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Another called 'The Calgarian' These must have been concepts.
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When I get a minute I'll do some more digging. Unfortunately the really old SSP threads are stripped of images, or they're dead links.

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Sturgess design for the Osteria Medici lot at 10th St NW & Kensington Road
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First design for The Concord by Arthur Erickson
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Not unbuilt, but previous designs:
Either the first or second of three designs for Penny Lane / Eighth Avenue Place
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The previous design for Minto Bridgeland
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The Park before they scrapped the stone and went all glass/spandrel.
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I'm glad we got the Penny Lane towers that were built. The initial renderings had a 1980's feel to them and don't look as unique as the ones we actually have.

In regards to The Park, I would have prefered the version with the stone as originally designed. Would have fit into its surroundings better.

I am a big fan of the Concord as we see it, but I had a soft spot for the original design. It has a Miami/resort feel too it.
 
OMG those Penny Lane towers are so awful ? Such a mailed in waste of a design. Thank god recent office towers (The Bow, Telus sky, Brookfield Place and 707-5th) are better.
 
That Batman looking Bow Tower looked ridiculous! glad we never got that one. I do lament the loss of the massive atrium in the Bow though, would have had tree pods scattered up the inside. Instead we got 3 sky gardens with fake trees and the rest of the atrium filled in save for 10' of useless space.
 

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