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Originally Posted by Mazrim
What turned out well for the Ice District? The fact that it now exists? The way the City of Edmonton and Edmonton taxpayers got taken to the cleaners is not something that turned out surprisingly well.
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It doesnt really even exist yet. The arena exists and looks really dumb. The edmonton city tower exists, but dubbed down from original proposal- no real usable public space (and the giant screen on top malfunctions a lot in the cold.) The Stantec and Marriott exist, but are mediocre and again dont have any public use space of note. The ice tower b that was supposed to have public gardens and a public restaurant/patio area overlooking the square has been on hold, and new redesigns are making it much shorter and removing the public space. The public square that was going to form the centre of the district with shops and restaurants is a closed off mass of construction equipment and hoarding. No one is confident this will turn out as envisioned.
Anyways, the only thing that turned out well for the ice district so far is that it has displaced the vagrants about five blocks east, so the business folk see cranes instead of them now and think its alllll good.