Stephen Avenue Quarter | 241m | 66s | Triovest | Gibbs Gage

[darwink]

I'm only piggy backing here on the idea that the Calgary Telus Convention Centre is obsolete but is it a known thing that the CTCC is struggling? I mean obviously over the last couple years it has been, but are they actually looking to sell the south portion or is this just us Skyrise folk whiteboarding some what-ifs?

There is this: https://calgaryherald.com/news/loca...inancial-crunch-with-expansion-plans-in-limbo

 

[CalgaryTiger]

There is this: https://calgaryherald.com/news/loca...inancial-crunch-with-expansion-plans-in-limbo

The convention centre in Halifax made a lot of news like this when I lived there in the early 2010s. These things are money losers, I look forward to lunchtime soccer in January (in what use to be the main conference room) soon.

 

[DougB]

The Telus Convention Center could best be repurposed as a Glenbow Museum expansion

 

[MichaelS]

The drawings for the 2nd DP have been posted online now. Still no detailed renderings, but some elevations (in black and white) are included at least:

DMAP

 

[ByeByeBaby]

But what will the building look like after they take the scaffolding and tarps down?

 

[Roaring Flames]

It looks like the south tower is twisted

 

[Nimbus]

I'm only seeing a height on the condo tower of 214.10m. So does that put to rest the talk of this becoming a new tallest?

 

[MichaelS]

That's what I get too, based on the section drawings on the 2nd page. But... I got it wrong last time, so glad someone else got the same as me this time:

 

[Mountain Man]

It looks like the south tower is twisted

I think it's a chamfer that gets bigger as it goes up. The rest of it looks straight...

 

[adamyyc]

Massing of the podium is so oppressive. Also, maybe my brain is tricking me, but the random window locations is giving me Hub PTSD.

 

[FCC1982]

I'm only seeing a height on the condo tower of 214.10m. So does that put to rest the talk of this becoming a new tallest?

 

[CalgaryTiger]

How does the podium height compare to the height on the BMO Expansion? It looks so out of place. I cannot wrap my head around the appetite for this, I'm sure they have all that figured out but much like Arena/Event Centre development doesn't create vibrancy out of thin air, it takes it from other areas, I worry this will rob us of the potential of other projects. This thing is a square peg in a round hole, its too much, far too much, on one piece of land.

This place is causing me to flashback to my childhood watching Herbie Rides Again... Here's the plot: Notorious real estate magnate and demolition baron Alonzo P. Hawk (Keenan Wynn) is ready to build his newest office building, the 130-story Hawk Plaza in San Francisco. His only obstacle is the 1892 firehouse inhabited by "Grandma" Steinmetz (Helen Hayes), widow of its former owner, Fire Captain Steinmetz, and aunt of mechanic Tennessee Steinmetz. Hawk's numerous attempts at evicting Mrs. Steinmetz have been unsuccessful, while the construction workers are growing impatient with Hawk's alleged indecision, reminding him that the whole thing is costing him $80,000 a day.

 

[Urb]

Although the podium is stepped back from Stephen Ave, the bar-style massing will make the building feel stark and oppressive. I am all for adding residential to the core, but this podium needs work.

 

[Urban4Lyfe]

Normally I'm a "beggars can't be choosers" type of person but this is pretty bad.

Plus I wouldn't be surprised if the phases of this project stopped after the first couple.

 

[YourBoy007]

The first drawings were for 66s but the second DP drawings are only for 60s.....?