Recent content by cameronhowe

Agreed! I always find it strange that we have no hotels on 17th

Oh cool, that's great to see! I wonder how much of the materials from the original (if any) they will incorporate.

This gives me gastown vibes, I hope they do spring for the brick. In these areas, there should be mandates or some sort of protocol that developers need to use certain materials in order for the projects to blend into the neighbourhoods. I'm tired of seeing buildings like that rosso building pop...

Looks like they made that render in Minecraft. Oof

100% how I feel too.

I like modern too but I also feel like neighbourhoods can benefit from the look and feel of the brick aesthetic. Especially this example feels like a more modern take with the windows and the retail treatment.

Can we please just have more of these style buildings around the city, puhhhhhleaseeee! This would be a dream.

Just walked by this morning and they've started to demo the building.

This is a totally random question but it had me wondering over the weekend, when the city cuts down large trees on main streets that have the grates around them, is that just forever destined to be a stump now? I just noticed while I was walking down 17th and 4th street, that there's all these...

I hope that they save all those mature trees, I'd be even more bummed out if they got rid of those too.

I think I'm one of the few who actually kinda like the Big Four building. I think with a bit of modernizing, painting the outside, complimentary outdoor lighting features, adding retail units into the main floor area, the building would be quite iconic. The 1950s flair adds some charm to the...

If they redevelop the crackmacs strip mall across the street, this area will really come together nicely.

They started putting in the windows over the weekend, they look really good. I didn't get a chance to snap a pic but will try later.

Agreed, it definitely has that Tokyo vibe. Way to rub it in, I'm so jealous. :P I still dream of Japan, like, every day.

I wish they would build buildings like the brick portion on the right in that old render. Developers need to stop overcomplicating things.