[Mountain Man]

The loss of that Opera House is definitely tragic! Fuckin Calgary... lol

The only possible saving grace of West Village is if some good retail goes in and activates the street there. That and somehow we plant enough trees to hide the worst of the podium lol.

 

[haltcatchfire]

 

[haltcatchfire]

Let's see who figures out the puzzle first.

 

[UrbanRED]

Let's see who figures out the puzzle first.

The Edmonton library?

 

[haltcatchfire]

Correct

The Edmonton library?

 

[RicoLance21]

Correct

Sadly, that would have been an improvement to the tower--that's how ugly it is.

 

[gsunnyg]

The podium does remind me of the Edmonton library. Seems like Edmonton and Calgary are destined to be always alike no matter how hard we try to look different.

 

[Mountain Man]

Edmonton will always be worse as long as they have the Venetian and that fake Amsterdam looking strip mall lol.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Edmonton will always be worse as long as they are Edmonton.

 

[GoVertical]

Why couldn't it at least be white or teal?

 

[heightjunkie]

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Looks like Detroit.

 

[heightjunkie]

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Jokes but this is an actual improvement.

Every time I see a new picture of this thing I feel like I'm being slapped in the face.

 

[DiscoStu]

If you drive down Memorial, and don't look too close, you're almost fooled into thinking the crown is glass too.

Like most buildings in the West End, the trick is to only look with your peripheral vision.

 

[1875]

 

[The Familia]

Are the little white squares in the crown a plastic covering or actual white spandrel? If those are plastic and the entire crown is just a solid black top than it becomes a tad more tolerable. If those are actual spandrel than this becomes the worst tower in the city. What the hell is the point of a couple white panels in a solid black crown? It’s not even random or pixelated enough to have an effect.