Stantec Tower | 250.84m | 66s | ICE District Prop.

What do you think of this project?

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Canadian 001 said:
This building has a lot of lights on at Night now
The Residential seams like its filled up more
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I recently went to Toronto, where I spent a good amount of money to go to the top of the CN and it was quite busy. Its a shame our tallest building with its great views does not have something for the public to visit.

In Edmonton, tourism and attractions often still seem to be an after thought.
 
I realize there was a lot to this development,. The whole Ice District development has a lot of public implications, many good, and had a lot of involvement from the city, but this was a missed opportunity.
 
Elevators certainly a factor but there could have been an observation deck or public space at the transition from commercial to residential. That is not uncommon.
 
There was quite a lot of discussion during the design but cost and security had been a big factor. And there is space on the transition floor for observation but only on the NW and north sides.The roof would not be open to the public.
 
Greenspace said:
Elevators certainly a factor but there could have been an observation deck or public space at the transition from commercial to residential. That is not uncommon.
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Im not being sarcastic, but what are people supposed to observe, there is nothing to look at in our city centre that would warrant building an observation deck, at least nothing that would pay off by trying to charge people to utilize.
 
Vijay19 said:
Im not being sarcastic, but what are people supposed to observe, there is nothing to look at in our city centre that would warrant building an observation deck, at least nothing that would pay off by trying to charge people to utilize.
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The typical person has never been in a building this tall.

Even though the Stantec isn't exceptionally tall on an international level, it would have been the tallest residential building in the world in 2000. Economical residential skyscrapers of great heights are a very recent trend that was essentially pioneered by Marina City (Chicago). Edmonton House is a notable building because of it's very uncharacteristic height for the time period. Edmonton House must have been one of the tallest residential buildings in North America when constructed.

Now back to Stantec; the building would have needed to be considerably larger in width from floor 31-66/67 to accommodate the additional elevator shaft. Another large elevator would cause a massive loss in living space over the 35 residential floors, while a transfer floor would be needed to prevent the same from occuring to the office space.

It's completely understandable why there is no observation deck. I don't believe it would have been economical. The Aldritt Tower site would be a better spot, and the river valley would give a greater perception of height that is impossible to replicate in most cities, like those with trout streams running through them.
 
Vijay19 said:
Im not being sarcastic, but what are people supposed to observe, there is nothing to look at in our city centre that would warrant building an observation deck, at least nothing that would pay off by trying to charge people to utilize.
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I miss Vista 33. As a kid, I went up there every few weeks, a budding real estate geek watching all the downtown construction underway.
 
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