BMO Centre Expansion | 25m | 5s | CMLC

[Duck Lightning]

The unfortunate thing is that if the Big 4 gets demoed it's likely that Weadickville goes along with it in order to build a new hotel. That would remove one of the last bits of actual green space left in Stampede Park

 

[Mountain Man]

At least the Big 4 isn't yellow anymore lol.

 

[doughflow]

Big 4, one of the most hideous buildings in the inner city. Needs to go.

That and the godawful GMC Stadium. What a dumpy looking place. At least reclad the outside or something. Looks straight out of 1973

 

[FCC1982]

The Big 4 being in such a prominent location just exacerbates the issue.

 

[Mountain Man]

Good spot for a mural? Corrugated metal would likely be hard, but it could be done. They could even go full cowboy, would be extremely appropriate there!

 

[Surrealplaces]

If the Big 4 gets in the way, we'll try another method

 

[outoftheice]

If the Big 4 gets in the way, we'll try another method

It's a bit bizarre to me that there doesn’t appear to be any tree boxes installed as the street curves east. The Stampede grounds is already a barren concrete wasteland, I would have thought for sure they would want to line the entire 17th Ave extension with trees and not just a short portion of it.

 

[Chinese_T]

It's a bit bizarre to me that there doesn’t appear to be any tree boxes installed as the street curves east. The Stampede grounds is already a barren concrete wasteland, I would have thought for sure they would want to line the entire 17th Ave extension with trees and not just a short portion of it.

Here is the plan, albeit outdated from before the design was finalized:

This is a rendering that came with the BMO Design Unveil, which may be more accurate

 

[haltcatchfire]

It's a bit bizarre to me that there doesn’t appear to be any tree boxes installed as the street curves east. The Stampede grounds is already a barren concrete wasteland, I would have thought for sure they would want to line the entire 17th Ave extension with trees and not just a short portion of it.

The striping around the bend seems appropriate for 17th ave.

 

[Chinese_T]

New Video Rendering

https://imgur.com/RcS6x0y

 

[outoftheice]

Here is the plan, albeit outdated from before the design was finalized:

This is a rendering that came with the BMO Design Unveil, which may be more accurate

There definitely appears to be far fewer tree boxes on the south side of the street in the recent photos than there is in this rendering which is definitely disappointing. The asphalt along the south side doesn't seem to be in the rendering either. I wonder if they decided to put a multi-use pathway for bikes along there instead of the trees as it kind of looks that way.

 

[Mountain Man]

I would love to see lots of trees in there, but I have zero faith the Stampede will water them. Probably better to not have trees then lots of dead ones.

 

[outoftheice]

Looks like the roofing for the arm has been delivered and is getting ready for install. It looks decidedly brown and non-reflective

 

[darwink]

With the tilt, I expect can't make it too reflective, or else you'd have issues with the flight path.

 

[Surrealplaces]