Recent content by Albertasaurus

This is just such a missed opportunity. Varying the materials, colours and massing a little more to break up the massing better - like we see with Broward, or some of the buildings in University District - would have really helped on this site.

I'm with O-tac...the original building was at least unique. This would only be an improvement if it were replacing a parking lot or a strip mall imo.

Couldn't agree more. I will confess to a degree of what can best be described as "morbid curiosity" as to how it will turn out.

There aren't that many provinces or states with more than one NHL team - California, Florida, NY, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Alberta - so perhaps having it split between two NHL markets was a plus from the league's perspective?

Nice! I kind of forgot all about this one. Nice problem to have when there are so many cool projects going on, a 24 storey tower is all but forgotten.

I would prefer high floor over low floor for reasons already mentioned, as well as the fact that it would make sense to maintain consistency among the rolling stock for the 3 lines, but its a moot point as the decision has long since been made. As a near-daily Red Line passenger, I can't stress...

Crane already? Wow that was fast. I guess going low rise meant they didn't need much parkade depth.

Those air photos give a real sense of just how much steeper the bowl will be compared with the Dome

Well, I grew up in the skyscraper desert known as "Ottawa", where hitting even 400' seemed like a fantasy until a few years ago. So 900' is pretty impressive for a city our size.

NAV Canada runs the air navigation systems at major Canadian airports. Apparently the height originally proposed would interfere with their equipment somehow, so they had to shave a few meters off the proposed height. Not sure if roughly 900' is the de facto limit to towers in Calgary or if its...

Would have been nice but not an option due to the NAV Canada issue unfortunately. While its a slight bummer to lose a floor or two off the tower, otherwise I like the design changes.

Remember that the Provincial share of funding for these projects would also likely assume an equal share by each of the City and Feds, so $16 mil might turn into $48 mil.

IMO, they hit the sweet spot. The seating capacity is on par or slightly above the capacity of other new arenas such as the new Intuit Dome in LA (which has no NHL team but seats 18000 for basketball) and UBS Arena where the Islanders play. Capacity is about the same as the other Canadian...

I wonder if 2 - 3 hours might be close enough where most people won't see a need to fly, especially when you consider the cost. The flight is short but when you factor in time to check in, go through security, grab baggage on the other side etc you're not really saving any time vs driving.

I think an observation tower at least twice the height - say 1300 feet - would dominate the skyline for a very long time. Make it a modern design along the lines of Canton Tower. The Calgary Tower was built at a time when it was expected to dominate the skyline for generations, and the idea...