Legislature Grounds / Centennial Plaza

[Barnaby]

Here is a photo of the construction.

Wasn't there a building to the northeast of the legislature building? (Second photo).

 

[dunno]

Here is a photo of the construction.

Wasn't there a building to the northeast of the legislature building? (Second photo).
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Yes, the Legislature Annex Building, which was torn down a couple of years ago.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/demolition-begins-for-alberta-s-historic-and-problem-plagued-legislature-annex-building-1.6250918

Alberta government to demolish Legislature Annex building, remove plant wall in Federal Building

Postmedia columnist Keith Gerein called the legislature Annex a "12-storey middle finger to the legislature."

edmontonjournal.com

 

[Gronk!]

 

[MacLac]

Wow! Looks like 1% progress over the winter

 

[IanO]

Here's hoping it's worth the wait and looks the part too.

 

[Airboy]

Well the portion under the roof was for the tunnel sealing. So yah not much under the sun.

 

[thommyjo]

July 1 target still?

 

[thommyjo]

Looks about 40 days from completion, right?

 

[IanO]

Sad to see the wadding pool gone given how many loved using it in the summer, the number of families it brought Downtown and that it was free, but I suppose I need to move on from that and embrace spray parks and other options.

 

[SarcasticMarmot]

Sad to see the wadding pool gone given how many loved using it in the summer, the number of families it brought Downtown and that it was free, but I suppose I need to move on from that and embrace spray parks and other options.

No, I don't think you do. I know alot of families for whom the wadding pool was a highlight who will be far less excited about yet another spray park. It was a lazy/cheap decision made by people who don't value public spaces as worthwhile investment for the community.

 

[MacLac]

Sad to see the wadding pool gone given how many loved using it in the summer, the number of families it brought Downtown and that it was free, but I suppose I need to move on from that and embrace spray parks and other options.

Or else Gawd forbid if the water goes past "the ankles," then you need to chlorinate the water, have a water treatment facility, hire full time personnel. When I was a kid the "wading pool" in Beverly where I spent my summers, water was supplied pretty much off a fire hydrant and went up - on a kid - up the knees and it was a blast. Now we have spray parks......sucks to be a kid these days....

 

[IanO]

The pool was chlorinated and while I understand this was a decision due to AHS and liability issues, it's a product of why today's world is far less fun than yesterday's.

 

[CplKlinger]

The pool was chlorinated and while I understand this was a decision due to AHS and liability issues, it's a product of why today's world is far less fun than yesterday's.

Perhaps that's why they didn't put one back in, but just to be clear the old wading pool was falling apart. The entire pedway underneath smells strongly like chlorine because cracks in the pool let a lot of water leak into the soil surrounding the pedway.

 

[IanO]

It is why and that's disappointing that 'WE' take away such wonderful assets in favour of something like a spray park. It's better than nothing, but not exactly fitting for the provincial capital's front steps/plaza and far from as enjoyable when it is +30.

 

[Greenspace]

On another note, the Centennial Plaza fountains are back on and it looks like maybe they fixed the LED lights in the fountain heads? They seemed brighter and more programmed than I normally recall.