What do you think of this project?

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We’re just not used to developers putting thought into projects. I don’t think we should ever complain about anything like this that’s being built by private money. Hopefully it draws people to the area. I also don’t necessarily see a point to it, but not everything in a well built city has to have a point. It adds visual and tactile interest (not sure if tactile is the exact right word to use here) but I just mean, things like this that you can interact with, are usually (and it this case hopefully) well received.

A public example on a larger scale would be the weird mushroom thing in Sevilla. Not really a point to it, but it’s cool. Not everything has to be completely utilitarian
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Edmonton is very much built and based on being such a utilitarian city, partly due to the era it grew in. This is not all bad, but yes that type of thinking is so very pervasive here.

I agree, live a little, build something interesting or different every once in a while, especially if it is non public money.
 
Friendmonton said:
Definitely, reminds me of one of the new parks in Vancouver. Just needs a mural on the CN tower.

I'm curious what they'll do with the giant pit just to the east--fill it in, start foundations for the next next phase's parkade, leave as-is...?
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I don't think it's likely to be filled in as any material brought in to fill it will only need to be excavated for future parkade construction.

The pit itself was created as a result of "remediation by removal" of contaminated material subsequent to the site being purchased. It was actually "monitored" for a long time after it was excavated to see how and quickly it would "naturalize" given it was excavated to typically poor (for plant material) clay soil but with that being offset by stable banks and an expected collection of rainwater at the bottom and given that the area remained relatively secure and unused for other purposes. I used to have some photos but it was quite surprising how much plant material did take root (entirely naturally as there was no seeding done) in an urban location/environment and well it thrived.
 
kcantor said:
I'm really looking forward to the "private programming" of this space even more than the space itself!
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You have some thoughts on what ideas that might or could be a good fit? What is the guess on people capacity in any of the open spaces?
 
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