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It's an interesting location. Mentally I can't wrap my head around living at the corner of Home Road and the Transcanada as it always...

We don't have many buildings with this profile, but this is quite common in other cities in the world - it's something about how skinny...

A festival site aligning with the growth of Coca-Cola stage demand seems wise.

I think the subway is on the 30 year+ plan, so perhaps they do what they can now but acknowledge that it's probably the next lifecycle...

Ugh brutal - another year and that life would have been potentially saved. The 26 Avenue SW cycling lane upgrade plans are posted now...

Given the arbitrary and out-of-the-blue nature of the province's interest in bike lanes, it's pretty clear it isn't a grassroots or real...

The biggest issue with the 1980s-2000s style developments is not their lack of their grid pattern, but their really spread out nature...

I think too much is put into neighbourhoods not being grids. There are numerous examples of areas of cities that are not grids still...

I think those neighborhoods will be fine, potentially quite desirable. You will see the houses get renovated and made new. Larger lots...

Turn one into a canal with pedestrian/cycling infrastructure either side. Give Surreal his dream already.

You hit on a few trends here - overall population growth appears to be slowing globally, however cities still attract outsized share of...

While many of our suburban areas are abysmally car centric and hostile to pedestrians, Calgary is extremely lucky in that out of cities...

I think you're forgetting a step - downtown Calgary was mostly single family homes first. It's actually a great example against your...

So much of the urban quality of our cities relies on how big the city was before cars consumed everything in planning and society. So...

One thing I've noticed, very unscientifically, is if you want to know how interesting a downtown might be look at the place's pre WW1...