I'm onboard (toot toot) elevated trains for the totally selfish reason of getting some sweet views and photo opportunities out of them.

Good stuff for sure. This is honestly about as good as one can hope for on Macleod. Having a wall of steps isn't great, but unless there are serious changes to the road itself, it's not like anyone will be strolling down here like it's the Champs-Elysses anyway, so whatever, can't let perfect be...

For fear of being called a Stampitecturist, one element I wish they would've considered at street level is some brick. It really would've warmed up the street presence, especially in the winter time. My favourite part of the video is the brick building/section at around 6 seconds...but not...

Visualize those renderings in February, and it's kind of a dour picture. This thing is starting to give me post-reno Devonian Gardens atmosphere vibes.

Still underwhelmed by the exterior architecture (and those renderings don't help), but at this stage that's a moo point, so hopefully at least it's all efficient and atmospheric on the inside.

Is this another proposal from the Terrigno (of Osteria Medici fame) family?

Good points. If you want more affordable housing to be built, it needs to pencil out in the context of wherever it's built. It needs to be "affordable" for the owner/landlord just as much as it does for whoever is buying/renting...probably even more so, as otherwise it just doesn't exist. Nobody...

They sure managed to cram in a lot of buzzwords in this proposal.

While the form factor is 70s slab, aesthetical treatment wise, I don't mind this. The colors look relatively harmonious, the amount of them looks to be kept in check, and I'm always a fan of white. I'm not going to call it timeless, but assuming we get what's shown here, this will will age much...

All it's missing is a yellow airplane accent.

Ok good to know, thanks. Weird that they would leave out the gas station element from the renderings, considerings its a Coop station. I know this is sacrilege to say this here, but I will enjoy the bigger parking lot. The current tiny one is always a shitshow.

While I agree with you on the mix being too narrow compared to UD...if the reality of the area will not be changing for the foreseeable future (and I'm not really seeing any impetus or plan to), the only people who will continue to realistically consider living there will to be young people (and...

Hopefully they are of atleast decent quality design. I'd rather not have mediocre "filler" ruining the vibe of two of the most architecturally interesting buildings in the city. Platform and Salvation Army are mediocre enough.

I didn't realize they would be getting rid of the gas station (or that's what it looks like from the renderings). Interesting choice since its a fairly busy one on 16th, and one I use quite a bit.

My biggest issue with Platform is not the obviously never-gonna-happen conversion story, it's that it always looks like a building that is either currently under construction or being demolished. It looks unfinished. The only redeeming quality is that it offers some pretty good spots for...

We've had conversations about this before, but the biggest reason it will probably always be a no-go is that the floor plates are sloped. Do you know of any people that like to work/live on a slant?

FCC 2 not being built is probably the biggest skyline miss of the 80s boom. I've always been a fan of the tower that did get built, but a city's tallest in that spot would've been so sweet.

I have no idea what the exterior design of this building is trying to be, it's such a mish-mash of stuff going on. It gives me 90s megaplex movie theatre vibes.

Yeah, at least from the photos, that looks even worse than hardy board.

It's definitely better than that hideous bunker on Edmonton Trail.