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There’s something to be said about urban parks you’d find in Toronto or Montreal, or say parks like Central Park, Bryant Park et al...

This one strikes me as a pretty good location but also will end up being a pretty weird building to live in. With the way that this...

So far this one is demonstrating we should use more structural wood elements in pretty much everything we build.

I, for one, am inspired to do some grass sitting this summer. Maybe a forum meetup idea, I think we can even openly drink in some parks?

Great analysis, and I agree with much of what you wrote. I wonder if another element is a sort of bandwagon effect - perhaps when fewer...

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

[Long off-topic planning rant incoming alert] On the very on-topic subject of whether Calgarians sit on grass in parks at a level that...

Every province and territory except for Alberta and Nunavut lost population. Its kind of crazy to imagine places like Toronto and...

Quarterly Population estimates are out, first year in history of Canada that the population declined. Stats Can article and data here -...

The lack of planning or at least public planning is definitely an issue. There's barely any reporting from CTransit on operations, where...

Cautiously optimistic - I am actually kind of shocked they convinced the Stampede to get rid of so much asphalt. It does seem they...

I think they made the right choice to keep at-grade and the ridership speaks for itself - the system is immensely popular. Comparing the...

Personally, I would rather my tax money be contributing to preserve and restore the Hudson's Bay building than building the arena tbh...

So interesting to see the west side of downtown be that much further ahead of the east side. Guess you understand why, when the building...

There are numerous utitlities underneath that access road, so you can't put a building there. The best bet would maybe be some form of...