[Kaizen]

Might I suggest a world class 'Klondike Mike' Dirigible/airship rooftop station/terminal atop the library. Plus a book pick-up/drop-off through the colored panels(not necessarily easy to manage, but just saying) , and an easy transfer available (for a small fee) to the gondola/Lrt station via the slide down the industrial cladding roof onto the welcoming avenue below. Or no.

 

[Edmontonian]

@Kaizen that would sure brighten it up

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

The beached battleship as it appeared today;

 

[Edmontonian]

The more I look at it I feel like Teeple might secretly hate Edmonton.

 

[lat]

The more I look at it I feel like Teeple might secretly hate Edmonton.

Not much of a secret, now... lol

 

[danimori]

Sad cause this is the best vantage point too imo :/

 

[ronron]

The best view to me is from standing directly north, and NNE. North, you avoid that seeing the ugly bottom right (tank threads), and from the NNE, the front right pointed overhand feature looks damn cool.

 

[Kaizen]

From Saturday afternoon. I'm finding I really enjoy taking pic's of this building. It's not a boring building. I know a lot of people dislike this project. While I'm really disappointed with some of the design choices/budget issues, etc, I'm liking what I see more than not. Thus I'm upping my vote 1 notch to 'I like it'. Even before its doors open to the public ! ?

 

[archited]

@Kaizen I would raise my vote up a notch too, but the scale won't go any higher.

 

[lat]

Personally, I don't find it boring. I find it depressing and ugly.
It's really a shame, since with a few tweaks to the shape and different cladding, it could be so much better.

 

[Edmontonian]

Wasn't it originally meant to be glass but they were afraid of reflections into oncoming traffic? Or did they just cheap out?

 

[Airboy]

going by SAMU this monring and I think , if the paneling on that could have been done on the Library the thing may have been better received,

 

[ronron]

I enjoyed checking up on the library cam every now and then to see how things looked from high up. However, they took down the cam, and the page was 404'd for a long time. Just checking the site today, it seems like the cam is back up on the main page, for those interested.

Hello Milner

A revitalized Stanley A. Milner Library will better serve our customers, and help build a thriving and vibrant downtown.

www.epl.ca

Also noticed a new youtube video they had posted. In the video there are rays of colored light emanating from the panels on the roof. Not sure if it's just flair added to the video, but would be a cool aesthetic feature if it had beams shooting a short distance out into the sky at night (or maybe the ambient light will create that effect to a certain degree)

 

[archited]

Excellent find @ronron! I still believe that in the final analysis a lot of upward movement of reviews is in store for this project.

 

[Kaizen]

From Sunday afternoon,