Recent content by bonk

The know-it-alls never pass up the opportunity to insult the know-nothings whenever the latter get it wrong (or, I suppose, when they get it right?). Hopefully they will eat crow, and not just change their opinion without admitting they were wrong. For now it's up to the skeptics like us to show...

It's not your land though. It was City land. Yes I understand as a corporation you would say "to hell with the public" but it's reasonable for people not to want the City to say that. "City Council approved a proposal to privatize a stretch of Boyle Street’s riverbank for an 80-storey tower in...

The problem is when you write something like, 'you can expect to see a "sales centre" once the snow clears', people think that's based on some real information, not something coddled for the sake of emotion and that has "nothing to do with reality." Earlier the problem was that the media spun...

Do you think there will be a better view from the Nordic spas, or from the Gondola? I think the best views will line up the Quarters and the Edmontonian nicely.

#PutTheCraneBack It was taller...

This is the first thing I'm really disappointed about. Now whenever I see a commercial project promising a lavish non-commercial public space, I'll wonder "How are they planning to shut that down?" Certainly if there's any economic pressure on a project, the public portions will be the first...

The crane has been raised again. Eyeballing it, it looks like the jib is a few floors above the final height of the building. Could this be the last time they raise it? (Edit: No! They raised it again by 2 sections July 21 and added a final brace.) I made a similar prediction for JW Marriot...

I count 27 stories "done" above the 2 transition floors, which is how many there are beneath the cap section in the rendering on the project page. Does this mean they're now working on the ~3-storey top/mechanical section? Edit: I guess the answer's "no", it looks like the main rendering is...

If leaving it alone for now is the best (least costly) option, I hope they do that. Imagine if you inherited a house and put it up for sale, but no one is looking to buy it, so your neighbours want you to pay to bulldoze your own house so it doesn't bring down the neighbourhood. (There are...

It makes no sense to rush to demolish it if someone is interested in buying. Something does not add up here. Does the City want to keep the land (but not the building)? The City wants "a report Dec. 5 on how much it would cost to demolish the building, and whether any 'practical alternatives'...

I should have said "group". archited's Group's plans would use their own money, not the city's:

Are you or your Group interested in buying the building? Eek, I don't think that's a good reason to rush into demolishing it. I don't see the problem in leaving abandoned buildings alone until you have a plan to use the space, especially given that there are groups interested in repurposing...

It looks like they're working on the 45th floor, so 10 to go including this one. The crane was last lifted around Oct 1, after 44 days. If they repeat that exactly, it would be raised on Nov 14 (then Dec 28, but I'd expect seasonal delays). They do about 5 to 6 floors between lifts, so they...

I don't see how any of your points counter my argument. Your point 4 is pretty much my argument. Sorry, I thought we were talking about what the City would do with these lands. These sounded like municipal development plans. Your arguments make more sense if I consider them as only representing...

See http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/what-happens-when-a-cross-country-via-train-is-16-hours-late-1.2180012 I don't think it's a good idea to build up passenger rail infrastructure in the city, unless the infrastructure is there along the line, and I don't see that improving any time soon...