Recent content by outoftheice

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...

Quite a few RFPs now posted for the Green Line. Sounds like by October 2026, things will start to take shape in terms of suburban bridges and road realignments but it won't be until 2027 before we start to see some of the true signature elements, like track and the Bow River/Deerfoot bridge...

https://calgaryherald.com/news/city-of-calgary-purchases-another-120-electric-transit-buses

It really has changed the whole vibe in the area. The level crossing at 17th Ave has been a game changer too.

The solutions are out there... in fact they have been successfully implemented in another oil and gas city from a conservative corner of the world. We could easily do this in Calgary if A: we had a provincial government that actually gave a shit about solving the problem, instead of paying lip...

Has anyone actually gone in and checked out the SAM Centre? It seems like one of those odd projects that doesn't really draw anyone aside from some school groups and a handful of tourists during Stampede time. I can't imagine the café in there lasting too long unless the Event Centre...

I haven't seen people running red lights but I have seen about half a dozen people treating a red light as a stop sign in off-peak hours over the last few months which has been a bizarre thing I've never seen before.

I think the two pieces still to come at Eau Claire Plaza will really help elevate the experience. #1 - A tenant moving into the Eau Claire Lumber Company building. People having somewhere to grab coffees and sandwiches and a nice patio to enjoy them on will help with the vibe. #2 - The opening...

Interesting stats from this article on the bike lane debate. Really goes to show this is about trying to tap in to rage about how people feel bike lanes impact them versus the facts on how they actually do impact them. Personally, it pisses me off when governments make policy due to the feels...

Any renderings of the Sunnyside project mentioned in the article?

"In 2011, Calgary city hall rolled out a cycling strategy “to become one of the premier cycling cities in North America.” That strategy set a goal of building 30 kilometres of protected cycle tracks, “physically separated from traffic and pedestrians,” by 2020. Five years after that target...

Weren't these projects supposed to have some sort of affordable housing component to be eligible for the subsidies or am I mis-remembering it? Can't see these rental prices as meeting that threshold

What is the difference between a PSL and season tickets? Does the PSL just offer you access to every single event in the building throughout the year? Is it an annual thing or a forever thing?

100% with this government they will wait until after the municipal election to resurface Deerfoot since most Calgarians are unaware that Deerfoot is a provincial responsibility and will instead blame Gondek and Council for problems created by the province. If Calgary elects a conservative mayor...

Is the Co-op going to be a similar size to the one there now? Shopped at the existing one this afternoon and the new space looks smaller than the current building but I also know these things are pretty difficult to perceive just by eyeballing things from the outside.