Saskatoon dodged some bullets with early proposals for Downtown's south riverfront redevelopment, River Landing. Thankfully much better architecture came to pass.
"Parcel Y", the centerpiece development site of River Landing had several design iterations proposed:
Proposal 1, circa 2005
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Proposal 2, circa 2008
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Proposal 3, circa 2015
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What fortunately came to pass (the tallest and final structure on the site U/C today):
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The River Landing plan also included a site for a new cultural complex/destination on the river, next to Parcel Y. An early concept called for this:
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What we thankfully got was Remai Modern:
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