General Construction Updates

[badc0ffee]

That money would obviously be better spent to push the green line 20-30 metres further into Ogden.

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[thecivilengineer]

Does anyone know what's going on the tower on East side of Telus sky? i have been noticing the tower crane since last year, but no actual work.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Does anyone know what's going on the tower on East side of Telus sky? i have been noticing the tower crane since last year, but no actual work.

As far as I remember it is HVAC they're working on. That building is an old, very big, Central Office (land line phones). It has a data center in it now.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

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If I didn't know better I'd be excited about how busy it is.

 

[Mountain Man]

I wish they were turning the area below the retaining wall into an urban beach. If there’s anywhere more perfect in the inner city for it, I don’t know it. The water is deep enough to swim in right there, noise concerns are mitigated by the retaining wall and Elbow Island, and the natural environment is already altered/destroyed. They could have built steps from the edge of the beach into the river like at RiverWalk Plaza. In my mind it stretches from Mission Bridge to about 100 meters past 5 Street. It’s also south facing so would be usable half the year, and the Elbow is warm enough to swim in 3 - 4 months of the year.

Anyway, I dream…. I dream.

Does the Elbow still have an advisory due to high levels of fecal bacteria? If the city is going to spend any money on that river, they should fix that first.

 

[badc0ffee]

Does the Elbow still have an advisory due to high levels of fecal bacteria? If the city is going to spend any money on that river, they should fix that first.

I agree that this should be fixed. I can't remember where I read this, but I think the issue starts near Stanley Park, and downstream from there, and has to do with sewer lines from homes in the surrounding communities (Elbow Park? Elboya? Parkhill?)

Always weird seeing people ignoring the "no swimming" signs in Stanley Park, and keeping their beer and pop cool in the river near there.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

New substation on 9th Ave has a light feature I guess.

 

[Thrillhou]

New substation on 9th Ave has a light feature I guess.
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Nice, Calgary was missing a Kenny Rogers Roaster

 

[MichaelS]

They made it too big, and now it has too much electricity so they put this in to use up the excess. Right? That is how it works?

 

[UrbanWarrior]

I was going to post about that! I noticed it yesterday morning and was like “holy shit they put Times Square in the deadest part of the core?!” Those older apartment towers a block over were basically glowing.

 

[GoVertical]

Belvedere development:

 

[shermanator]

Small update of the one part of the Marda Loop Mainstreets project that is nearing completion from this morning. Feels like the finishing touches are taking forever but it's at least completed enough that you can walk on 18th street now.

Will be a real nice area once everything is all done.

 

[1875]

i go through there almost everyday and never noticed that. nice to reclaim something.

 

[O-tac]

Some more updates from Seton. Second floor on the condo with Community Foods in the base is going up. Also noticed foundation work for the building across the street. Doesn’t look like there’s going to be a parkade in that building.

Checked out the Long and McQuade and found out the eastern half of the building will be sublet. Employee told me he hoped it would be a coffee shop. Space looks big enough for 3 coffee shops or one larger tenant. Also the south side of that parcel has construction fencing and some kind of earth or utility work going on. Can’t find anything on their site about a development there.