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General Construction Updates
- Thread starter Surrealplaces
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CBBarnett
Senior Member
It will have to be one hell of a design. Hopefully will trigger some adjacent upgrades and considerations to make the pathways, sidewalks and parking situation around there something people can actual live in comfortably.
IceCreamMan
Active Member
There was once a design concept for the new National Portrait Gallery of Canada there. It was pretty damn cool.
Always_Biking
Senior Member
This is something different than the one proposed opposite the Bow?
retrofiturbanism
Active Member
How is Macleod Trail a freeway? It is a large road, to be sure, but a freeway is a road that has no intersections (only interchanges) and limited access. This is not a freeway. It is a challenging site, but let's not let hyperbole into the discussion.
Beltline_B
Senior Member
There's also the Oxford/Wexford proposal in there as well. Any guesses on who the developer might be?
Mountain Man
Senior Member
The proposals I've seen for the Elbow Casino site are quite tall, 1250 units would be like 3 or 4 50+ storey towers, not sure the zoning will allow for that.
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
The width of Macleod Trail and first Street sometimes gives the feeling of a freeway, but I know where you're coming from, it still is a road with controlled intersections and with some fine tuning could be a decent pedestrian corridor.
This development is an opportunity to do some cool interfacing with the river. I'm anxious to see the rendering for this.
This development is an opportunity to do some cool interfacing with the river. I'm anxious to see the rendering for this.
maestro
Senior Member
I think 10 units per floor is a reasonable estimate for these towers.
IceCreamMan
Active Member
The NW corner of Olympic Plaza is north of Teatro. Your location is a further block NW.
Always_Biking
Senior Member
I hadn't heard about this at all. Too bad it didn't go ahead. Was this something before the gallery was proposed at the south Block of the block? I guess there aren't any renders around hey?
DougB
Active Member
Do shadowing restrictions exist for the Elbow River? These towers being to the north would cast long winter shadows.
DougB
Active Member
Out of the box thinking...What if the LRT were sunk between the Cemetery Hill and CP tunnels? Macleod could expand over the new LRT tunnel and return the to the two way configuration that existed before construction of the south line. What is now Macleod southbound could be come a narrower, residential street lined with towers.
FCC1982
Active Member
You've seen proposals for the Elbow Casino site ?
Any chance you can share ?
I'm liking the sounds of this "Tallness".
MichaelS
Senior Member
I am not sure if there are restrictions on the Elbow, but being that they are to the north, it won't cast a shadow on it. Not sure if that is what you were thinking, but given your location, I can see why you might get confused
. While I agree this is ambitious, having a DP in puts them ahead of One Properties at least. We will see if there is room for this, Portfolio and Oxford. I would anticipate the public realm along 1st street and Macleod would be similar to what has been built adjacent to the other towers further north, with boulevard trees and a nice wide sidewalk.
One design consideration that came to mind. With 1250 units, that is a boatload of parking stalls that will be required per bylaw. Excavating that deep, that close to the river could be a challenge. What if the podium contained above ground parking (similar to Colours on 1st Street), and then the units starting on top? I think the zoning won't impact the height, just the amount of FAR, which above ground parking would eat into.