Silence&Motion
Senior Member
This tower has definitely grown on me. It looks cheap from close up and its immediate surroundings are truly dreadful, but it’s doing more good than harm. I just feel bad for the people who have to live in it.
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Chinook Arch
Active Member
I never really minded the tower portion TBH. One of these in Calgary adds some variety, though I wouldn't want to see more of the same. The podium is decent, and if surrounded by better public and pedestrian realm would be fine.
The Familia
Active Member
If they could even pave that ally and put some nice lights and trees it would go a long way to making it feel safer. I don't think it can be anything more than it is because it faces the back of all the buildings, but it can be improved aesthetically which would help the area. I actually don't despise the building. West Village is 100x worse in my opinion.
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October
Guest
I've never minded it either, the tower gives me strong European vibes for whatever reason. I have some friends that live there too and the interior and the amenities aren't half bad.
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
It's a black and white rectangle with uneven windows on top of a black and white rectangle with uneven windows. There isn't anything special here.
gsunnyg
Senior Member
It's something you would see stuck up outside of Central London. Again, add a few decent towers around it and I don't see why this can't be a decent win.
potatopizzafan
Active Member
this fact alone makes it a win in my books. Anything better than the 80 shades of beige, cheap trim, vinyl garbage we see on most projects in this country
MichaelS
Senior Member
SRC Calgary reaction to this project......
Sambo
New Member
Soviet era garbage.
darwink
Senior Member
The soviets wish they had built stuff so high quality. That doesn’t negate the unfortunate pattern of the curtain wall which could have easily been playful.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
In Central London this would be a very high quality tower and would thus look way better. This building as it is, is super cheap and crappy looking. The first picture in Silence&Motion's picture shows how crappy it is, the oil canning on the while cladding panels looks awful. When the spandrel panels on the podium curtain wall look better, you know it's not a job well done.
It's not the ugliest highrise by any means, but it just looks cheap AF!
CT (Chinese_T)
Active Member
There has been a lot of criticism of this tower, but I think it turned out really well all things considered. It's definitely a huge improvement to the area.
Sambo
New Member
Future ghetto
gsunnyg
Senior Member
Does anyone have information or updates on the development proposal right across this one? There were supposed to be two smaller towers.