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Saturday, February 03, 2007

future site of Jamieson Place

Jamieson Place will be 38 storeys tall

EllisDon has been awarded a $235 million Construction Management contract for the Jamieson Place complex in downtown Calgary.
The complex includes a five-level, 240,000 square foot underground parkade and a thirty-eight storey, 920,000 square foot office tower. The lowest three levels contain a retail space, a winter garden and a public space. The structure is cast-in-place reinforced concrete clad in curtainwall, granite and metal panels.
Project began January 2007 with completion date December 2009.

Goodbye Hy's Steakhouse and the Japanese Village

It might be noisy staying at the Westin Hotel next door for the next couple of years

starting to dig a hole for a new office building

From the Calgary Urban Initiative website:

Barely after the onsite tenants have closed down and/or moved to a different location (including the Hy’s Steakhouse), Bentall is going full-steam ahead on Jamieson Place, with demolition already underway. The tower will feature some outstanding design elements, such as a pair of LED bars that run up the facade, and stand at 38 stories (or in this case 173 meters). As well, the Plus-15 level will feature a winter garden and is named after Alice Jamieson, a Calgarian who in 1913 became the first woman appointed to any judiciary in the British Empire.

http://www.calgaryurban.com

Livingston Place

Livingston Place, 3 avenue SW looking east

new plus 15

enclosed pedestrian walkway 15 feet above the street, connecting Livingston Place with BP and the International Hotel.

my rocks with LED lights underneath

experiencing snow for the first time

My cat Taz is from Huntington Beach, but has lived in Calgary since 2002. He doesn't mind going outside when it is cold but until last night has always had an instinctive Californian aversion to putting his paws on snow. I was amazed that he wanted to go outside on the deck and walk through the snow for a few minutes. When he goes outside, he is confined to the deck, he doesn't get to explore the neighbourhood. He is still an Orange County Republican, and probably would purr for Ann Coulter.

Friday, February 02, 2007

my photo was featured by Olympus!

I submitted this photo to Olympus for their email newsletter and it was one of 6 that were chosen. Probably only 6 people submitted photos, but it was a little thrill for me that my pic was included.

When I got home from Austria and looked at my photos, I realized I had photographed this building in Vienna from every angle and at every time of day without knowing at the time that it was the same building.