General Construction Updates

[maestro]

It's a boring look in either natural or white. It's precast with grey & white spandrel.

 

[Always_Biking]

Agreed, it looks so much better. I haven't seen it in person (I edited one of surreal's pics), but looks better in the pic.

 

[Beltline_B]

@ferreth @darwink @Always_Biking thanks for photo posting updates from places I don't get to very often. It's much appreciated.

 

[darwink]

The MacKimmie Tower being walled off from the rest of the complex.

 

[Oddball]

It's so weird that they're pushing forward on this without releasing the design. Curse the inscrutability of governments.

 

[darwink]

It's so weird that they're pushing forward on this without releasing the design. Curse the inscrutability of governments.

Think of what they are doing now as site prep.

 

[maestro]

It's a reclad. It's not a change in land use or does it require a DP. All it needs are permits. It's entirely in the hands of the university to show us or not.

 

[darwink]

For projects on the main campus the permits iirc the university applies for permits to have a third party building code review more than anything else. The city has no authority to dictate any land use on campus.

 

[Col du Edworthy]

Can't remember the name of it in, but demolition is ongoing right now along Memorial Dr in Kensington for that new condo there

 

[Beltline_B]

I've got mixed feelings about that development along Memorial, on one hand it's always nice to see new developments in the inner-city, but it's always a shame to see some nice old house is torn down even know they were in great shape.

 

[Nimbus]

Drove by yesterday and did a double take when I realized all those homes were now demolished. There is some pretty sweet graffiti art now visible from the buildings that were north of the ones gone.

 

[ferreth]

A few construction related updates from last weekend:


New Zoo Bridge IMG_2177 by ferreth, on Flickr


New Zoo Bridge IMG_2179 by ferreth, on Flickr

East Village Cranes:

East Village Along the Bow River IMG_2183 by ferreth, on Flickr

 

[haltcatchfire]

It's so nice to have a (purely) construction forum that's at times tough to keep up with again. Thanks to all of you that are contributing!!

 

[The Familia]

What's with these cheap looking "rusty" bridges that are consistently being built. There is a pedestrian bridge in inglewood and a few overpass bridges with this rusty iron look. I wish the zoo bridge was a small scale suspension bridge or something cool.

 

[maestro]

All things considered, the box girders do have an elegant and functional curve to them.