UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
That’s exactly how I feel about the grey pavers too. Why the hell wouldn’t they have gone with red and yellow(sandstone)??? And the light standard type they used on 17th avenue would have been perfect. These are trash.
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YYCguy
Active Member
Seems like they went the cheap and available route on the Stephen Avenue redo rather than the elegant and historical route, which would have been much more preferable. What a shame!
The Familia
Senior Member
Calgary simply sucks when it comes to public realm improvements. I honestly can’t even think of a single public realm renewal that tbis city has executed that I am in awe of. River walk is probably their best. I completely expect Olympic Plaza to follow suit in the realm of mediocrity.
outoftheice
Senior Member
Didn't the City of Calgary use some famous Scandinavian firm for the Stephen Ave redesign? I've been very underwhelmed by the redesign and agree with the points made by others about how it lacks character but I wonder if the City got pitched a minimalist design and because it was by a famous firm there was no pushback on what was being proposed and so they essentially got led down the garden path.
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
Not enough budget for the design they cooked up?
Did the revitalization even need to happen right away?
BrandedBlue
New Member
On the street light standards, I’ve heard the City’s internal lighting group fights tooth and nail against any new type of light pole - even in downtown. They don’t want to have to have more types of poles in stock in case of repairs. Same with any custom colours / shades of paint on the poles.
I wish they had started with the west end of Stephen Ave first (11 Street to 8th or 7th street) as it would have cleaned up the area that needs the most love and also tied in with the 8th Street SW project
I wish they had started with the west end of Stephen Ave first (11 Street to 8th or 7th street) as it would have cleaned up the area that needs the most love and also tied in with the 8th Street SW project
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CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
I think so, for the sake of the underground utilities being lifecycled.
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The Familia
Senior Member
The easy fix woukd have been to use the same ones that were used on 17th Ave. Those would have fit in perfectly on Stephen Ave and allowed the city to have similar light standards in different areas.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I can see those lights being approved by the city because they reduce light pollution. They don't make decisions based on aesthetics or logic, they do it to solve a problem that won't really be changed by this decision lol.
FriendlyDrunks
Active Member
Could be nothing but looked like this lot was fenced off and there were some people and equipment on site. Only caught a quick look driving by.
trtcttc
Senior Member
There's a land use change proposed. Maybe a concurrent DP was submitted too, just not on dmap. The McDonald's just did a renovation, not sure what changed but it was a pretty new location so maybe it was changing the footprint in anticipation of something being developed.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Land use redesignation - LOC2025-0245
Description
This application proposes to change the designation of two properties to allow for:
- mixed-use buildings (e.g. apartment buildings with the potential for commercial storefronts);
- a maximum building height of 100 metres on Site 1 and 26 metres on Site 2 (an increase from the current maximum of xx metres);
- a maximum building floor area of 21,100 square metres on Site 1 and 28,300 square metres on Site 2, based on a building floor to parcel area ratio (FAR) of 9.1 and 3.0;
- the uses listed in the proposed Mixed Use - General (MU-1) designation.
Great spot for some bigger density like this.
Albertasaurus
Senior Member
If no DP in yet perhaps they were doing some soil testing or something?