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This is bigger than I was expecting based on the render.

One of my favourite examples of 1970s transportation engineer over-building hubris is a full-block dedicated turn lane to support a...

One thing I noticed is that Rotary convention has injected a life into the downtown core that I'd normally expect during Stampede! Not...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canada-alberta-calgary-travel-tourism-canmore-banff-1.7568793 Looking at air travel...

Lots of tourists are spending a couple days here before / after heading to the mountains these days, plus all the conventions and...

From seeing density maps of Calgary's neighbourhoods, densities in some parts of the NE (especially close to Saddletowne Stn) are easily...

The DP for Olympic Plaza has now been submitted: https://dmap.calgary.ca/?p=DP2025-03243

Good info. It confirms that I'm not imagining the increase in children for Mount Pleasant Capital Hill, Renfrew and Tuxedo. I don't know...

Looks like there will be a groundbreaking ceremony today for the Lufthansa Technik Engine Facility.

https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/new-aviation-hub-calgary-international-airport

Here is toddler density per km²in the last census, if that is any guide.

I actually quite like the new design and would be happy if it were going on any other site - but the original was better.

Updated plans on DMap. Unfortunately, looks like quite a change in design. New one isn't terrible, it is just the original was so...

I checked into it and the tower cladding is a prefinished aluminum metal panel in the colour "juniper green". Not sure if that's good...

The green is an odd choice, but I’m with @Albertasaurus, beggars can’t be choosers. I’m happy anything is getting built. I moved out of...