/ottawa/2010/01/26/...ottawa-subway/


1969 subway plan;

http://spacing.ca/ottawa/2010/01/26/...ottawa-subway/


1965 Highway distributor;


http://centretown.blogspot.com/2009/...y-part-ii.html

Late 80s, early 90s Ottawa bus tunnel proposal;


http://spacing.ca/ottawa/2010/01/26/...ottawa-subway/

Early proposal's for Place Bell Canada. the last one is the actual building that got built;




http://urbsite.blogspot.ca/2013/09/p...et-blocks.html

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by flar

You said you weren't sure about some of them, so I added some numbers.

God, no wonder I barely post here anymore.

Originally Posted by kool maudit

it's very combative.

It really is just a few exceptions and it's nothing the good old "ignore" button can't handle.

[Gresto]

Maryon has been posted. A couple more never-realized biggies for Toronto were the modernist Eaton's complex from the late-'60s and the Weston Tower from the late-'80s. I'm in the minority that loves the Eaton's towers, but I join the denunciation of the demolition of Old City Hall, which was part of the proposal. Weston, pomo but kind of snazzy in appearance, would have looked ridiculously incongruous and solitary at Yonge/401 twenty years ago. Now, not so much.

[J.OT13]

One of the proposal's for the completion that brought Ottawa's World Exchange Plaza.


Many more pictures and information on here;
http://urbsite.blogspot.ca/2013/11/c...ve-vision.html

Winning proposal.

[thomax]

Here's a Hamilton proposal that never made it. The proposal was to turn the Century Theatre (built 1913) into condos. The plan was cancelled and the theatre was demolished.

Century Theatre Condos Proposal:

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Century Theatre before being demolished:

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