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It's not stick frame, it's Mass Timber - they're completely different in almost every single way. Stick frame (i.e. 2x6's @ 18" o/c) can't handle the vertical load of a 12 storey building, and the plywood/nails is not capable of withstanding the lateral load. The use of Glulam, CLT, etc. is...

Especially from the lack of protected bike lanes.

The podium rooftop is a wasted opportunity.

Ottawa has both the Aberdeen Pavilion for fairs, and hosts the CityFolk Music Festival at Lansdowne Park. Both of which are admittedly smaller than the Stampede, but excellent in their own right, and not a parking lot. A criticism of Lansdowne is that it still allows traffic, and the public...

This may be me being uninformed, but why not the blocks surrounding the central park and central block? There's like 7 or 8 parcels south of University Ave that would go a long way to connecting UD to campus, and filling out around the park. Even directly north of the Children's Hospital has...

It's a weird location, surrounded by the LRT line and Stroad/Highway of MacLeod Trail South. It's going to be car oriented no matter what you do. But there's Beth Tzedec Park, a grocery store, movie theatre, bookstore, and bar (Hudson's) all in walking distance - mind you, across some very large...

It's great, expand the sidewalk width, add trees and I'll take 200 more.

The OG stands at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa were around before they meaningfully updated the are for the Redblacks. They kept and slightly updated the old stands, and added a really nice south side - along with the rest of the redevelopment and park land along the canal. I can totally see Calgary...

It might lead to more people leaving faster, but more people would be going to Banff if there was regular, affordable, high-speed rail service. A smaller piece of a bigger pie kind of problem. This doesn't mention that the station would be downtown, where previously those people had no reason...

It's definitely a part of the problem, but it's more of a symptom. Here's my experience as someone in the industry, who is also passionate about thriving communities. It's fun to see new things get built, but the design decisions we critique are often near the end of a long development...

It's way easier to treat it as a rainscreen and provide gaps for drying.

I agree that the street width is very narrow, and that more space should be allocated to pedestrians. but you're suggesting they take it from the bike lanes, instead of the lane of parked cars?

I literally walk on Bloor everyday, this isn't true at all. They make cycling along Bloor significantly safer, and provide a buffer between personal vehicles and pedestrians. They also keep the cyclists who don't want to risk their lives in traffic off the sidewalk. The only people it's...

It's mind boggling to me that there aren't separated bike lanes, here of all places. The bike commute from here to main campus is perfect for students.

Once upon a time (2019ish) there was a 54-storey residential proposal for that site: https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/calgary-plaza-54-186-53m-54s-killam-reit-gibbs-gage.29912/page-6

I don't think those picnic tables had a single person sit on them.

This is basically just splitting up the gigantic, block-long buildings into smaller chunks. There are other benefits like shared structural, mech, plumbing, elec, and fire suppression systems, as well as not having the insulate the walls between the "chunks." But this is just the realization...

I generally agree that centuries and wealth tend to refine cities a lot more, especially when they were built before the automobile lobbyist groups. But even Amsterdam 30 years ago was a car sewer. It's that position of helplessness that disregards so much of the agency we've had in modern...

Leafy areas of single family homes have just as much of a place in good urban planning as 30 story high-rises. It's the variety that matters. Unfortunately in Calgary single family housing takes up more than 90% of dwelling units. If it was 50%, the city could easily be a third of the overall...

CSEC can't even build a hockey arena for half price without surrounding it dedicated turning lanes and above ground parking. I'd hesitate before allowing them to build anything in the West Village, or give them a nickel more than what was already committed.