Manulife Place Renovations | 145.99m | 36s | AIMCo | MdeAS

[David A]

Walked by at lunch. They were bumping. I do think they should invest in some kind of proper queueing system (e.g. rope barriers) because the customer lineup was jutting right out in the common area space and was a bit annoying to veer around during the busy lunch rush. Looks great, otherwise, though.

I don't know if the space on the east side is meant to be for queueing or waiting, but it seems a bit tight. And if so it would also make sense rather than being all glassed in, there could be an exit on that side.

 

[Gronk!]

ACE Roasters at noon hour today. I love how they kept the tables outside of the shop. There is an empty CRU behind ACE.

 

[David A]

Yes, it is good how they kept the tables outside. With all the people returning to the office, it is often quite busy now when I go by. I am surprised another retail space or two hasn't been filled yet

 

[IanO]

Fantastic look, feel and overall impact.

I suspect that this will only be the first of 3-4 of these places in the next year or so.

 

[Gronk!]

The King Edward Hotel was located in what is now Manulife Place

A moment in history: Feb. 7, 1931

On this day in 1931, Edmonton's premier hotel was offering a Sunday dinner for 50 cents.

edmonton.taproot.news

 

[Airboy]

I remember the fire. I was in before with my dad doing some renos. there were a lot of false ceilings. the fire got away and the FD couldn't get to the spaces.

 

[Platinum107]

The King Edward Hotel was located in what is now Manulife Place

A moment in history: Feb. 7, 1931

On this day in 1931, Edmonton's premier hotel was offering a Sunday dinner for 50 cents.

edmonton.taproot.news

God, what did we do to our downtown. What did NA cities in general do to their downtowns. We could've at least mandated that skyscrapers have pedestrian-scale street frontages but no, we got windswept plazas and empty faces instead

 

[archited]

^^^ Definitely worth reproducing -- maybe on CPKC land in Old Strathcona.

 

[kcantor]

^
I thought you were already talking to CPKC about that or am I confusing it with something else?

 

[Barnaby]

^^^ Definitely worth reproducing -- maybe on CPKC land in Old Strathcona.

The Edmonton way is to beautifully rebuild period correct buildings that exist/existed, but place them in Fort Edmonton instead of downtown for some reason.

 

[Gronk!]

^^^ Definitely worth reproducing -- maybe on CPKC land in Old Strathcona.

There's plenty of empty lots in the downtown core to rebuild the King Edward Hotel.

• Across the street where Tower 101 was supposed to be built
• SE corner of 101 St/104 Ave
• 100 Ave/102 St
• NW corner of Jasper Ave/99 St

 

[archited]

I thought you were already talking to CPKC about that or am I confusing it with something else?

I am working with CPKC Rail on another project not even related to Edmonton, but as familiarity grows...

 

[David A]

The Edmonton way is to beautifully rebuild period correct buildings that exist/existed, but place them in Fort Edmonton instead of downtown for some reason.

I realize there are good intentions related to this, but I feel this also creates a history ghetto, whereas it would be better if history was included in our community not segregated from it.

And there are no shortage of places downtown or elsewhere to recreate some of that history, which would also make our somewhat bland downtown more interesting and meaningful.

 

[IanO]

Exterior hoarding going up.

 

[Gronk!]