This is cool, the ALT hotel in East Village (by the Germain group) is using pre-assembled pods for the build. The core and second floor is concrete, but the rest will be the stacked pod units. They are starting to get put in right now:
This is cool, the ALT hotel in East Village (by the Germain group) is using pre-assembled pods for the build. The core and second floor is concrete, but the rest will be the stacked pod units. They are starting to get put in right now:
And is that actually the finished product at the top?
Yes it is, but there is a lighting system that should make that crown look very good at night. It's been tested a few times only on a couple of sides at a time a few weeks back.
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For the ALT hotel the entire room is in the pod. Don't think we've ever seen this in Calgary before.
Correct. A contractor from Poland is supplying and installing the modules complete with all of the furnishings inside. They've done a few hotels in Amsterdam, New York and London already.
This is a partnership project. Someone else owns the underground parkade.
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Hey now, I tried to get that damn LED strip on arriVa fixed when I was there and on the board. Almost able to do it when we had to do a large construction clean of the windows. Just didn't work out, I wish they'd just turn off the top section.
Did it ever get sorted out if the brookfield tower will ever get lighting it it's crown similar to the manulife building? (which is awesome, and a shame it is so hidden in it's location)
Stephen Avenue, the pulse of downtown Calgary, is in for a change of pace and at this point, anything is on the table.
A long process, beginning in 2018, will launch a mega-task: giving one of the city's most vibrant streetscapes a facelift that, depending on public feedback, could permanently change how the avenue operates or is as simple as replacing the walkway and canopy boxes.
Graham Gerylo, project manager with urban strategies at the City of Calgary for the Stephen Avenue Master Plan, said there are three main aspects on the city's wishlist with this endeavour to refresh the stretch that has served citizens for more than 20 years since its last upgrade.
Thoughts? What is needed? What can be done?
-Now that Scotiabank has moved that's a big gap in the middle of the core of the street that could be replaced with something interesting.
-It sounds like the bricks on the street are an issue for them economically but I really don't want to replace them with something boring. It will take the 19th century or European cobblestone street character out of it
I have had out-of-town friends come to Calgary before and comment that Stephen Avenue reminds them of a European streetscape. I don't think that should get lost at all, that is a unique experience in our otherwise fast-modernizing buildings and infrastructure.
Would like to see a permanent farmer's market / something that equates to St. Lawrence Market or Granville Island in terms of fine foods and products in stalls. The space might be tight for that though.
I have had out-of-town friends come to Calgary before and comment that Stephen Avenue reminds them of a European streetscape. I don't think that should get lost at all, that is a unique experience in our otherwise fast-modernizing buildings and infrastructure.
Would like to see a permanent farmer's market / something that equates to St. Lawrence Market or Granville Island in terms of fine foods and products in stalls. The space might be tight for that though.
I don't see a Granville farmers market type space as being economically viable. The rents are astronomical on Stephen Avenue. It will have to be heavily subsidized and there isn't enough residential population. They tried that already in the 90s in Eau Claire. Maybe another Sunterra though for almost ready food for the convenience crowd.
