archited
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...added to all the ones they are going to make in the future.
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Avenuer
Senior Member
Or the planning blunders any city has made in the past and will make in the future. Edmonton isn't alone in that regard.
archited
Senior Member
Avenuer
Senior Member
Thankfully I think most City Planning departments are improving on the urban design front, so as to not create places like this:
archited
Senior Member
Improving... maybe; skilled... definitely not!
IanO
Superstar
^love Boston
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Tesla's dealership might open soon? Its page is up on Tesla's website, but when I called its number an automated voice said "You have reached a non-working number at Tesla", and then it hung up. I'm guessing that means it's not open yet, even though its hours are on that page and nothing specifies that it hasn't opened yet. I guess Tesla isn't known for their attention to customer service...
ChazYEG
Senior Member
People from Calgary's Tesla Dealership told me their expectations were for a late spring opening. They might be moving ahead of schedule, I can check with them through their pre-order channel, as I've been wanting to get one anyways, and see when they would have it here.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Oh interesting, it'd be nice if they moved ahead quicker! I'd appreciate it if you checked in with them, thanks for offering to do that
ChazYEG
Senior Member
No worries. I'd love them to open sooner, as well. As much as I enjoy the digital trend, there's nothing like going to a dealership, looking at the cars, test-driving, etc... I just left them a voicemail asking them to call me back, hopefully I'll have an answer for you soon.Oh interesting, it'd be nice if they moved ahead quicker! I'd appreciate it if you checked in with them, thanks for offering to do that
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Regarding another delearship. It looks like the new delearship on 34th ave and Gateway is resuming construction. Hopefully they will finish that project in the next month or two.
IanO
Superstar
^Land Rover Jag?
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Yes, that one
Avenuer
Senior Member
Neat infill project in Calder:
_Citizen_Dane_
Active Member
^I'm really conflicted on this one...
For those who don't know, the building in question is the old Shop-Easy corner store in Calder. It was designated a Municipal Historic Resource back in November 2016.
Everyone on here will probably know me as the forum's history guy, so obviously I appreciate the effort at adaptive reuse. But there's something about this redevelopment that just doesn't resonate with me the right way. I have a real hard time pointing to anything in particular, but I find the new second story addition's at odds with the original building. It's ironic in saying that since the second floor's clearly influenced by the Art Moderne style of the first, but by putting it atop the original I think it has the unintended effect of overpowering the decorative flourish of the historic structure.
That's not to say some kind of addition couldn't work. My mind's drawn to something like the Jasper or Brighton Blocks downtown, where distinctive glass addition's clearly delineate old versus new. Now, obviously there's different considerations here given that the Shop-Easy will be residential while the Jasper or Brighton Blocks are office, but through mimicking the original style in the Shop-Easy's case it kind of makes it an amorphous blob of '40s design elements instead of making the original section stand out, if that makes any sense?
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For those who don't know, the building in question is the old Shop-Easy corner store in Calder. It was designated a Municipal Historic Resource back in November 2016.
Everyone on here will probably know me as the forum's history guy, so obviously I appreciate the effort at adaptive reuse. But there's something about this redevelopment that just doesn't resonate with me the right way. I have a real hard time pointing to anything in particular, but I find the new second story addition's at odds with the original building. It's ironic in saying that since the second floor's clearly influenced by the Art Moderne style of the first, but by putting it atop the original I think it has the unintended effect of overpowering the decorative flourish of the historic structure.
That's not to say some kind of addition couldn't work. My mind's drawn to something like the Jasper or Brighton Blocks downtown, where distinctive glass addition's clearly delineate old versus new. Now, obviously there's different considerations here given that the Shop-Easy will be residential while the Jasper or Brighton Blocks are office, but through mimicking the original style in the Shop-Easy's case it kind of makes it an amorphous blob of '40s design elements instead of making the original section stand out, if that makes any sense?
/end ramble