Recent content by pdubs015

Does anyone know what the development is going up across the street from Luke’s Drugs in Killarney? I was in that area the other day and noticed about a half block was cleared and it included the corner lot facing 26 ave. They have construction fencing around the vacant lot. That address was...

This is a great example for a topic that you can ask about to the mayoral or councillor candidates in this year’s municipal election. I don’t think townhouses are appropriate scale for that site, and that’s what was asked. Either high rise or mid rise towers likely fit the bill here. Westbrook...

The city is in no rush on this, they don’t need to settle for townhouses on that site. I think they should wait until they find high rise developers. If it takes a few years, then so be it. They have the ability to develop several train station areas for intensive TOD. I’d rather they wait...

This is fabulous news. It looks like they used this parcel as a storage yard for their other projects on 33 St SW for the past couple years. Once this project on 14 Ave/33 St is complete, it will really make this feel like more of a multi-family community. Also, it should make a more...

This development is a great use of underutilized land. No. One has been using that large parcel for about a decade now. It’s in an area that has been redeveloping rapidly for a couple decades, on the forefront of the trend compared to the rest of the inner city. The current form of the project...

I hope you’re right, the higher the better by a station. It’d be nice to see a catalyst for development along the NE line. I’d assume the demand for apartments would be quite high over there, and ridership is great on transit in this area of town. For some reason the West line seems like the...

This neighbourhood definitely hasn’t become quieter since the high school closed. Redevelopment has been perpetually hot for at least 15-20 years in Killarney/Richmond/Knob Hill. Endless infills and townhouses going up since the mid 2000s.

Why do consider this to be ‘losses of the businesses?’ There will be ground floor retail in this development. There could actually be more businesses here, but with way better utilization of the land. There are so many areas in the city where this sort of development would add to the area...

CTV News did a great piece covering the mechanics working on the old Edmonton LRT cars. To me, they look quite similar to the original Ctrain cars. This made me appreciate more about how skilled these mechanics are who maintain these ancient cars. Link Here

I see people mention that this is a boring area to live in and I completely disagree. There are a ton of new builds and conversions going up in the area. It’s realistic that a couple thousand new people will move to west downtown and Eau Claire in the next few years. It’ll be one of the most...

Great work on this. Aesthetically pleasing materials, human scale height that matches the area, no random neon rectangles, no fucked up window patterns like that high rise in hotel village. It turns out you don’t need a building full of $600k+ condos to do an effective job.

Absolutely, that’s the only reason this station will exist, is to transfer to the airport. If you look in a map, it’s so close to the Saddletowne station that there’s no other reason for it

Let’s build a cable car system in Calgary. I want one that goes from Westbrook Station to Foothills Hospital, and then carries on up to University LRT station.

In my opinion, the city should focus its efforts on going all in on a few key TODs that make sense over the next 10 years, then fully build them out. After this, move onto the next most obvious TODs after full completion of the first set. It will become obvious what the second set becomes as the...

This is perfect for the area. I think more appropriate high density TOD sites on the south line are Chinook and Anderson. It’s sad to see us lose the YMCA and not have another rec centre replace it in the nearby area.