Cancelled Calgary old Project Renderings - Page 14

Rob D · #**261** Posted **May 21, 2007, 10:26 PM**

Congress Resources Office Building - 7th Avenue SW @ Centre Street
The Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden Partnership for Congress Developments Ltd. (1980)

169,000 s.f. - 21 storey

Rob D · #**262** Posted **May 21, 2007, 10:29 PM**

McIntyre Plaza - 7th Avenue and 3rd Street SW - Burgener Gallant Lachapelle Architects for Cascade Development Corp. (1981)

1.5 million s.f. - 66 storey - typical floor area 24,000 s.f.

Rob D · #**263** Posted **May 21, 2007, 10:33 PM**

Mount Royal Village, Phase II & III - 16th Avenue & 8th Street SW
The Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden Partnership for Congress Resources and Knowlton Realty Ltd. (1981)

Rob D · #**264** Posted **May 21, 2007, 10:38 PM**

Norlin Place - 570 Southland Drive SW - Michael H. K. Wong Architects Ltd for Norlin Properties Ltd. (1981)
650,000 s.f.

Rob D · #**265** Posted **May 21, 2007, 10:42 PM**

Olympic Centre - 4th Street and 9th Avenue SW - Burgener Gallant Lachapelle Architects with Adamson Associates for Marathon Realty Co. Ltd. (1981)

2.1 million s.f. - 38, 32, 26 & 19 storey

Rob D · #**266** Posted **May 21, 2007, 10:44 PM**

One Boulevard West - 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue SW
The Sturgess Partnership for Borgeau Developments Ltd. (1981)

26,900 s.f.

Blue_Cypress · #**267** Posted **May 21, 2007, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Chemist

LOL!

What I find interesting is that this diagram...

shows the 4th Avenue Flyover as proposed, and that it had a connection from what looks to be southbound 4th Street NE. When was the flyover actually built, and why didn't it get this connection from 4th Street?

The city decided not to remove the old langevin bridge, and thus did not require a 4th street flyover connection, though it wasn't a bad idea.

Had the flyover been built as in the drawing, it would have been impossible for eastbound traffic on memorial to cross into downtown from this area, likely placing a staggering traffic load on the lower deck of the center street bridge.

Rob D · #**268** Posted **May 21, 2007, 10:53 PM**

Park Gallery - 906 - 8th Avenue SW
The Chandler Kennedy Architectural Group for Dover Park Development Corp. Ltd. (1982)
845,000 s.f. - 49 storey

Blue_Cypress · #**269** Posted **May 21, 2007, 11:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris550

Hmmm... doesn't look quite wide enough...

Just imagine, if it had been clad in reflective glass, you could catch one mean tan just lying around in Central Memorial Park...

Part of the reason it doesn't look wide enough is because it's drawn on the wrong block. The tower was supposed to stretch from the north edge of the train tracks north across 9th avenue and from the western edge of fourth street to halfway down the 600 block of ninth avenue, over top of what is now the 5th street subway, which hadn't been constructed yet, if I recall. It's still a good illustration though.

The structure does not look as though it would have been plausible unless it were constructed of plate steel for the majority of it's height, and even then, wind loads and sway would have been excessive. It would have been 300 feet taller than the world trade center (700 ft if you don't include the WTC radio tower) though not as tall as the burj dubai (which is estimated to be between 2600 and 3300 ft; no one knows with certainty)

g-nett · #**270** Posted **May 23, 2007, 6:17 PM**

I had no idea there were so many cancelled projects from the early 80's.

Calgarian · #**271** Posted **May 23, 2007, 8:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by g-nett

I had no idea there were so many cancelled projects from the early 80's.

It's a shame

DizzyEdge · #**272** Posted **May 23, 2007, 11:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rob D

Cathedral Square - 18th Avenue & 1st Street SW - Ross E. Hayes and IBI Group (1980)

This one looks pretty decent

Calgarian · #**273** Posted **May 24, 2007, 3:29 AM**

CtrlAltDel, feel like giving that rendering another shot with the drawings Rob has so kindly found and posted?

Calgarian · #**274** Posted **May 24, 2007, 3:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rob D

This was to have been Phase V of the Bow Valley Square (from 1981).

Maybe BVS wouldn't have looked so brutal (no pun intended) with this glass addition. Looks like it could have been an atrium?

YYCguys · #**275** Posted **May 24, 2007, 2:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rob D

Cathedral Square - 18th Avenue & 1st Street SW - Ross E. Hayes and IBI Group (1980)

The concept is great! Would be nice to see the concept resurected with some mixed use in the square. Anybody know if the reason why the development didn't occur is developer initiated or city initiated?

Boris2k7 · #**276** Posted **Jul 2, 2007, 11:48 PM**

Found this on Flickr, taken by jhails on May 25, 2007. Amazing to think that these models are still kicking around. This one is Alberta Plaza:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25403068@N00/513499092/

These are definately going into my National Museum of Architecture, Planning, and Design (NMAPD)... as examples of Calgary Architecture during the last boom *rubs hands*

CtrlAltDel · #**277** Posted **Jul 3, 2007, 2:31 AM**

Nice find Boris!
At what point can we add Lausanne and Montreux.

Boris2k7 · #**278** Posted **Jul 3, 2007, 3:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by CtrlAltDel

Nice find Boris!
At what point can we add Lausanne and Montreux.

Heh, depends on who is going to spend $31 Megabucks buying that piece of land...

What I do know is... that this looks like a new skyline rendering:

But that topic is for another thread

CtrlAltDel · #**279** Posted **Jul 3, 2007, 4:04 PM**

It's in the making, but I'll post it when I'm done

As for L&M, do you think they will be the first victims, now that Skytower is starting back up?
Perhaps City Centre missed the cycle and will be added to the list (hope not).

The Geographer · #**280** Posted **Jul 3, 2007, 5:10 PM**

Oh, I think when you guys were wondering what American city it looked like, you might have been thinking of Atlanta.