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Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:28 pm
by Omicron
Will wrote:This image from 1977 shows that the Toy's R Us Building did not always look like it does today. It appears to have undergone a faceloft in the early 1980s giving it, its current façade.
Well I'll be. Never knew that!
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:58 pm
by Will
AtD wrote:I remember being told the building had a sort of Dazzelland set up on the roof. You wouldn't have any photos of that, Will?
Unfortunately not.
I would be great if anyone else has photos, because I am intrigued too.
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:35 pm
by Omicron
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:02 am
by monotonehell
"Malltown" ???
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:23 am
by Omicron
It shall never cease to amuse me that our Renaissance Centre shares its name with Detroit's RenCen.
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:44 am
by Shuz
Omicron wrote:It shall never cease to amuse me that our Renaissance Centre shares its name with Detroit's RenCen.
Is that the 5-tower black glassed tower complex, headquarters of GM?
I absoluetly despise the place, it's oversized, overbuilt, over-everything ego reeks of American corporatism at its worst. Although, the actual 'main tower' itself is cool.
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:37 am
by Omicron
Shuz wrote:Omicron wrote:It shall never cease to amuse me that our Renaissance Centre shares its name with Detroit's RenCen.
Is that the 5-tower black glassed tower complex, headquarters of GM?
I absoluetly despise the place, it's oversized, overbuilt, over-everything ego reeks of American corporatism at its worst. Although, the actual 'main tower' itself is cool.
That's the one. I don't mind it in isolation (interestingly enough, for exactly all those over- reasons you listed
), but when viewed in Detroit's skyline it looks hilariously out of place.
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:48 am
by Hoops
I noticed someone taking photos of these lifts today, and filming if i'm not mistaken,
Anyone from SA involved or was it completely unrelated?
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:42 pm
by Sonata
Probably unrelated.
I hate Today Tonight, I really do. But it'd be pretty funny for them to do something on the lifts!
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:32 am
by Joely
Hoops wrote:I noticed someone taking photos of these lifts today, and filming if i'm not mistaken,
Anyone from SA involved or was it completely unrelated?
He or she was probably taking the photo for the article which appeared in the Sunday Mail.
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:43 am
by Hoops
Joely wrote:Hoops wrote:I noticed someone taking photos of these lifts today, and filming if i'm not mistaken,
Anyone from SA involved or was it completely unrelated?
He or she was probably taking the photo for the article which appeared in the Sunday Mail.
Sadly (for once) I didn't get to read it, can you summarise?
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:43 pm
by Sonata
I also didn't see it. My parents only JUST told me about it now. Bah.
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:15 am
by timelord
Cox Foys circa 1966
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:48 pm
by monotonehell
Interesting first post, welcome Timelord.
Does your name mean you have other juicy glimpses of the past in store for us?
Re: Save the Rundle Mall Glass Lifts
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:00 am
by dsriggs
Looks like a screencap from that 1966 film that did the rounds
