Unbuilt Projects

[IanO]

Stale bread aka DC1s and DC2s.

 

[Platinum107]

definitely don't hate all of them... wouldn't mind that Waterfall ngl.

 

[IanO]

 

[IanO]

The old ski lodge

 

[IanO]

Devonian Deux

 

[IanO]

Contemplated for Jasper/122

 

[IanO]

 

[bodsbods9090]

Something on 104 & 97 needs to happen there so we can block off that view of PP. Please, someone build there!

 

[IanO]

We really do... it's horrendous.

 

[Airboy]

I posted these on Skyscraper, but will post them here. This was long before the Omniplex. My fathers papers, the plan was also to use waste heat from Rossdale to heat the facility. And one of my brothers scribbling on it.

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

Here's a neat one. Planned in 1965 as an expansion to the existing Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium in Coronation Park, it was supposed to be Edmonton's first Space Science Centre:

 

[CplKlinger]

Here's one from Fort Saskatchewan which I just added to the database. Fort Saskatchewan's City Council approved the construction of an Interpretive Centre in May 2014, which was to tie together the Heritage Precinct and feature exhibits, programming space, archival and artifact storage space, etc. The project was subsequently put to tender. However, in December 2014 a councilor moved that the project be removed from the budget, and it passed in a 4-3 vote. It has since been removed from the ten year capital plan because subsequent councils were uninterested in revisiting it. Our current Mayor was also mayor back then, and she's a staunch supporter of the project. So I'm trying to raise a stink about it. But for the foreseeable future, it will remain unrealized.

 

[NathanielBorody]

Some old proposals that were never built:

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Via

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1114310403457028096

Sometimes I go through this thread just to see what Edmonton could have been. Every time this post saddens me because that is my favourite style of architecture which Edmonton is missing due to being a younger city.

 

[cpnfantstk]

Sometimes I go through this thread just to see what Edmonton could have been. Every time this post saddens me because that is my favourite style of architecture which Edmonton is missing due to being a younger city.

I undertand that feelng. However, a lot of the unbuilt office towers might be a blessing in disguise. Edmonton can have a downtown done right with the right mix of mixed use and residential towers instead of pure office. I think the right mix of structures will eventually make our downtown vibrant regardless of the state of economy. We have seen what blocks of pure office buildings do to a downtown. Look at our neighbors to the south. A core of beautiful empty buildings with little vibrancy. In adddition, Edmontonians need to be willing to spend money to beautify what we already have and a little attention to detail wouldn't hurt.

The loss of heritage buildings and one's that never came to fruition are a loss regardless of how one looks at it. We still have some though. Let us showcase them properly.

 

[IanO]

Maybe in the very long-term, but urban living/condos are a choice in Edmonton (and not a terribly good value prop); not prescribed due to housing costs or availability. What drives urban living in most cities is employment, convenience and lifestyle and Edmonton needs to do more to hit on more levels, more regularly and drive employers of size back to the core.

While Calgary has its own challenges/opportunities ahead of itself, I'd take their level of built-form and more recent activity any day of the week; those towers won't be empty for long.