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Word on the street is that this is being demolished.

Not necessarily - as long as it's designed well. Look at Landsdowne for example.

I don't think having bikes on 8th really makes sense. There's too much pedestrian traffic and it makes thing worse for both peds and bikers.

A CalgaryNext style project on the Vic Park bus barns / Remington site makes some sense. Could even coordinate construction with the green line and have an integrated station.

Converting 5th to a one-way southbound would be the best way to do it - then you could easily extend the existing bike lane and still maintain parking.

Sounds like Chinook needs to bring back the Woodward's Food Floor!

Well they did do one of the most successful office developments in the city. I know that was a while ago now, though.

It's unfortunate that the master plan is unduly influenced by the 8 existing single family homes along 26 Street SW. That should be the highest density corner of the site - ideally Brookfield would acquire those parcels.

I dunno I think it's actually probably the least suitable inner city SFH area for more intensive development (along with Scarboro). Irregular street grid, undulating topography, nonuniform lot shapes - all of these present functional challenges to intensification. If they ever redevelop the area...

Yeah you’re right, same as what’s on 13th. It’s a resilient plant that grows like a weed so fingers crossed!

Blue oat grass I beleive. We will see what they look like after a few years of zero maintenance by the city!

I'd say it's more correlated with density. Housing in 60-70s suburbs like Canyon Meadows, Willow Park, Glendale Thorncliffe etc. is very desirable and consequently much more expensive than in new build communities, yet these areas are still relatively unproductive in terms of property tax...

It probably won't survive either - it usually doesn't make sense to mandate boulevard soft landscaping in front of high pedestrian traffic buildings like this. If not trampled the grass will be killed by dog pee. Montana and Emerald Stone down the street have replaced theirs with astroturf...

Read up on substance induced psychosis - it's not a coincidence that we've seen an increase in random violence and social disorder alongside the rise in meth over the last decade.

Keep in mind that the mental illness is usually caused by the addiction. Solve the addiction issue and you solve the mental illness.

Is this why buses are constantly driving below the speed limit? In the suburban neighbourhood I grew up in the bus would putz along at 35 in a 50 zone. It's brutal. I know it probably makes in a minimal difference in the actual timing but it's a study in behavioural economics - it just feels...

Agreed about the Rose & Crown - also, every time I've ordered a draft beer there in the past year or so it's been flat! I feel bad for the old British guys would would go there every day - they even had their own special section of the bar.

Agreed with all of that - however you stated that the "entire world is on a decarbonization path" which is clearly not the case according to IEA data and projections. Combating energy ignorance and misinformation is one of the most important things we need to do as a society.

The IEA would beg to differ on this one. Although you are right that market sentiment indicates that a a majority of investors have believed in the decarbonization fantasy over the past 5-7 years or so, that is starting to change as people wake up to reality.

I was a little skeptical of whether the market would be able to absorb all of the new multi-res rental coming on-line at once (WVT, Eleven, BLVD, Upten, Oliver etc.), but these projects are hitting the jackpot with lease-ups exceeding the highest of expectations. I do think we will see a lull...