The Familia
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Instead we got a nasty brown cinder block.
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potatopizzafan
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Pyongyang/Dear Leader vibes
CBBarnett
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FCC1982
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Yes - I have a copy of Unbuilt Calgary - an interesting read for sure.
I like this one better however:
dazzlingdave88
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I have two copies of it. It's decent, but definitely dated. Definitely need an update.
DiscoStu
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I remember getting that book out of the library in the late 90s (ye olde Skyscraperpage days), and even then it felt like a blast from the past. But what a find that was! Back then you typically had to rifle through physical copies of old 70s/80s magazines (Alberta Report I think?) and occasionally you'd find stories on these developments. So that book was the holy grail.
DiscoStu
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If anyone actually wants to write this, I can help with the design (designing books/magazines is part of what I do).
Mountain Man
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That grandstand design was hideous!
I liked it, but you know they would have "modernized" it at some point to basically what we have now.
Roaring Flames
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I swear I've seen that Grandstand design on this site before, and hearing that the canopy was cable suspended concrete.
AtlanticAvenue
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Similar to the domes roof. That was precast though.
Makes you wonder if even if they did build it like that if it would last this long or rust from the inside out.
Makes you wonder if even if they did build it like that if it would last this long or rust from the inside out.
CT (Chinese_T)
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Found some interesting renderings (Albeit very low quality) from 2014 in an old East Village package marketing Block Q.
2014 Outline Plan (With Labels)
Block Q2
Original Central Library Design
Original Concept for "The Riff" Block (Parcel K)
Original Riocan Concept for the Arris Block (More detailed drawings posted earlier in this thread)
Original EV606 Concept
Early Hilton Rendering
Early Evolution Rendering
The document also had a chart of 2014 downtown office availability for some reason. (Including some towers that were never built)
Interesting to note "Site Acquired by Oxford," which would later become the Oxford Tower proposal.
EDIT: Also, according to the chart, it seems Brookfield West was originally supposed to be 64 storeys. Since the west tower was never built (The East tower is the one currently standing), 64 storeys would have made it around 282 Meters tall!
2014 Outline Plan (With Labels)
Block Q2
Original Central Library Design
Original Concept for "The Riff" Block (Parcel K)
Original Riocan Concept for the Arris Block (More detailed drawings posted earlier in this thread)
Original EV606 Concept
Early Hilton Rendering
Early Evolution Rendering
The document also had a chart of 2014 downtown office availability for some reason. (Including some towers that were never built)
Interesting to note "Site Acquired by Oxford," which would later become the Oxford Tower proposal.
EDIT: Also, according to the chart, it seems Brookfield West was originally supposed to be 64 storeys. Since the west tower was never built (The East tower is the one currently standing), 64 storeys would have made it around 282 Meters tall!
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Albertasaurus
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Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing! I often find it disappointing to see some of the development we missed out on, but in this case we dodged a couple bullets with the original library design (which may have been a placeholder) and the Arris block. What ended up getting built on those two sites is much better IMO.
It would be nice to see more of those East Village blocks start to fill up though.
It would be nice to see more of those East Village blocks start to fill up though.
The Familia
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East Village looks nothing like the original master plan! We dodged a huge bullet with the library and came out with something much better for sure. I still wish they built those glass domes that flank the DIC. Evolution is still one of my favorite condo projects in the city. I kind of like the original Arris design better, if only the towers above went as tall as the current ones do.
FCC1982
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Just posting this here for posterity now that the site is U/C with a much less exciting tower.
The old (but not the oldest) proposal for Kings on Fourth.
The old (but not the oldest) proposal for Kings on Fourth.