Recent content by goodcitywhenfinished

I think the University District, Northland Village or Brentwood would probably be much more viable for a new T&T location.

Here are the same Urbos 100 vehicles recently manufactured for Sydney.

I'm thinking more along the lines of bike lanes and possibly dedicated MAX lanes?

This design revision is terrible. I loved the facade on the October 2022 design.

Sad to see it go, many memories there. Unsure how to feel about this development especially considering it'll just become more surface parking and full phase build-out isnt a given here. Its not hard to see this project getting a reduction in scope and just becoming another power centre.

Did you happen to notice if the married students townhouses had started demolition? I was hoping to go get some photos of the complex before it went.

I'm curious to see how the street-level interaction with 6th ave is designed. I can't see it being anything but awkward and inhospitable without a redesign of the current "stroad" as it stands.

Seeing developments like this makes me wonder why on earth the city continues to sit on all of their park and ride properties. Seems like a no brainer for Calgary Transit to open a real estate division. Hong Kong's MTR does this and Translink in Vancouver has just opened a real estate...

Looks like demolition will be starting on the family housing townhouse complex (varsity courts) this upcoming month - Construction Spotlight October 28 I suppose work starts for grading, addition of new street grid, and extending 37st to University Ave once demo is done.

Looks slightly inspired by The Broad in LA by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Agreed. It will be a massive failure if this area continues to be exclusively academic and commercial land use. It will be just another massive dead zone on nights and weekends. Not to mention being right next to Brentwood LRT. I would argue that there should be an even greater focus on high...

Keep in mind that's 2030 just for phase 1 build-out. Add on another 6 years for the river crossing to 16th. At this rate It will be 2040 at the earliest before stage 2 is operational. Unbelievable. Edmonton has better prospects with their current system expansion which is way more aggressive...

At this point I think we should just go back to the drawing board and make the green line a light metro like REM or Skytrain. We should not be spending this much money on a glorified streetcar that will have to wait at red lights. Its not like its coming anytime soon.

I guarantee you 100% that had this been proposed in Springbank, local residents would be taking this to court. The prospect of higher legal fees and years of delays probably scared them off from Springbank.

To be fair, from a purely economic perspective this development is a no-brainer when council has been so focused on downtown revitalization. The cultural nuances of historic preservation and the inherent walkability of more intimate urban spaces like Stephen Avenue are lost when the discussion...