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Another negative of the boom and bust cycle I suppose.

It's not but for the past little while I've been thinking that 40s and 50s 3 story walkups are something where suddenly they could all be gone. Many are not particularly interesting but it would be good to catalog what's left to see if there are any gems worth taking a second look at.

One topic that never seems to come up in Calgary is the tradeoff for getting more people into the centre city is that as new builds replace old ones, lower income people are displaced and must find housing further out. Gentrification isn't really discussed in Calgary.

That is super cool, would be great to somehow track them to see where they end up next.

I personally think fare gates are a waste of time. Day 1 of new fare gates being opened people will be jumping them, $400 million down the drain. The issues on transit need to be a combination of enforcement and non-enforcement solutions to addiction.

Deadline has not passed. There has been a lot of confusion about deadlines but from what I can tell May 30 was the deadline for circulated stakeholders, so probably Downtown Assoc, Heritage Calgary, etc. For public comments DMAP currently says June 10 for the Land Use and no deadline for the...

Probably includes redesigning the stations so that fare gates could work.

From the public download:

I checked out some old photos to get a handle on the additions. First, from what I can see these portions will be replaced with new structures Starting with what I'll call the south addition, there was one there originally but of a different style Here's a photo from 1905 But then...

I think 26th was part of a former streetcar route, would be a great small retail corridor.

This is awesome, that office park was so dead and now it's full of people. I can also see some cross-pollination between that patio and the porch/yard of Civic Tavern , formerly Hop in Brew

I've always really disliked the sloping driveway sidewalk sections here, those Ottawa ones look ideal. Even in Toronto they are 1/2 to 2/3 level before sloping. How can we get this changed?

Is there a spot for development wish lists? Just a random comment but I would love to see a good mixed use project for the 7900 block of Bowness. There's an approx 47,000 sq m area that never seems to really have the activity it deserves Then add some density to the east of it along Bowness...

Looking at the streetview (and I was by it in person a few months ago) the issue is it visually appears to be half auto shop and half wrecking yard.

I live near there and would love something fronting the street, retail or residential (or ideally both)

So went down to the block. There is no signage for either of the permit applications anywhere that I could see on the block, including the land use change where comments must be in in 3 weeks. This is unusual is it not?

Maybe parking lots are our real heritage.

I guess there's this, gives you an idea of the "public space" (actually public?) between the alley and 7th Ave, you can see that it does look similar to the municipal building atrium.

I'm hoping the renders will be public soon. They were in the pdf circulated to stakeholders but not put into the pdf for the public...

Sorry I've heard that beggars can't be choosers and we can only accept shit proposals 🤷‍♂️ In all seriousness though, every time there's a weak proposal there always seem to be similar but far better ones elsewhere in Canada staring us right in the face.