TooBizzy
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Holy moly! No giant pit to dig and then fill back up. This should proceed pretty quickly then.
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DougB
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The scope of this project is still unclear
Is it 2 new towers or 3? Of those towers, which ones will reuse the existing foundation and which will require new foundations?
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Roaring Flames
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Isn't the retained parkade just to provide parking for the older building being converted?
1875
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FCC1982
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Back when this building was new it was cutting edge …
kora
Active Member
Great ruin photos. I can't believe the building had such a short life span
kora
Active Member
I see a few other buildings in those photos that should join the trash heap
Mountain Man
Senior Member
When was the original built? Looks like the car in the pic is late 70's to mid 80's lol
The building was cool, but I hated the sidewalks around it, they were always uneven and moved or had little trip edges lol.
The building was cool, but I hated the sidewalks around it, they were always uneven and moved or had little trip edges lol.
FCC1982
Senior Member
It was completed in 1984
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
The original tower was in the 60s I believe. It is now the building being converted.
Yep, the newer portion was Spring of 1984, and the older portion sometime around 1967. I'm one of the few people old enough to remember when it was the 'Calgary Power' building. It's in this photo from either summer of 68 or summer of 69. But either way, yeah, it's been around for a while. I'm glad they're keeping it and converting it.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
We really use to be something... The shear ambition to build the Calgary Tower in that city of modest towers. Then we hosted an Olympics! I'm trying to think of what could be a modern equivalent feat that we could undertake, I'm struggling.
CBBarnett
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Puts modern era 12 storey proposal in Bankview or a 19 storey proposal in Marda Loop into perspective for sure.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Build a 2000' tower and host the summer games? lol
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
Is Stampede Station not enough for you? One billion plus privately financed project, two ultra luxury hotels, the tallest building in western Canada, and it's not even technically downtown.