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Did we know about this (9511 103 Ave NW)? I can't tell if this is a cool new project or one that died years ago (but the sign at least looks fresh).

Well, that's something at least.

Anyone know what the occupancy of this building is? Based on the lights, it looks pretty full...

Proposed rezoning to mixed use in Parkview: https://engaged.edmonton.ca/parkviewrezoning

I think that first one is the one that's associated with Avnish Nanda? The second one is pretty ugly.

[looking at something that's a pure product of capitalist financialization] this is kinda giving me socialist vibes

The engineering podcast Well There's Your Problem has a wonderful episode on everything wrong with five-over-ones that look like this: (would start around 1:21:00 if you want to skip the background)

Yes, same—but what surprised me here is that these students were coming from wealthy European countries towards which some Canadians feel a bit of an inferiority complex.

Another comment that's not really about tourism, but I have nowhere else to put it: I was recently chatting with three of our Central and Northern European master's students who are enrolled in a professional dual-degree program comprising one year at a European institution and one year at a...

Today I tried Da Cecot, the new Italian spot on Whyte. The fresh pasta is really nice. I appreciate that it's very casual, since I wouldn't really be inclined to go in if it were a white tablecloth-type restaurant.

Here's a daytime photo.

It definitely could have been worse, but the weird inconsistencies in cladding in the first two stories really bugs me.

I don't have your experience in architecture and development, but I would have to imagine that these sorts of patchwork façades must be successful in part for economic reasons, right? Like, even if we can use factory-produced cast stone rather than hiring a stone carver, I'd imagine it's more...

I've approached and passed this building after dark from every direction in the past few weeks, and I find the lights overpowering and garish. I don't think it works at all for this quiet stretch of 100 Ave.

Mutti project in Garneau.

I always found this piece useful for understanding the demise of ornamentation. But, the thing about ornamentation is that it has to be tasteful and coherent. In the past 30-40 years, we've gone through phases of high-rises that want to be Tuscan villas, offices that want to be English manors...