Recent content by badc0ffee

Your comment had me thinking that a lot of the downtown convenience stores have closed. 1 St SW is now a BBQ place, 4 Ave SW is now Kings by LaCaille, 5 St will be replaced by the Fairmont, and at least three 7-11s have closed (17 Ave and 5 St SW a long time ago, but more recently, 8 St SW, and...

Interesting. City Centre seems to include an area roughly bounded by 37 St W, McKnight, Deerfoot, and either Heritage or Glenmore in the south.

The parking lot DP contains plans that still say "The Edgewater". Maybe this is standard and I never noticed before, but I think it's funny that this parking lot (which is 0 storeys, 0 metres!) will have a name:

Nice. I found Red's on 4th to be overpriced, but at least they will seat and serve people in a reasonable amount of time, unlike the old 1886 Cafe that used to be in this building.

I think this survived appeal - DP2024-07019 is now approved. ✅

I know someone whose job was affected by cuts to programming after this happened. BVC are not expanding any time soon, in fact the opposite.

From Sunday, a view eastward from 13th Ave (if 13th Ave still existed):

On Sunday I wanted a place to grab a bite and a drink before the Flames game. I had decided on Leopold's, but it was totally full and even had a bouncer. The rest of the block was full as well, with the exception of H&A, which was playing ear-splitting hip hop. I never understood that place. It...

Buckmaster is a gem. And you're totally right, people do sit in this park (or is it a series of parks?)

I found the gritty details: https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/absdab/doc/2025/2025cgysdab144/2025cgysdab144.html Makes it sound like a bunch of things like proximity to the lot line were relaxed below the minimum, and the city wasted everyone's time by approving this in the first place. But I'm not...

This one was approved, and is past the appeal period. ✅

DP2024-03130 is now Refused.

I saw patio furniture on the of the balconies - calling this done!

I've noticed this along several parts of the rivers - Stanley Park, Eau Claire, Shouldice, and the Weir all come to mind.