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Originally Posted by GGG
Went down there today and it is a very impressive structure. Crazy busy in there. It will be interesting to see how well utilized it is. They did a good job of making the space very flexible and community focused. Hopefully the operating budget has money on it to maintain the technology investment.
I always wonder on these projects what the cost of making it look awesome is? Is the boring functional box 20 million cheaper or 100 million cheaper. Given how well they utilized the space and the cost of building over the Ctrain I suspect there isn’t that much “decorative” money in it compared to the boring box but still Id love to see numbers.
The Calgary history section is very accessible. I will definitely spend sometime in there digging out old pictures.
What probably the most important part of this project is it takes a blighted inaccessible plot of land that was used as a homeless / drug camp because the Ctrain divided it and connects it with the rest of downtown. This is a huge win for the long term development of the East village.
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I’d be curious to know how much was spent on all of those narrow wood strip claddings and ceilings. It would be a significant number and worth every penny. What a task, ensuring tens of thousands of strips are straight and true, finished
properly and installed one by one. Many varying lengths. Monumental task.