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Old Posted Dec 1, 2013, 5:33 AM
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The building was in pretty rough shape! Too bad they couldn't at least preserve the façade.
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One of the proposal's for the completion that brought Ottawa's World Exchange Plaza.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MThVCffEfn...123826_001.jpg
Many more pictures and information on here;
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Winning proposal.
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Wow, Ottawa sure dodged a bullet with that one. That first proposal looks about as appealing as the Rogers HQ building in Toronto.
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Looks like BOA before the onset of middle-age spread.
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The building was in pretty rough shape! Too bad they couldn't at least preserve the façade.
Rough shape is an understatement. The roof ended up collapsing, taking out everything below it and leaving it just an empty shell. It's a real shame, it would have been 100-years-old this year.

This is the new proposal for the site:

"A proposal for the development and construction of an approximately 50,000 sf facility consisting of a cultural centre, a health centre and a college (the “Facility”) for the Centre français Hamilton inc. and Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton/Niagara. The facility would be built on the site of the recently demolished Century Theatre."


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Hamilton's 15-story Element Hotel by Westin that was proposed back in 2009 was never built. A new Dollarama opened up the other day in the building that it was supposed to replace...


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Well there aren't any pictures, but how about the proposed three Montreal stock exchange towers? Sad to see two weren't built because of financial restraints...
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One of the original designs for the Ontario Legislative Buildings (Queen's Park), by Darling & Curry:


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Also, the original design for the Royal Ontario Museum:


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Original design for New Toronto City Hall, eventually (thankfully) the city decided to go with a design competition that got the current Viljo Revell design, and this was used for the Imperial Oil building on St. Clair:


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Other entries:



I.M. Pei:



Perks & Will:



Halldor Gunnlogsson and Jorn Nielsen:



John H. Andrews and Macy DuBois:



Frank Mikutowski with Rafferty & Rafferty:



William Hayward:

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Last one from me, I swear (for now)...

This one is a dodged bullet by Toronto. This is Metro Centre, a modernist design for the area around the rail yards, currently where the Skydome, CN Tower, Metro Toronto Convention Centre and Union Station are. It would have resulted in Union Station being demolished if it went through, but luckily the only thing that came of it was the CN Tower (heavily redesigned of course), and kind of the MTCC:






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Oh wow! I am definitely happy with what we got rather than any of those you posted today! Definitely a better outcome for reality!
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Really interesting posts all! Toronto definitely lucked out with the city hall and railway lands.

I don't mind the Ottawa proposal...looks better than what seems to be there now.
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Wow, as much as I hate the current TO city hall, it sure is nicer than the other options that were on the table.

And they were actually musing on destroying the old city hall...for shame.
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Last one from me, I swear (for now)...

This one is a dodged bullet by Toronto. This is Metro Centre, a modernist design for the area around the rail yards, currently where the Skydome, CN Tower, Metro Toronto Convention Centre and Union Station are. It would have resulted in Union Station being demolished if it went through, but luckily the only thing that came of it was the CN Tower (heavily redesigned of course), and kind of the MTCC:






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shudder. bigger than life and twice as ugly.

Looks like something Jean Drapeau (former Mtl mayor of old) would have loved. razing neighborhoods and historic buildings. out with the old, and in with le Corbusier.
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A few from Calgary

Alberta Plaza


Bay Park Plaza


Eaton Centre



Victoria Square




McIntyre Plaza
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I wish Alberta Plaza and Victoria Square had been built. VS would have been a great connecter between the CBD and Victoria Park/Stampede area.
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To go with this Connaught Tower proposal that I posted on the first page of this thread...
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...there were also these proposals for the redevelopment of the Royal Connaught Hotel in Hamilton:


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New entry for this thread:

Montreal's Univers project is now officially dead.





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Here's a few from Victoria


Delta Hotel, late 1990s. Two residential buildings are on the site now




The Stafford, mid 2000s. A six storey residential building is on the site now




Morgensen Towers, mid 2000s. Site is still vacant




257 Belleville, mid 2000s. A smaller residential building is now proposed




Crystalview, mid 2000s. Site still contains abandoned hotel, no current plans




937 View, mid 2000s. Site is vacant




Centro Towers, mid 2000s. Two office buildings are now proposed for the site




Kirk Hall Redevelopment, mid 2000s. Old church hall is still on the site, no current redevelopment plans




200 Douglas, mid 2000s. A six storey residential building is currently under construction on the site




819 Yates, mid 2000s. Site is still vacant

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Parliament of Canada proposal 1860.



http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/arts-c...ysical-reality
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Cool! Were there any other proposals for the Parliament?
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