IanO
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Is it? I'd reckon that it is rising action.
Tower 101 | 175m | 50s | Regency Developments | DER + Associates
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Edmcowboy11
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Well its better than what we've gotten so far. By no means do I think that will be acceptable if its all that happens, but sometimes we have to crawl before we can walk.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Better would be after cleaning it all up the developer installs fabric wrap on the chain link fence so we don't see the trash that will be thrown over top in the years ahead before anything is developed.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Do ya think they were waiting for that HBO production that has closed part of RWH?
archited
Senior Member
^^^^ I don't think so. I know that the developers had a choice to cram in the demo process in advance of closures related to the LRT construction and I suspect that completion remains the main obstacle -- that and the fact that it is nigh on impossible to get financing for hospitality during the COVID run. Better days ahead.
JNO1
Active Member
^ ^^ The HBO folks likely asked the developer to clean the site up a bit so it would look appropriate for a post apocalyptic production. 
Gronk!
Senior Member
Haven't heard anything about this project - the last post on this was Oct 9.
Would it be too much to hope that the podium of the new tower can resemble the late lamented Tegler?
Would it be too much to hope that the podium of the new tower can resemble the late lamented Tegler?
supaflyryguy
Active Member
Kelly Ramsey block turned out beautifully. A Tegler-inspired integration would be spectacular.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Whoever was responsible for Edmonton losing this building deserves a special place in hell, a 10th circle just for them.Haven't heard anything about this project - the last post on this was Oct 9.
Would it be too much to hope that the podium of the new tower can resemble the late lamented Tegler?
Gronk!
Senior Member
Tegler Building - Edmonton Historical Board
www.edmontonsarchitecturalheritage.ca
There was another article that stated Ron Hayter as a champion of its demise but I can't find anything.
God
Active Member
lol…
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
It was considered "ugly" architecture at the time, just the same as brutalism is considered ugly today.
David A
Senior Member
I really hope so too. For a long time I hoped the Alberta Hotel would come back and for a while I thought it might never happen, but it eventually did.Haven't heard anything about this project - the last post on this was Oct 9.
Would it be too much to hope that the podium of the new tower can resemble the late lamented Tegler?
So, I think we should continue to hope and encourage for this to happen too. Any city can makes mistakes, but the better ones fix them.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Well designed brutalism is beautiful!
Also, it's not like the 80s had brilliant architecture (or any fashion/design trend for that matter).
kcantor
Senior Member
locally we would have edmonton's city hallWell designed brutalism is beautiful!
Also, it's not like the 80s had brilliant architecture (or any fashion/design trend for that matter).
nationally we would have the canadian museum of civilization
internationally we would have everything from the louvre's pyramid to prague's dancing house to germany's vitra fire station to the seagram building...
as for trends and items with long-lived impact, they might not be fashion per se but the '80's also gave us dna, personal computers, mobile phones, walkmans, gameboys, and the space shuttle as well as big hair and ripped jeans.