The Barron | 43m | 11s | Strategic Group | Gibbs Gage

[CT (Chinese_T)]

Apparently they were for filming the Last of Us

I knew the orange-tarped building in the Season Finale looked familiar...

 

[outoftheice]

Kind of a neat interest piece here:

72 years after he helped create the Barron Building, Calgary carpenter returns to see its second act

The last time the Barron Building's walls were exposed, Eric Haffenden was an 18-year-old apprentice carpenter working on the building.

calgaryherald.com

 

[Alex_YYC]

 

[outoftheice]

Are they building a new section at the back of this building as part of this reno or is the back just open like that because of the demolition and stuff that went on prior to the renovation starting?

 

[FCC1982]

My photo from today:

Damn Manulife builds handsome towers in Alberta.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

 

[1875]

is there any activity on this? i never see anything happening whenever i go by

 

[FCC1982]

The crane is turned 180 degrees in UW’s picture from where it was on Aug. 22nd.

 

[Nawads]

There was a decent amount of activity here this morning, I'm not sure what exactly they are doing, but they are excavating a lot of dirt with several dump trucks lined up along the street.

 

[Alex_YYC]

 

[haltcatchfire]

Too slow.

 

[BKha]

Every time I pass the site there are workers and activity, but from the outside there isn’t any visible progress.

 

[1875]

apologies for bumping this thread without a picture but i saw the crane in use this morning while driving by. nearly blacked out.

 

[outoftheice]

Are there any renderings that show the back of the building? I took a peak through the construction fencing the other day and it looks like work has been ongoing on some sort of parkade structure that is almost at grade. Given the crane placement and how the rear of the building has been stripped away it looks like a full height extension will be built as part of this renovation. If true, I'll be very curious how they plan to blend old and new.

 

[whatchyyc]

Are there any renderings that show the back of the building? I took a peak through the construction fencing the other day and it looks like work has been ongoing on some sort of parkade structure that is almost at grade. Given the crane placement and how the rear of the building has been stripped away it looks like a full height extension will be built as part of this renovation. If true, I'll be very curious how they plan to blend old and new.

From the doc on DMAP