[Halifax] The Trillium l 65 m l 19 fl l Completed

[worldlyhaligonian]

[phrenic]

Haha it seems like almost every picture taken of the Halifax skyline always has Fenwick looming in the background.

But this development would look good there.

[Keith P.]

I don't see Fenwick in that pic.

[Wishblade]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

I don't see Fenwick in that pic.

It's peaking out behind Park Vic. See it now?

[skyscraper_1]

Great picture btw.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by Wishblade

It's peaking out behind Park Vic. See it now?

Nope. I guess with it being so demonized everyone proposes a building over 5 storeys that I expected to look like Godzilla, terrorizing everything else in sight.

[hfx_chris]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

I don't see Fenwick in that pic.

Neither do I...

[phrenic]

Anyway, nevermind. Sorry to threadjack.

[someone123]

Last week I took photos of the site. The development itself would go up to the yellow house in this picture:



Looking Southeast, with Park Vic in the background:



It's too bad that these houses will be torn down since they're not in particularly bad shape but I think this is an example of a trade-off that is justified. Some holes will be filled and a new 19 storey building would be more along the lines of other buildings in the area like the Lord Nelson, Paramount, etc.

[worldlyhaligonian]

Couldn't the houses be somewhat dismantled and rebuilt in an area of the city to fill in some holes with real heritage? Lets think outside the box here, I know that they do things like that in the Netherlands.

[someone123]

It is an interesting idea. I don't know how that would work with old wooden structures. Normally when I hear stories about buildings being moved it is only a brick or stone facade that is disassembled and reassembled elsewhere, often at great expense.

I have always liked the little black house on the corner.

[Keith P.]

Both those houses have been used as student apartments for decades. They are in poor condition inside. All you would be saving is essentially the front facade since much of the inside has had whatever detail it once had stripped away.

[someone123]

There are new, detailed renderings available at: http://www.halifax.ca/planning/Case01046Details.html

Here's the South Park aerial view and elevation...



I really like this design. Great proposal.

[terrynorthend]

Beautiful design. Now I REALLY want to see this go ahead. That aerial perspective shows just how well it DOES fit the neighbourhood.

[Jonovision]

Very very nice! This building is perfect for that location in my opinion.

[Dmajackson]

That's a real beauty! I hope it gets built as soon as possible it'll look a lot better then the houses i currently look at every morning.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by someone123

There are new, detailed renderings available at: http://www.halifax.ca/planning/Case01046Details.html

Here's the South Park aerial view and elevation...



I really like this design. Great proposal.

It has changed a bit from the original version:

Originally Posted by phrenic

An image of what the proposed tower is to look like from South Park Street.

(image from HRM Council's report)

I like the revised version better. Let's hope it goes ahead.

[skyscraper_1]

This will definitely be a great addition to the area! I hope it can be approved asap. Hopefully this proposal will help to expand the Spring garden shopping district beyond just SGR.

[The_Bow]

Great new redesign!

Whats the next hurdle for the development?

[sdm]

Agreed, the redesign is more acceptable in my mind.

Will be interesting to see what the wind study says as we are all aware that brenton to south park is brutal area during south east wind conditions.