Recent content by Albertasaurus

It does seem that way...I am far from an expert on polls but they seem to be sort of useless at municipal level.

If they value engineer away those random rectangles, I think it'd look fine. And on the bright side, regardless of how it turns out, it's filling an important need for affordable housing.

It does seem to be taking them forever to get moving...

Hmmm, based on that last pic it actually looks OK.

Nope, not approved yet. I think they had to also do a land use redesignation which might have been approved. But the DP will likely need to go to Calgary Planning Commission for approval.

Excellent, I didn't even know about this one. Decent design, and appropriate scale for Edmonton Tr. I agree that the ground floor treatment isn't ideal, but I think that's more a result of the site context than the design.

It's late Q3 2025 and they don't even have an approved DP yet. It's a huge project and likely a 4 year build. A 2030 occupancy would seem to align with a construction start next year.

In addition, free transit for youth is a great way to get young people acclimatized to taking transit. It's surprising how reluctant many people are to take a bus or train if they're not used to doing so from an early age.

I don't agree with extending the free fare zone, but we should be considering a zone-based system. $3.80 is a really steep price if you're taking the train from downtown to Kensington or SAIT (as I do). Conversely, it's an absolute bargain if you're going from downtown to Somerset-Bridlewood.

I really like the narrower 6 storey projects a lot better than the wider ones which often just don't look like they belong in the inner city (Sentinel being a particularly egregious example).

Rode by here yesterday and it looks like demolition of a few of the existing homes on site has started. Sorry, no pics.

Sad but not surprising. Even from the pictures months ago, this looks only marginally better than the new townhouse developments going up in Livingston, Belmont, Belvedere etc. Even the stuff going up in Alpine Park shows a lot more character and attention to detail than this does (IMO). Epic...

I'm more concerned about the extremely disruptive and lengthy construction process and what effect it would have - It'd be Marda Loop on steroids. Although I suppose building a tunnel would entail disruption as well (especially if it's cut-and-cover)

Running the line at grade on Centre St to 16th would be devastating for the businesses along that stretch.

But probably not a win from an affordability perspective, unfortunately