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Went by the new Eau Claire Plaza at dusk tonight. The lighting under the misters creates a really cool vibe.

Green Line Update goes to Exec Committee on Monday. Here's the quick summaries from the presentation uploaded on the committee agenda. https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=6cb10b42-9a3d-46c7-95e3-ee730a818bb8&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English

Not sure if it's been noted yet or not but excavation has begun in earnest at that site in Kensington along 10th St where the old mid-rise building was condemned and torn down by the city. Not thrilled with the design but still happy to see this gap in the retail street wall get filled in.

Speaking of odd design, has anyone been through the intersection at 15 Ave and 11 St SW recently? I had a buddy venting about the poor design of this in regards to the cycle tracks but haven't seen it for myself.

Ya, what is with the future traffic light poles being positioned right in front of where the cycle track should cross Macleod Trail? That seems dumb. Am I missing something here?

Pretty sure there was a large DP sign in front of this Denny's on 17th Ave last time I drove by. Do we know what's being proposed here? Sounds like construction may be close if Denny's is closing? https://dailyhive.com/calgary/dennys-17th-avenue-closed-calgary

The strip mall on the corner of 1st St NE and Edmonton Trail is now in full demolition mode. I know there was a mid-rise proposed for the site a while ago. I would assume this indicates that construction is imminent, unless they are just clearing the site to flip it later?

I spent a week in Puerto Escondido just prior to Covid and absolutely loved it. Authentic Mexico compared to most of the other sun destinations. 7 beaches, all of which have very distinct character to them, no mega-resorts and yet still a decent number of Canadian snowbirds around and some fun...

Playground going in at the new Eau Claire Plaza looks like it'll be pretty epic for climbers.

Agreed 100%

Sort of. There are a bunch of 60% design renderings on the Green Line page. For some reason there's not an easy central page to click through all the station designs, you have to use the top right menu bar to expand a couple menus and click on each station individually. Main station page...

Ask and you shall receive... 😄

It's an interesting question... what happens with such an important downtown heritage asset if the current owner sees no value in it? We see this occur a lot with smaller buildings that just get knocked down but this is definitely a different scale...

Timely to the conversation and actually fits with the Urban Development Proposal thread.... the folks in Royal Oak are getting some new neighbours! https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-mandatory-drug-treatment-centre-to-be-built-adjacent-to-royal-oak

Although I'm not in the industry, I feel like I've seen the Gravity Architecture name pop up a reasonable amount on the forum so figured would share here for people who are in that world...