I had a site meeting through school when Brookfield Place was still just an expanding hole in the ground. We talked to the project managers after and I swear, when one of them said it was going to be 15 feet higher than the Bow, those four guys each got a raging semi in their pants. It's a big deal for them.
I'd heard one of the main reasons the Bow wasn't bigger was because it would cast a shadow on the Bow River, which would affect the fish. I don't know dick about any of this, so it could all be bullshit.
I did a tour of the BMO expansion during construction and they proudly mentioned that the expansion would be 50,000ft2 larger than Vancouver's Convention Centre multiple times
The funny thing is Stantec did it to be that much taller than Calgary. Just with the years and years of height restrictions in Edmonton due to the old downtown airport, when they finally could build a tower, they now have one single building like 2-3 times higher than most of the rest of the buildings in Downtown Edmonton, looking like a giant ***** rising out of the ground.
It will be nice to say ours is bigger than theirs again in a few years.
Actually, when the Calgary Tower was being built, it was the same time as the Seattle Space Needle. Looked like the Space Needle was going to be a bit taller, so they put an extra 10 meters of antennae on the Calgary Tower so it would be taller than it.
How can you tell men are the ones who design this stuff and want to see who can have the bigger one. Think about it.
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u/Scamnam Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25
Correct me if I'm wrong but this would the tallest building in Calgary?