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I prefer the old logo, too. You can still find it in a few places that haven't been updated and hopefully never will be.
Sometimes corporations will have their own on site hotel for visitors. When I worked for Bell, they did.I may be misremembering, but I used to work in one of the upper floors of Scotia Plaza in the mid-1990s, and I believe that for a while there was a hotel within the high rise component of the office tower, between the middle and the top. I think it was one or two floors, sort of an executive high end hotel. I have vague recollections that it was brought in as a tenant when the leasing market for office space was a bitsketchy, and it was a case of "anything to fill the space." Does anyone else recall this?
A 3 story hotel inside an office building
Think about that for a second ... there's a much more likely explanation - fairmont is just another company after all
I may be misremembering, but I used to work in one of the upper floors of Scotia Plaza in the mid-1990s, and I believe that for a while there was a hotel within the high rise component of the office tower, between the middle and the top. I think it was one or two floors, sort of an executive high end hotel. I have vague recollections that it was brought in as a tenant when the leasing market for office space was a bitsketchy, and it was a case of "anything to fill the space." Does anyone else recall this?
Found it - "The Camberley Club Hotel: Located on the 28th and 29th floor of the Scotia Plaza. We're in the center of the Cities Core. Providing 54 Luxurious Suites, Perfect For the Business Traveller Yet Quite and Romantic For Our Weekend Travellers. Our Suites Are Large and Spacious With 6 Foot Jacuzzi Bath Tubs. The Hotel is Fashioned in Classic Old English Decore Which Provides a Great Place To Do Business Yet is Very Warm and Friendly As Well." (grammer/spelling errors courtesy the third rate out of date hotel room booking website).I remember that as well. It must have been a great place for the executives to have a quick "meeting".
Still trying figure out what happened to the rest of the white fritted glass podium surround... getting late in the game.
Was wondering the same thing. Another victim of the Cheapening(TM)?
I was curious about that myself, but after looking at one of the renders, I realized that the white glass wasn't planned to wrap around the entire front of the podium in the first place.
Have another look:
Courtesy of arroway on Flickr
There's a much larger rendering posted further back in the thread but I was too lazy to search for it.