Recent content by CBBarnett

New tallests are often proposed towards the end of the development cycle - lots of frictions out there in the local, national and global economy right now and a massive slowdown in immigration is well underway. Calgary has learned how to build rapidly, putting downward pressure on rents and...

I think what other cities do - particularly the ones where they have substantial pre-car development as a legacy - is when they assume a truck won't turn down a local street, they really mean that and set the design vehicle and speed to such low numbers as to render the curve effectively a...

This is hardly our worst designed corner, but to deep-dive into this one, here's my argument of what might be going on: If I was to hazard a guess - it’s an outcome of the block-by-block battle in roadway design that pits the corner curve radii, drainage flows and pedestrian/cycling desire...

Is this between Westjet and The Province? What’s the background here?

Would be record pace for this one to meet that target. In the article they actually say that residential move in isn't until "mid-to-late spring of 2026" with the steakhouse expected to open in the spring of 2027. Highly recommend checking back on Page 1 of this thread for a blast from the...

My perspective on micro-units is coloured by the Toronto condo crash that dominates the Canadian conversation on this, where they have really shown the limitations of tiny units. Important context though - some of the bad feelings are really unique to Toronto's condo market and are too often...

It's been one of the better summers in recent memory for plants, particularly trees. All the stats don't easily reflect it, but the secret sauce this year was many soaking rains that were spread out over June and July, a general lack of hail storms (apart from a few big ones in the NW/NE), and...

What's with the scarcity mindset? Connectivity for active mobility should always be increased, everywhere - you need both new N/S connections and E/W connections! :)

Depending on where you are starting from and where you are going, I'd agree with you that 12th Avenue is typically best for more bike/scooter commutes from outside the Beltline, particularly now that they extended it past the death-trap that is 14th Street SW into Sunalta. But 12th Avenue can't...

Bankview is definitely an underrated hood, at least from the main stream discussions. I think what keeps it beneath the radar is how steady it is, it's not exciting or ever the "next big thing" area - it just quietly has always been redeveloping forever, often at reasonably dense, middle-class...

Yes all good points, I was mostly being cheeky with my statement - I would welcome someone doing the actual math on how much pedestrian-oriented retail is actually out there! My main point remains valid I think - this building materially changes the supply and condition of pedestrian-oriented...

Conceptually, the most expensive part of Calgary Transit's operation is lack of priority over cars in all the ways from major capital projects to operations to day-to-day, particularly where they need it the most (like downtown and entering/exiting major destinations like hospitals). The caveat...

Without doing any real analysis or counting, I don't think it's too much of leap to say this one building approximately doubled the amount of pedestrian-oriented retail bays within the whole west Calgary catchment:

Random question if anyone is in the know: Does anyone know if there's anything major planned for Chinook Centre in the future? I recall they had some expansion plans/additional residential possibilities imagined at one point, but that was nearly a decade ago. This thought was triggered by...

We don't save money when vaccine rates drop due to the difficulty and cost to get one and leads to more cases, including more hospitalizations, complications and deaths - all of which are outcomes many times more costly to the public than any "vaccine waste" costs. Making vaccine access easy to...