Miscellaneous

[CplKlinger]

I've always wondered what the government is growing in those greenhouses, why do they even have a greenhouse there?

I think they're flowers for guests/dignitaries who visit the Legislature.

 

[_urbanite]

I think they're flowers for guests/dignitaries who visit the Legislature.

It also provides the flowers for the legislature grounds themselves in the summer

 

[Airboy]

I think they're flowers for guests/dignitaries who visit the Legislature.

Sister in law used to get the flower for event, used local flower shops. Visiting heads of states or ambassadors got gifts. I believe the greenhouses were for plants for the grounds.

 

[MacLac]

Why is there construction fencing around the “End of Steel” park?

 

[Kaizen]

^ I think fencing up due to road construction - Sask Dr up to 99st (road closed but opening soon) and around Gateway Blvd. & 86ave for a couple months.

 

[Airboy]

Noticed today the Mila pub is surrounded by fencing. I didn't notice that on Friday.

 

[Kaizen]

^Nice, Mila' last call for the wrecking Ball!

 

[MacLac]

And then what?

 

[_urbanite]

And then what?

Honestly, if it ends up a gravel parking lot for a little while it wouldn't be worst thing

 

[IanO]

More erosion of character and more empty lots.

 

[EtoV]

Honestly, if it ends up a gravel parking lot for a little while it wouldn't be worst thing

That's the kind of thinking that created the downtown of empty lots we have now. It's not the building that's the problem, it's how little it's been taken care of, and the businesses that have been located there. It takes effort and care to reverse a buildings trajectory but it can be done.

We need investment into buildings like this, not destruction. The same thing could have been said for the crash hotel or many of beljans projects, and what's there now is much better than anything that would have come from demolishing them. Many of those renovated buildings weren't particular special, but they have a scale and character that is hard to replicate today.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

That's the kind of thinking that created the downtown of empty lots we have now. It's not the building that's the problem, it's how little it's been taken care of, and the businesses that have been located there. It takes effort and care to reverse a buildings trajectory but it can be done.

We need investment into buildings like this, not destruction. The same thing could have been said for the crash hotel or many of beljans projects, and what's there now is much better than anything that would have come from demolishing them. Many of those renovated buildings weren't particular special, but they have a scale and character that is hard to replicate today.

Unfortunately, we don't have enough developers in the city who are willing to restore/renew buildings.

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

^ That's true, but Gather Co. is one of those developers who renovate and renew buildings. They're the one's who own the Milla and it looks like they're actively pursuing a tenant:

Properties — Gather Co.

www.thegather.co

 

[mcr]

^ That's true, but Gather Co. is one of those developers who renovate and renew buildings. They're the one's who own the Milla and it looks like they're actively pursing a tenant:

Properties — Gather Co.

www.thegather.co

Interesting find on their website, it looks like they're renovating the Quest tower podium. Thankfully, it looks like they're getting rid of that awful tinted glass!

Image from: https://www.thegather.co/quest

 

[Kaizen]

There's some kind of fencing being erected west of the Terrace Building. I'll need a closer look soon.

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From this far-away view it looks like a retaining wall, but we'll see...

Biking over the Highlevel today. Looks like a retaining wall going in, maybe more?