Recent content by Dārayavauš

I see. That’s unfortunate, that requirement needs to be stripped. It’s a waste of resources and time.

Is this common law? Or just the Anglo love of performance politics?

It’s a Canadian/Anglo thing to be sure. However these endless engagements that frankly only give voice to the frankly uninformed it is just performative and have nothing to do with democracy. Canada doesn’t have a direct democracy, we elect those to make decisions. They need to stop wasting time...

Honestly I have no idea why Canada gives so much power to NIMBYs. Is it legally required to have all these stupid voices heard, or is it just something that’s been done for a while? Other places I’ve lived, communities have a certain degree of input, tweaks here and there, how to increase...

Yes it’s weird that people, on this of all forums, would be pro candidates whose modus operandi is to bring back exclusionary restrictive zoning and are anti development. I can’t imagine much or any good coming from them winning for Calgary in the near or long term.

Don’t see what they offer as a benefit to what we have today. I want all the councillors and mayor to be independent. Less partisan nonsense.

I hope every Communities First councillor candidate loses.

“The city is reluctant to remove any of those trees, even though they’re breaking up sidewalks, because they’re healthy,” said Coun. Chabot. “Why do we have to wait until it dies before we can replace it?” It is a sidewalk, just walk around. Let big mature trees live please. Calgary has a...

Given the focus of development in the area, I think for this one, we will not end up fumbling this. We shall see though, I certainly would be quite disappointed if it fell through or is changed much for the worse.

Oh great to hear. And yes, EV really is taking a long time to come together, and won't be nearly as dense as Victoria Park, which I feel is a missed opportunity, but it will still be nice when it is fully built out (in like 15 years lol)

Looks to be here.

I definitely disagree, I think this would be an amazing boost to the area and city. Sure hope this goes ahead as is! Calgary is slowly becoming a real city.

Does Vancouver not have height restrictions as well? I am usually all for supertalls in dense areas, but Vancouvers skyline is mainly all highrises and midrises, it just doesn't have the same aesthetic as most global cities are constantly building taller. I think it is best if it stays that way...

Yeah I am really excited for Vesta too and was thinking wow Calgary is finally getting close to a 50 story residential tower. Now that benchmark is getting blown out of the water. This project is great. Going to be a game changer for the city in the long term.

Yeah they really are stepping up to the big leagues. Which is great honestly. Let's hope they continue and eventually do build a supertall in Calgary!