[Edmcowboy11]

I almost cried when I saw that they painted the stone. I get it, they are trying to go for a look but really?? paint??

 

[kcantor]

^
my wife and i had the same reaction when we drove past the other day.

 

[IanO]

No words for that kind of treatment.

 

[Seandroid]

My partner hypothesized that it was in part to cover the giant mural that references a nonexistent restaurant.

I want to see the completed design before I judge.

 

[IanO]

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Old BLVD building at Jasper and 108 St. has been painted grey and they seem to be doing all sorts of other renovations. Does anyone know what exactly the plans for it are?

Restaurant use.

 

[Aaron_Lloyd]

BLVD of broken dreams

 

[Edmcowboy11]

I do hope that the business is really busy and is very successful to offset the sadness of their paint job over the beautiful stone.

 

[IanO]

That's fucking criminal is what that is.

Awful.

 

[_urbanite]

Can the paint be removed in the future? Or is that stone ruined now?

 

[EtoV]

That's fucking criminal is what that is.

Awful.

Normally I'd say that's being a bit dramatic, but fully agreed on this one. We already don't have many buildings in Edmonton that use nicer materials like that, to cover it up like this and make it look basically like cinder block is absolutely baffling.

 

[IanO]

Can the paint be removed in the future? Or is that stone ruined now?

You can remove it but to cover Tyndall is akin putting pig on a lipstick.

 

[MCXavierL]

Orange Hub development (156 and Stony Plain) was proposed today at EDC. It’s a 3 storey structure with a “community space” on the main level and parkade on the upper two levels. The structure will be wrapped in chain link fence that is proposed to have public art on it. Artists in San Diego and Tokyo have done beautiful work with this actually as presented at the meeting.

EDC was thoroughly not impressed with chain link as a material choice so it will be interesting to see if they pursue it further. One member said it looked like a correctional facility. Contrary to some of the jokes on here about them being gentle to applicants - they definitely do not hold back their criticism.

EDC Minutes from August 17:

The Orange Hub Rehabilitation Phase II (for DP) Carol Belanger - City of Edmonton

Motion of non-support

The Committee found that the presented design fell short of reaching the design objectives expressed in the presentation, in terms of how the ground floor programming and choice of cladding materials enriches and responds to the existing urban context. In particular:
● Despite the temporary uses proposed for the ground floor, the Committee is concerned that the allocation of this level entirely for parking (with no opportunity for leasable commercial space) does not adequately create an active ground floor edge / interface that will support the outdoor gathering space.
● The design does not provide sufficient detail about the west facade, the future integration of public art, and the interface with the streetscape.
● While chain link addresses design criteria related to ventilation, security, and a readily obtained material, it carries negative connotations at odds with the community’s efforts at redevelopment and reinvestment; it does not enhance or integrate with the surrounding built-form and neighbourhood context; it does not promote existing and future streetscape integration and activation; it does not provide a durable and easily maintained product.

 

[_urbanite]

You can remove it but to cover Tyndall is akin putting pig on a lipstick.

Totally agree, but at least it can reversed I guess *shrugs*

 

[EdmTrekker]

Restaurant use.

I am most anxcious to know which restaurant. Would you happen to know?

 

[Airboy]

sounds like a crane lift at Windsor Park this weekend.