Recent content by lemongrab

I assume 196th Ave is now Seton Dr? A little funny that they presume an underpass there...2017...simpler times! This next image indicates 196th might be further south, aka Seton Ave? From the link you posted it looks like there would be ROW (as of 2022) to turn around the catholic HS and run...

IMO Currie nailed with a labyrinth of narrow streets while building excellent walking connections throughout. Connections beyond its borders leave a lot to be desired, but that has to do with the weird mix of stuff around. I'm not sure if the east side of higher density will ever feel...

What was the reasoning on that? I used to live nearby and have used both iterations of the interchange a ton, but the reconstruction happened while I was living in Mordor (Edmonton).

That final curve now looks very obvious. But this also makes it look even more boxed in...

Gotta cross Stoney, navigate Cranston and its tricky topography and then cross the Bow River, and then I think another pretty big hill to climb. And it would be like 6 kms. An aerial tram/gondola would be a cool way to connect, but that distance is too far IMO. The better spot to connect them...

From inside edges of sidewalks (MUPs) its generally about 29 meters wide. On either side of the Main St circle it briefly shrinks to just 24 meters. Compared to Centre St north that has long stretches where it's just 19 meters wide. But it is weird that they didn't seem to plan with it in mind

IMO Currie Barracks deserves some praise, too. A lot less mixed use than WD and UD (which makes sense given proximity to Marda Loop), but what it does have is a lot funkier given the military building re-use. A few gyms, Wild Rose brewery, another distillery brewpub, a small inn/restaurant, and...

Ya it doesn't seem to have been designed with this in mind, but the ROW looks plenty wide enough that you could get it down to 212th and then turn due east.

I never noticed the conflicts with some spur lines here - it looks like at least one of them is still in service (near the top centre of this photo you can see 4 train cars on the east side of the building that's just south of the bunch of school buses parked - it's called Hood Plastics on...

The current 5 crossings wouldn't be too hard to deal with...it's all the future crossings as you move further south that would probably require going fully elevated the whole way. I think it still might have been worth it though

Well it says no stopping, so they didn't!

I think one could argue that the program design does serve to help improve Calgary's weaknesses. While we have no problem building lots, we have been too reliant on sprawl to do it. Although we've started to turn the tide on that a bit by ourselves, the HAF has certainly boosted those efforts...

So what's a reasonable compromise that lets the repealers save face? Revise RCG to 4 dwellings max and include parking minimums (I abhor parking minimums, but it's not hard to include 4 spots on a lot so whatever, let's mandate Xmas tree storage stalls for now)? Doesn't seem like that would be...

Half-baked idea: 1. City buys back McMahon lands from UofC. 2. Tunnel Crowchild from south of 16th to north of 24th 3. ??? 4. Profit Would the lift in value from not abutting a freeway exceed the delta between a tunnel and the costs for the current plans for 16th/24th? My first thought was no...

Even then, they're both illegally parked within 1.5 meters of a driveway. You might fit a smart car with enough room between the red spray paint in the foreground. Painting the bike lanes would help. There's 6 friggin driveways on that block.