General Construction Updates

[Sambo]

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Is this bridge building itself? Might be faster.

 

[MichaelS]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/inglewood-ninth-avenue-bridge-calgary-steel-delay-1.5798270

Problem with the steel supplier I think.

 

[1875]

looking at the picture in the article reminds me we need that bike path opened, since they closed the crossing at 8th st its def an inconvenience.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Elbow Island Park nearing completion...

 

[haltcatchfire]

That guardrail is bizarre.

 

[1875]

just in time for the heat wave! would have prefered timber like the steps at cresent heights.

 

[Da_Master]

Not sure if this one has its own thread, feel free to move this post there if it does.

I was walking by on Friday and took a couple of pictures of this recladding now finished.

Nowhere near as bad as everyone feared in my personal opinion. Looks a touch better in person too:

 

[UrbanWarrior]

My opinion on that one is, coulda been better, coulda been worse, shoulda improved the public realm.

 

[The Familia]

Disappointing they didn’t do anything at ground level and redo the podium and surrounding sidewalk. I actually don’t mind the tower and thinks it looks decent.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I'm surprised I'm saying this, but I think the new design is as good or better than the old one. IMO it's as good as previous during daylight hours, and better at night. It really goes to show you how much of a difference color can make. The initial renderings were awful, but in the final product the colors are closer to the original colors.

 

[Mountain Man]

Ground floor on that one would have been tough to re-do, and expensive. That big green space would make a hell of a patio though!
This this turned out pretty decent, definitely an improvement over the previous builiding.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Another update on Elbow Island Park. Since the stairs were installed, furniture has been brought in. Mid-Island bridge still not installed.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Times are tough, just spray paint a couple old wheelbarrows and call them chairs. Or is it public art?

 

[1875]

not that tough

Half million-dollar Elbow River public art draws praise, flak

The investment is being made at a time when local artists' livelihoods are being crushed by the pandemic and the prior economic downturn, said Thompson

calgaryherald.com

 

[UrbanWarrior]

I def expected it would be more than half a million. That's a bargain, the staircase alone was probably 350 grand, which for a piece of permanent public infrastructure is a bargain. Basically the same cost as three street light posts.