Miscellaneous

[IanO]

I am most anxcious to know which restaurant. Would you happen to know?

Negative and quite curious myself. At one point I had heard it was a relocation of a 'prominent central restaurant' and then I heard it was a new to Downtown offering.

 

[David A]

You can remove it but to cover Tyndall is akin putting pig on a lipstick.

Why anyone would want to do this escapes me. It is not a sign of good judgement to me, but hopefully the cosmetic changes will make the location appealing for customers as presumably intended and the business going in will be viable.

At least I hope it does not cause damage to the stone underneath. At some point in the future, someone will probably want to reverse this, when this colour is no longer so trendy.

 

[The_Cat]

Some people like turning Edmonton into a dump.

 

[IanO]

Not even a dump... but more around being insensitive, unaware, lacking consideration and low brow.

 

[Aaron_Lloyd]

A mild monochrome makeover finished for the Commonwealth Building on 106 St.

 

[IanO]

They were doing this two weekends ago with a beeping lift that was very annoying at 7am on a Sat/Sun.

While simple/clean, I will miss the teal.

 

[Gronk!]

I will NOT miss the teal

 

[IanO]

Ok not quite teal... but preferred that versus the new look.

 

[Gronk!]

The old version of the building resembles a swimming pool from the 1970s, more suitable for places such as High Prairie.

 

[Avenuer]

The old version of the building resembles a swimming pool from the 1970s, more suitable for places such as High Prairie.

It would be more suitable in all of the 'Highs': High Prairie, High River and High Level!

 

[northlands]

Followed a couple of project trailers going into Hawrelak park this morning. Looks like they are starting to assemble the upgrade offices already.

Hawrelak or the Mayfair?

They just put in a construction office complex at the Mayfair for their renovations kicking off this fall. Can't seem to figure out who the GC is for that.

 

[Gronk!]

I don't know if the Union Bank Inn is still open but Madison's is up for sale

 

[Seandroid]

Man the east end of downtown is suffering right now. I walked down there to go to Bianco and it’s so depressing. Everything looks run down, and the vibe was legitimately scary in some places.

 

[northlands]

Man the east end of downtown is suffering right now. I walked down there to go to Bianco and it’s so depressing. Everything looks run down, and the vibe was legitimately scary in some places.

I'm a big proponent of downtown, but with the two exceptions of RHW and 104th st, it's truly a dreadful place to be at the moment.

 

[_urbanite]

I'm a big proponent of downtown, but with the two exceptions of RHW and 104th st, it's truly a dreadful place to be at the moment.

Yup. I'm starting to avoid anywhere east of 109 st myself