Recent content by kora

Absolutely love how the neglected east side of 17th Avenue, east of 4 Street, is finally reaching its potential after several long decades.

I lived in Ottawa for a while and I took their LRT precursor, the diesel powered light rail Line 2. It was successful and I never heard of any problems. I don't know how electrification went so horribly wrong in Ottawa when it works so well in cold-weather Edmonton and Calgary.

Looking decent from 17th!

Is that the render for what the trees will look like in 20 years?

Huge sidewalk and double row of trees! Well done.

Wow. Banff stepping up. My vote is #3

Interesting that they are copying the window style. It kind of works. These windows that barely open for any fresh air is not my thing though.

Yeah, tearing down that rare heritage building was a mistake. We make a lot of efforts saving a couple good buildings and pat ourselves on the back while happily tearing down the rest.

Is that a CRU on the corner?

Love the big plaza on the corner

I remember frequently taking the Spadina streetcar when I lived in Toronto. It was often was faster walking rather than waiting for and riding the streetcar. There were a lot of reliability problems with the timing and scheduling of cars and with the streetcar system in general. From that...

One of the basics of LRT is that it has to be faster than the bus. LRT is obviously more comfortable than buses, but speed has to be there too. We want to avoid the catastrophe of the Finch West LRT, where travel times are much longer than the express bus that it replaced.

Love it. Looks a little like Disco Stu Two

This is such an exciting project. I think the mass of balconies in a giant row is a mistake though.

Crops for cars?