Recent content by John Wick

Agreed that the access points for Riley Park (esp the south and west sides) are a disgrace. The design/layout of the parking lot on the north side is abysmal although that can be explained away by the competing requirements for maintenance vehicles, limited space etc. The east side is alright...

I hope that Dobbin is over-asking with 12 stories and anticipating a "compromise" at 8~ stories. 12 stories seems like way too much on the southern border of Riley Park.

This one is really flying. Nice to see!

I'm pretty sure that the City already owns the grass & basketball court portion of Centennial Gardens. It's a City Parks property.

North Hill mall & Lions Park station are frustrating as there's so much potential. The City is planning to do some upgrades around the station and I believe currently seeking input. The impression I get though is that nothing beyond adding a hard fence along the south side of 14th Ave (at the...

Like has been just pointed out, the big issue is whether or not there is a cooling plant & Zamboni garage/space. It is definitely needed. Without it there will be no reliably usable rink given our winters. Curious about the size of the planned ice surface vs the previous ice surface. The...

Speaking of station names, the city had been aiming to include post secondary institutions into the names (Bow Valley College) but the feedback for including St Mary's University was overwhelmingly negative (too small, private, religious school, not actually serviced by the station, etc). Has...

Curious if anyone managed to get out to the Passenger Rail Engagement Open House yesterday? I don't really expect the AB gov to have anything new to say at this point but curious nevertheless.

Would love to see a permanent stage/amphitheatre downtown, but the best spot for it is Ft Calgary/The Confluence.

Yeah, all the natural ice rinks on dirt downtown (Thomson Family Park, Barb Scott Park) have slopes. But the Lot 6 rink is pretty severe in its lack of flatness. Every year is a learning process about what works and what doesn't, so hopefully next year these issues are addressed. All that...

Damn! Bluestone on 12th looks like ass. Like others have said, it's great to see a Beltline parking lot disappear but I really hope they take another pass at the aesthetics on this one.

Damn! Bluestone on 12th looks like ass. Like others have said, it's great to see a Beltline parking lot disappear but I really hope they take another pass at the aesthetics on this one.

Will the old Greyhound building be used by Calgary Transit as a replacement site for the Victoria Park bus barns? Or just CT offices? On Google maps it looks a bit smaller than the current bus barns site but there is the city owned GM dealership next door opening up so ...?

I don't think I've ever heard of Sumus Property Group or Bankside Properties before. Do these guys have a track record to deliver on a project like this?

Good points about (the lack of) family destinations/Splash Parks downtown. With the closure of Olympic Plaza for the next few years, a lot of the d/t events programming will be shuffled around. With Prince's Island being the destination for a lot (most?) of it. The success/failure of that...