Out of Towner
Active Member
I always treat sales people well because when they're disrespected, they can always take their relationships across the street.
- Thread starter Daveography
- Start date
MacLac
Senior Member
Hmmmmm......interesting that Maclab just lost their Director of Marketing and Communications, this in addition to their "Senior Leasing Manager" - who works for a 3rd party anyway...who went to market Dub's Westmount apartment....
David A
Senior Member
I find the 5 year statement dubious to begin with and when it comes from a person whose motive is to sell something, even more so.
thommyjo
Senior Member
supaflyryguy
Active Member
Not related to Parks specifically but I do not like the big elevated ring in warehouse park at all.
NicolBolas
Active Member
I don't mind it, better then those weird tree things by the library.
IanO
Superstar
Not loving it either at this point, but once trees mature it will somewhat disappear AND it will bring a very cool element to the area once the darker months arrive.
Here's hoping that this helps drive rental velocity for the area due to its hyper-mega 'grammable' stuff.
Here's hoping that this helps drive rental velocity for the area due to its hyper-mega 'grammable' stuff.
Out of Towner
Active Member
Not sure about the overall size of the Northern Lights in relation to the park but the feature has visual appeal (to me) from the road against the Parks building. The Northern Lights feature adds a lot of presence to the building. (In winter the colored light emitted from the Northern Lights would nicely reflect on ice sculptures - assuming that the city permits them and that park access isn't restricted after dark so that people could view them. Reserving final judgement on the Northern Lights until after the park is completed.)
Friendmonton
Active Member
The more I've thought about it (and I've been on site), the more I unfortunately don't like it. In relation to the Parks, and other buildings nearby, the Northern Lights feature is simply too obtrusive and dominating in that space. Viewpoints will be blocked or cluttered. It'll be great in winter for the ambiance, but in summer, there will be a giant white ring everywhere you look if you're lying on the only grassy area in the park.
TAS
Senior Member
Those trees that have been planted all around it are small now but when they are bigger, the light feature will be a lot less prevalent - as well when new buildings go in across the street on 106st.
And 106st will also be double-lined with large boulevard trees.
Last edited:
David A
Senior Member
No room for a modest fountain, but apparently room for this huge thing. The thinking of the people who planned this park does seem a bit strange.
Out of Towner
Active Member
The scale of the Northern Lights in relation to the Parks looks good to me. Real good but there is no doubt that it competes for attention with everything else. Hopefully it won't make people visiting the park feel like they're under a microscope because that kind of defeats the purpose of a park. However, the intent of the park seems to be geared more towards hosting festivals than a quiet R&R park. Don't think about sitting on the grass and doing not much of anything with noise from a water fountain in the background. Instead, think bullhorns, costumes, dancing, face painting and food trucks.
Out of Towner
Active Member
The City of Camrose of Camrose has a fountain on their main drag through town. The Lions Club in Ponoka has a fountain in their park. It's really unfortunate that a fountain was too much for the City of Edmonton's parks department to handle.
Didama
Active Member
what's with the fountain obsession on here? I mean, I love fountains as much as the next guy, but let's face it...we live in a place that has winter 6 months of the year. I think this ribbon will blow people away when it's actually set up and in use. You'll see some funky light work that will mimic the northern lights etc. Much more suited to our climate and dark winter nights, in my opinion. And a fountain isn't going to be super instagrammable and won't draw people from across the city to come see it, but this ribbon just might. It'll be cool, very cool. That's just my prediction though
Stevey_G
Active Member
The northern lights display kinda feels like a feature that's supposed to be a sales pitch for surrounding high rise development. It seems like something what would be pretty awesome to see from the air. We'll see how it feels at the pedestrian level. Probably still pretty cool.