Recent content by CBBarnett

I like it, the case for a train makes sense - I just get real monorail vibes from this proposal sometimes though. It's all sales pitches and no meat. What's the speed? How frequent is the service? What the route alternatives if CP doesn't play ball as nicely as they imagine? How does it...

*Posting here for posterity, originally posted in the Urban Development chat* The sidewalks are pretty rough shape for large portion as the temporary fills have slumped and the parts that haven't been touched yet are 6 years worse for wear with missing bricks etc. It's makes no sense to drag...

That semi-trailer corridor is remarkably visible here.

It's all been said before, but the river pathway is a total gem and really is unmatched in most cities, particularly in North America. It's already started in places, but I think the logical next step is to continue to lean into the river pathway system backbone and actually start thinking of...

Went by a few days ago, looks under-construction but closer to finishing than starting. I would bet sometime this summer or fall.

Also Two House Brewery that's being built at the old Mikey's location (10 Ave & 18 Street SW, across from Sentry Box). I think they were forced to move from their old building where this tower is going up but didn't go far, just down the street.

the 14 Street rubicon has been crossed. Great to see! Sunalta has always had the proximity and a few gems like Sentry Box but it's really starting to pull the pieces together in the past 10 years. LRT station, a few microbreweries and bunch of small scale infills to add to the larger towers...

And to my comment in the other thread - to what need? Permanently sacrificing a cycling connection and/or wider and more consistent sidewalks to accommodate a handful of cars? Events in the area will have tens of thousands of visitors, not a dozen. Any on-street space for parking won't add any...

Street parking can be useful in certain retail/main street contexts - but that's not what this street is now or likely will be in the future, despite all the words used to sell this corridor on the public. It is and will likely remain a major facility/event street - a probable 20,000-seat arena...

That's the way to do a bicycle cage - some degree of weather protection, huge amounts of space, right up front of the building instead of through a bunch of awkward doors near a back entrance, or in a basement near the dumpsters.

It's always funny to me when buildings want to be square but roads want to be curvy and no one blinks. Everyone involves just shrugs, and fills in the gaps with random amounts of green space and moves on to the next development. To be fair there's a big grade there it will be nicer to look at...

As @Silence&Motion posted in the other thread, Marda Loop area is full of some weird stuff and loads of experimentation, good and bad. Clever ground-oriented intensification at true neighbourhood-changing volumes/scales, townhomes of all sorts of ages and styles, a whole lot of oversized and...

If you are interested in some background, a very detailed dialogue about how Calgary grew and where is here: https://www.aupress.ca/app/uploads/120152_99Z_Foran_2009-Expansive_Discources.pdf Amazing that the author was interested enough in this stuff to get into the level of detail they did. I...

Does anyone know how many units and people is University District supposed to have at full build out?

Ah yes, the family that introduced me to the existence of CanLII database of all legal proceedings in Canada. A piece of local Kensington history.