Tewder
Senior Member
Love that picture. Looks like a nice little area shaping up.
barrytron3030
Active Member
great great picture. love the composition and unique perspective.
i'm so glad this area of downtown is being developed. i always thought it was lost potential before the towers started going up.
maybe it's because i'm a sports fan, but i really like how we have two large sports venues downtown. some people think they are a waste of space, maybe too suburban, but i really like them. what do you guys think?
i'm so glad this area of downtown is being developed. i always thought it was lost potential before the towers started going up.
maybe it's because i'm a sports fan, but i really like how we have two large sports venues downtown. some people think they are a waste of space, maybe too suburban, but i really like them. what do you guys think?
urbandreamer
recession proof
I think: move the Leaf's (and Raptor's) back to MLG, build condos/office/retail where the ACC is (keeping old post office facade intact.)
Skydome: wrap it in glass and red brick (design by aA) with retail and residential around it, filling in the "dead" spaces. (for example, a huge rectangular podium with the old oval stadium inside.)
Skydome: wrap it in glass and red brick (design by aA) with retail and residential around it, filling in the "dead" spaces. (for example, a huge rectangular podium with the old oval stadium inside.)
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barrytron3030
Active Member
interesting ideas but i think you're half joking right.
the skydome is pretty blunt but it's concrete has become pretty recognizable.
i actually forgot about mlg, shame on me. ricoh is downtown too, i guess.
the skydome is pretty blunt but it's concrete has become pretty recognizable.
i actually forgot about mlg, shame on me. ricoh is downtown too, i guess.
urbandreamer
recession proof
I am not joking: 100% serious here.
caltrane74
Senior Member
But....
You know...
MLSE will be a good 50 Meters taller than Telus, so............ I think it will look, really, really good.
3Dementia
Senior Member
^ You owe me dinner "Mr. Repost". I've given up on the promised Caribbean getaway, but I paid the tab for dinner so...".
caltrane74
Senior Member
hehe.....
When the weather gets better, man. I'll bring along some of my new hot eastern european chicks.
dinner & chicks on cal
When the weather gets better, man. I'll bring along some of my new hot eastern european chicks.
dinner & chicks on cal
Observer Walt
Senior Member
The ACC is more recent than the Skydome oops Rogers Centre. It shows in the design. It's a bit neat that you can walk into the ACC directly from Union Station, and it is open at most if not all reasonable hours. It seems to be part of the urban fabric. The dome is indeed "blunt" as already said, and in spite of recent changes at the entrance level, certainly does not offer any reason to visit even in passing, unless you are actually attending an event. It sits by itself and doesn't seem to connect to anything nearby.
isittimetomoveyet
Active Member
I have thought about this as well... I mean, with all that bare concrete... it can't be too hard to integrate some cladding/facade of some sort.
Maybe one day... it might be a stretch now, but a couple of years ago the Blue Jays were all about improving the Skydome.
catcher_of_cats
Active Member
I always felt that the dome fits in with the neighbourhood's untouchable monoliths (roger's center, CN Tower, rail corridor, Spadina, Gardiner); not that fitting in with this bunch can be considered a good thing.
current
Active Member
January 15
They are starting to install the glass on the northeast condo tower.
Same tower and windows from another angle.
They are starting to install the glass on the northeast condo tower.
Same tower and windows from another angle.
khris
Senior Member
Hard to tell, but the glass looks really clear.
whatever
Senior Member
It's greyish glass with opaque grey spandrels. That diagonal line detail that runs the height of the building does appear in the actual building prints tho, so I'm thinking that might be a detail that's applied to the balconies, not the window wall.