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[Daveography]

July 21 - No more Greyhound; 103 St. starting to get dug up

 

[chrisvazquez7]

Still no sign of pilling machines, eh? Should start happening soon I imagine?

 

[Das Ponto]

Still no sign of pilling machines, eh? Should start happening soon I imagine?

Pretty sure this tower will have a parkade as well, which means lots of digging to be done.

 

[Daveography]

@chrisvazquez7 @Das Ponto I believe they will only need to pile and shore three sides of the site, since the parkade will be direct extension of the existing one. Should help speed up the process a bit (I hope).

 

[archited]

With a little creative scheduling, they could start excavating against the parking structure side of the site.

 

[Daveography]

Updated podium renders

 

[crisp]

Podium is beautiful, but the tower is looking more like an office building rather than Condo/Rental. Really hoping it turns out better than the renders, not liking it much at all.

PS.. new renders and the chick bottom right is still showing off her rhubarb.. she better be making some bomb ass pie.

 

[Daveography]

@chrisp Haha, I almost never actually look at the render-folk, maybe I should start paying attention.

In her case, I guess she caught on that all the extras talk about rhubarb in the big leagues.[1]

[1] Obscure joke references:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rhubarb_rhubarb
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AudienceMurmurs

 

[crisp]

@Daveography LOL your reference helped, that's actually really funny. I guess that rhubarb in her hand is meant to tell us we should imagine people conversing as we view the render.

 

[archited]

Hey, stop making fun of my niece… it was all that her rube of a boyfriend could afford -- a stock from his own garden. Look how pleased he is at giving it to her!

 

[archited]

Retaining wall steel for the parking structure perimeter now starting to show up on site.

 

[Daveography]

July 29 - shoring beams on site

 

[archited]

I just noticed on the latest podium renderings that @Daveography posted the seductive curve on the south facade of the tower is gone as is the "frame" on the east facade. I am liking this effort less and less. As someone opined it is looking more and more like an institutional office building instead of an imagination-grabbing iconic residential tower.

 

[Daveography]

@archited I'm not at all surprised it got value-engineered. The original tower and podium was very ambitious, and economic uncertainty has not eased up any given the slower-than-expected recovery; meanwhile it seems like construction costs here in Edmonton have not softened commiserate to the current state of the economy.

That said, I still don't mind the podium design overall, and I like the use of wood more than the paneling in the earlier renders.

 

[archited]

All true @Daveography… but, these buildings must have been planned when the economics were better. I love the podium design, too! I have long railed against Alberta relying on oil revenues for its sustenance -- it has such a rich tourism potential (all seasons). That is the focus of my Group's proposals for four separate projects -- three in Edmonton and one centred on Edmonton.