Depends on the materials. If using the metal panels and vinyl trim etc.. ie Giordano , it'll be solid enough. Nicer materials and it could be a Lido or Annex. The overall massing and scale is good.

A sign that we're all getting older - I was telling my wife and 12 year old daughter about this and my daughter asks "what's a blockbuster?" lol.

A friend of a friend moved into Brio this month. I got a look at her suite yesterday, and they're nicer than I was expecting. Great views too. My phone was dead, so I didn't get any pics, hopefully next time.

There were some bad apples there, most were good, though. That said all the good ones are here now. Even Suburbia didn’t really bother me, it was bad grizzly and a couple of others who’s names I can’t remember. As far as I’m concerned this is SSP, version 2.0 👍

I had that issue too. I didn't realize Calgary had its own section.

Theodore has location going for it. One of the best locations in the city, even in a downturn market it wouldn't surprise me to see it eventually go ahead. We'll see how things shake out when things return back to normal.

The best solution is for the city and or province to be more aggressive about protecting heritage buildings. We have so few left, it wouldn't kill to protect them. If protected, developers would choose other lots to develop.

I love the entrance way. I hope the word Upten is back-lit, that would be cool.

If you're looking for something new, another suggestion is something older like the Sopranos or 6 Feet Under. I binge watched the whole Sopranos series over Christmas. Excellent, especially for a show that's 20 years old.

I was thinking the virus spreading would die down after 3-4 weeks of this, but I'm thinking it might be more like 8-10 weeks. Why do I think that? I still some non-essential businesses aren't closing, and I see some people aren't properly protecting themselves from getting it or spreading it...

Down by 90% ? These are really crazy times.

I have a hunch Sky of Blue's referring to the 4th and 5th street fly-overs, and possibly 9th. I don't usually think of the flyovers as part of EV, but I could see for a newcomer how they would feel like they are cutting EV off from other parts. I don't find 9th ave very busy, except a rush hour...

Another called 'The Calgarian' These must have been concepts.

This one is called Dynamic City Place. I'm surprised I don't remember this one.

This one is called Hairy Pontinari on 9th ave. I sort of remember this one.

I found some renderings of towers or designs from that render page on flickr of buildings that never got built. This is the original 500 Block/Park Central design

This can be officially in the unbuilt category

I thought I remembered there being a thread for that and my memory was correct. Even managed to dig it up. https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/calgary-unbuilt-projects.26840/

I wasn't able to get a pic, but this one looks to be onto the second level now.

Apparently move-ins are next month.