[David A]

they could have at least centered it.

Well at least more impressive than the RBC Tower, the BMO Tower and Scotia's towers. Oh, they don't have them here anymore. We are just an outpost for them relegated to tiny branches with little visible presence.

 

[Out of Towner]

The red stands out nicely (bank is in the red, ohh great) and is nice against the blue but the sign itself is proportionally not correct. It's just tacked on there any old way. But its good enough boys. Nobody will notice. Nobody cares. Collect our fee and call it a day.

 

[Greenspace]

 

[Out of Towner]

The sign is better at night than during the day imho.

 

[JMatt88]

Would be nicer if the sign stayed as CWB/Canadian Western Bank

 

[Gronk!]

Taken today at 1 pm

 

[degrandprix]

Half the sign is the framing behind it

 

[JMatt88]

Just a very sad sign overall

 

[devobersver]

I feel the just need to paint the supports black and it would be notably better

 

[David A]

Would be nicer if the sign stayed as CWB/Canadian Western Bank

Maybe that is the real issue for some people here, but that ship already sailed a while ago. Lets just try to make the best of the new situation.

 

[supaflyryguy]

I feel the just need to paint the supports black and it would be notably better

It's shoddy work all around. If the building structure required this kind of frame to hold up the sign, it should have been designed to conceal or incorporate the frame into the overall design, not look like shit that was meant to be behind a wall.

 

[kcantor]

It's shoddy work all around. If the building structure required this kind of frame to hold up the sign, it should have been designed to conceal or incorporate the frame into the overall design, not look like shit that was meant to be behind a wall.

I'm not sure that it's shoddy work per se. It is, however, absolutely sh!tty design all around.

What they've done is compromise a quarter billion dollar or so building undergoing a $45 million dollar plus renovation by being too cheap to do the signage right.

There was/is no real need to "hang it over the parapet" just to avoid removing and reinstalling some spandrel panels in order to do it right.

There was also no need to use this particular spacing (or language for that matter) between the logo and the text. There are examples within their standard branding that demonstrate the flexibility to allow for better than this.

 

[JMatt88]

Maybe that is the real issue for some people here, but that ship already sailed a while ago. Lets just try to make the best of the new situation.

Guess I shouldn't hate on National Bank too much, they donated $330K to the Core Patrol program.

Private money to keep Core Patrol operating downtown in 2026

A National Bank of Canada investment of $330,000 into the Edmonton Downtown Business Association's Core Patrol program will allow it to resume its daytime operations for the entire year.

edmonton.taproot.news

 

[supaflyryguy]

I'm not sure that it's shoddy work per se. It is, however, absolutely sh!tty design all around.

What they've done is compromise a quarter billion dollar or so building undergoing a $45 million dollar plus renovation by being too cheap to do the signage right.

There was/is no real need to "hang it over the parapet" just to avoid removing and reinstalling some spandrel panels in order to do it right.

There was also no need to use this particular spacing (or language for that matter) between the logo and the text. There are examples within their standard branding that demonstrate the flexibility to allow for better than this.

Good add. I meant shoddy on the part of the consultants or designers. Whoever fabricated it just made what was ordered.

 

[Mesopotamia]

Screw National Bank. They fired a lot of CWB employees, taking away a lot of jobs from Edmonton.