Calgary Construction XXVI - Page 27

Daemon · #**521** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 3:53 PM**

Daemon · #**522** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 3:57 PM**

outoftheice · #**523** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 7:04 PM**

Verve in East Village had its topping out ceremony today.

craner · #**524** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 8:22 PM**

What a great skyline!
Thanks Daemon.

ST1 · #**525** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 8:52 PM**

Nice work Daemon!

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Tobyoby · #**526** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 2:26 AM**

The lighting is much better at that time if day than when pitch black.

By the way Daemon, keep up the good work

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BlaineN · #**527** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 10:20 PM**

The pics show construction, and are more on topic than a lot of the stuff that gets posted on here. I've removed the pics that don't show construction, and removed Suburbia's posts.

MrBigStuff · #**528** Posted **Jan 20, 2018, 2:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by sammyd

They are just digging a hole currently. Webcam link below.

http://www.infrastructure.alberta.ca...ncercentre.htm

This is awesome - will be good to watch this gigantic complex go up in real time. I have a feeling that it will take a bit longer than say: Brookfield Place?? The Bow??
Thanks much for the link up.

Design-mind · #**529** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 3:16 AM**

I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet.

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Inglewood pushes back against 20-storey tower

http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary...rey-tower.html

O-tacular · #**530** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 7:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Design-mind

I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary...rey-tower.html

Hmm not sure what to think about this one. That area could use some density but that sticks out like a sore thumb. Would be better if it were across the street with the existing midrise condos.

milomilo · #**531** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 8:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Hmm not sure what to think about this one. That area could use some density but that sticks out like a sore thumb. Would be better if it were across the street with the existing midrise condos.

Bad rendering maybe? It looks like a tower for giants.

milomilo · #**532** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 8:08 PM**

Frankly, this idiotic comment from one of the locals now makes me 100% behind the project and I hope they make it bigger:

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Originally Posted by Moron

"It's basically putting a large phallic symbol in the middle of a historic community,"

Corndogger · #**533** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 9:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

Frankly, this idiotic comment from one of the locals now makes me 100% behind the project and I hope they make it bigger:

I agree. That location would be fine for a tall building. The traffic issues are also nonsense.

Tarsus · #**534** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 10:44 PM**

Nm

X_ting_on · #**535** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 1:52 AM**

Best photos to date. Nicely done Daemon.

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milomilo · #**536** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 2:42 AM**

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I agree. That location would be fine for a tall building. The traffic issues are also nonsense.

It's quite telling of how a few people in this city have vastly oversized influence and voice in deciding what gets built where. I can only conclude that "LJ Robertson, planning director for the Inglewood Community Association", has never actually seen a phallus, nor set foot in the area which he calls an 'historic neighbourhood', as this medium sized tower is to be built in the middle of what is currently industrial wasteland but well connected to roads and the future SEBRT.

While on the subject, that whole area does need a major reconfiguration. It has all the bones of a good community, but Inglewood/Ramsay seems to be stuck in neutral. There needs to be more intuitive access by road, and the railway needs to be grade separated.

Corndogger · #**537** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 3:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

It's quite telling of how a few people in this city have vastly oversized influence and voice in deciding what gets built where. I can only conclude that "LJ Robertson, planning director for the Inglewood Community Association", has never actually seen a phallus, nor set foot in the area which he calls an 'historic neighbourhood', as this medium sized tower is to be built in the middle of what is currently industrial wasteland but well connected to roads and the future SEBRT.

While on the subject, that whole area does need a major reconfiguration. It has all the bones of a good community, but Inglewood/Ramsay seems to be stuck in neutral. There needs to be more intuitive access by road, and the railway needs to be grade separated.

LJ is a female. She comes across as someone who thinks she speaks for the entire community. I doubt too many people would consider that particular location to be anywhere near the heart of the community but they would consider it to be a prime location for a lot of density. If one of the city's goals is to have significant density along major transit corridors then why should that location be exempt? There probably should be a cluster of towers in that location. I don't see why they couldn't be positioned in such a way to minimize shadowing. As for the "overlooking" issue is she serious? The city is full of such situations. Is she afraid that these tower dwellers are going to perv down on her "historic" neighbors who no doubt live pure lives?

I agree with you about making road access into Ramsay more intuitive but good luck with the railroad stuff, especially in this case.

X_ting_on · #**538** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 4:59 AM**

She doesn’t represent everyone in the community, but she represents those who actually care and those who have a clue about how good neighbourhoods are built. Good thing she and the community association are not listening to every Tom Dick and Harry who want a skyscraper up just so they can look at it from a far.

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Originally Posted by milomilo

It's quite telling of how a few people in this city have vastly oversized influence and voice in deciding what gets built where. I can only conclude that "LJ Robertson, planning director for the Inglewood Community Association", has never actually seen a phallus, nor set foot in the area which he calls an 'historic neighbourhood', as this medium sized tower is to be built in the middle of what is currently industrial wasteland but well connected to roads and the future SEBRT.

While on the subject, that whole area does need a major reconfiguration. It has all the bones of a good community, but Inglewood/Ramsay seems to be stuck in neutral. There needs to be more intuitive access by road, and the railway needs to be grade separated.

milomilo · #**539** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 5:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by X_ting_on

She doesn’t represent everyone in the community, but she represents those who actually care and those who have a clue about how good neighbourhoods are built. Good thing she and the community association are not listening to every Tom Dick and Harry who want a skyscraper up just so they can look at it from a far.

It's not a skyscraper, it's 60 metres. It will be a bit out of place, for now, but so what? It negatively impacts nothing.

X_ting_on · #**540** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 8:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

It's not a skyscraper, it's 60 metres. It will be a bit out of place, for now, but so what? It negatively impacts nothing.

But so what you say? Obviously you don’t live in the area, and if you do it looks like you couldn’t care less about building density in a proper way. You just want a skyscraper to stare at. It’s this shortsighted mentality that makes suburban Toronto look the way it does.