Stampede Station | 277.3m | 70s | Truman | NORR

[Mountain Man]

We have Edmonton beat in every way that matters already lol.

 

[Albertasaurus]

I actually think I want these reduced by 20 floors each, those photoshop skylines looks way off with these at this height.

I get what you're saying - I think an overly tall building can throw an otherwise attractive skyline off balance. But I also think that the renders are exaggerating the buildings' heights a little bit - the taller building is only 100' taller than Brookfield, and the smaller one is slightly shorter than Brookfield, but in those renders they look absolutely enormous. And they didn't even get the location right for the "view from Mt Pleasant" - that view is actually from Crescent Heights...my point being that I'm not sure these renders are particularly accurate.

Plus, the 47-storey tower that's hopefully going in on 17th to the south should help balance things out a bit...

 

[Albertasaurus]

We have Edmonton beat in every way that matters already lol.

I'll agree with that 100% once the Flames stop sucking and we get a proper stadium befitting a city of our size

 

[Golfing guy]

I get what you're saying - I think an overly tall building can throw an otherwise attractive skyline off balance. But I also think that the renders are exaggerating the buildings' heights a little bit - the taller building is only 100' taller than Brookfield, and the smaller one is slightly shorter than Brookfield, but in those renders they look absolutely enormous. And they didn't even get the location right for the "view from Mt Pleasant" - that view is actually from Crescent Heights...my point being that I'm not sure these renders are particularly accurate.

Plus, the 47-storey tower that's hopefully going in on 17th to the south should help balance things out a bit...

47 story tower on 17th? Have I missed something?

 

[Mountain Man]

Broadway on 17th?

 

[Golfing guy]

Ok, so too the West

 

[Roaring Flames]

Well if this interview is anything to go by, the expectation is that the beltline will one day be host to the tallest buildings downtown

 

[Garceyues]

It feels so arbitrary to want a height reduction just so that the towers (subjectively) mesh better with the skyline. These two buildings would catch my eye for sure, but I don't feel that it detracts from the rest of the skyline in any capacity.

 

[1875]

 

[FCC1982]

I actually think I want these reduced by 20 floors each, those photoshop skylines looks way off with these at this height.

No No No
The skyline is not static - it is always changing & growing. What seems off-balance today will be corrected by building more tall buildings (I hope).

 

[MichaelS]

Docs are up
W 277.3
JW 245.55

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I'd like to see this angle with Hat Elbow River put in, as well as that 4-tower one that has been floating around on Instagram. Also, Remington might one day build some big height on Railtown.

 

[O-tac]

What 4 tower one?

 

[Alex_YYC]

I'm expecting about 20 floors to be chopped off each tower by the time construction starts.

Sadly I’m thinking the same thing. I’m good either way, they had me at getting rid of an empty lot.

 

[badc0ffee]

What 4 tower one?

Could be this.

 

[MichaelS]

That is the one I was thinking of.