Recent content by kora

I see a few other buildings in those photos that should join the trash heap

Great ruin photos. I can't believe the building had such a short life span

For this location, it's awful architecture. It should be much more modern. The units are typical coffin-style unliveable layouts.

It's not only profit-seeking property owners who want an underground line. Even if it ends up being more expensive overall, as forumers have explained, there are other benefits. There is no inner city elevated line that improves a downtown streetscape that I have experienced. The parts of New...

If a provincial project impacts a City, there is an ethical obligation to consider City concerns. If the City pays for part of it, there is even more duty to consider City concerns like property taxes.

Provincial claims that an elevated line saves money are simplistic and probably incorrect when taking into account projected loss of property values. Why isn't there a more holistic analysis of value?

I love that there's no traffic on that river so that we can build these low, easily crossed, bridges. It should have been part of the St. Patrick's Island design, but glad to see it's finally being considered.

Those are some cool post-apocalyptic photos, especially the one with parkade ruin entrance

Looks highly unliveable. What's with the lack of windows on that side?

That Youth rate is cheaper than here in Victoria. Day passes are way more expensive in Calgary. $6 in Victoria across the board.

I don't necessarily always agree with this. Consider a family of 4 taking a trip with 2 teenagers. In Victoria that costs $3 x 4 = $12 even for a short 20 minute bus ride downtown. Car travel is almost always cheaper, severely discouraging transit use in this circumstance.

Great idea. I would make transit free for people under 12 years old. That's the policy out here in Victoria under BC Transit. I personally would extend it to anyone under 16 or even 18. Why should children pay for transit when they don't make money?

The metal stuff makes an otherwise ugly building interesting, for this prominent location. Classic Calgary experimentation. I would not like to be a resident with the shading and view implications of those metal bars coming through the windows.

The quality of newspaper journalism across Canada and probably the western world, has tanked. I don't think there's a single good newspaper left in Canada. Even the Globe is a rump of its former self.

Alberta with the highest unemployment rate of any province at 8.4%, outside of NL. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250905/mc-a001-eng.htm