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Yet another project happening on 4th street. Can't complain about 27% of the units being affordable housing as per CMHC guidelines.

This is a little all over the place, but there's a new podcast by David Zipper (MIT senior fellow, mobility reporter at CityLab, Vox...

Calgary's bylaw regarding having random rectangles on buildings ;)

I’m willing to withhold judgement until we see the finished product, but it seems like they’re making….interesting choices so far.

Curious if the brick is entirely supported on the arched brick angle there, will be watching that part closely.

Personally I prefer the new blue and white. I'm not a fan of that tone of beige/brown, it's the same color the city is for 6 months of...

If they keep the arches along the bottom of that Barclay proposal, it'll look interesting at the street level. It's a shame the windows...

The paint job on the east facade ended up even weirder than I anticipated.

Yeah I agree, it looks worse, but not a total disaster. So wish we had got McIntyre Plaza built on that block back in the ‘80s:

They absolutely murdered it the whole rhythm and vibe of the facade is ruined with the introduction of the darker horizontal bands and...

I prefer they would've kept the mid-century vibe here too...but it's going from fairly mediocre to fairly mediocre, so meh. I still...

The DP for this was approved at CPC last week. Nothing groundbreaking but there's retail on the ground floor material choices are ok -...

So, the first DP is in, this one for "Lot 3". Architect is "Pact" and developer is "Alpha Built" out of Edmonton, who have done/are...

Barclay Centre conversion...

Downtown in 2035, post the many active conversions, a new train line, a new central plaza and expanded arts and performing arts should...