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Article on the recent NDP debate here in Calgary. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-ndp-leadership-calgary-debate-analysis-1.7201891 A couple of interesting points from the article. The sense Nenshi is the front-runner gets amplified when nobody is dredging up controversial...

Yup, saw Titanic there.

Yeah, I think around 10 years ago. They could re-name the block pre-cast village.

There was also another less known one in the Beltline on the SE corner of 1st and 10th ave. It was actually the first one in Calgary.

Crane count at 21, though the count may be out of date. Residential Bridgeland Continuing Care 1 First and Park 1 Elbow 5 Eight 1 Frontier 1 Barron Building 1 4th Street Lofts 1 Block 15 1 The Mondrian 1 The Quarters 1 The Plaza 2 The Enzo 1 Icon Trinity hills 1 West 33rd 1 The Nines 1 Wing Kei...

Agreed, it must be connected to ticketing somehow, but the only way I can think of to connect one rider to more than one boarding is via the app. If a person paid cash or bought from a ticket machine I don't know how it connect to a rider. Maybe the vast majority are now paying by app? I know...

I don't remember if this has been posted here before or not. An interesting look at Calgary's tree canopy...or in many places, lack thereof. https://calgarytreeequity.ca/

Enjoy it while we can!

I really like the concept of this, it'll depend on the materials and how they come off. A an exterior mostly of crisp white with darker portions inset could look really sharp.

This is great to see especially considering so many downtown workers are hybrid, or work from home completely these days. It would interesting to see where the travel patterns to/from are. If less people are working downtown, is the system trending away from being mainly a downtown commuter rail...

Could be the case for sure. When Notley was premier she had put forth the idea of using the carbon tax to pay for the Green Line, and the idea could come back again with the NDPs in office.

I only have 3 requirements. Beers, Wings and a bike path nearby, and I'm good.

Sounds like it's only temporary, but unfortunately these 'temporary' solutions often become permanent unless there's a catalyst for some other use. Hopefully someone like Truman or Sarina can buy it and do something with it, otherwise, it won't be temporary.

The first thing I thought when I saw the rendering was how busy it is, but overall pretty decent. I like the corner with glass wall overlooking the street, it's always nice having some presence people at windows close to the street. The rendering makes the area look like a cozy leafy street...