[David A]

Personally I want most of the exterior to remain as-is, including the color. Just need to install some windows and more welcoming entrances so that the building no longer resembles a Soviet-era bunker.

Yes, keep the colour, it stands out and is vibrant. I can't wait for this era of almost everything being some shade of grey, blue or black to come to an end. It was fashionable for a while, but getting kind of boring now.

 

[thommyjo]

All of these would beat the library lol.

 

[Airboy]

Hearing this may be up to 50 mill.

 

[mcr]

The building itself is, pretty objectively, not great for street interaction. I really hope they keep the yellow, and if Airboy is hearing $50M, hope we can get this building updated with better entrances, a modern touch, and a bit of an updated design. Its charm is that it's yellow and stands out, not in the form itself, since it's just a windowless bunker with literally zero redeeming qualities at street level.

 

[Airboy]

The building itself is, pretty objectively, not great for street interaction. I really hope they keep the yellow, and if Airboy is hearing $50M, hope we can get this building updated with better entrances, a modern touch, and a bit of an updated design. Its charm is that it's yellow and stands out, not in the form itself, since it's just a windowless bunker with literally zero redeeming qualities at street level.

Based on some of the work I've done on other rec centre upgrades we may see a lot of accessibility upgrades. You would thing that with the Old Steadward centre they would have done more.

 

[Out of Towner]

The library architects may have been consulted to throw something together again. The Calgary Tower appears in the second rendering.

 

[Gus Haynes]

^Those aren't real renderings, lol. That's just AI slop that thommyjo put together for our collective amusement.

 

[thommyjo]

Yeah, those are just me typing a basic prompt into copilot AI image saying to redo the “butterdome” haha.

 

[Out of Towner]

And the guy parked on the sidewalk? Fake too?

 

[bodsbods9090]

And the guy parked on the sidewalk? Fake too?

Accurate!

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