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Was that the Walmart?

Is 50th going across the river? It looks like it would be about the same place as the Green Line bridge...

New bus barns location: https://calgaryherald.com/news/citys-new-bus-barns-spell-the-end-for-popular-motocross-track Personally I don't give a crap about motocross, but it's disappointing to lose a unique amenity.

99 year lease. But also lower property taxes. Will the city do garbage collection, and regular access to Enmax/etc? What about police/fire?

I kinda hate most things about Canadian Tire...but it's also kinda my favourite store to visit (and I basically hate doing shopping in person). I feel like there could be some kind of fit under their umbrella with Sport Chek, Marks, etc. Would be nice for some of the Canadian identity things...

No curb ramp at the little known corner of 7th Ave and 1st St SW. And a train had to wait for at least 30 seconds at these lights for no apparent reason at 11am on a Saturday. I'm a little surprised, but not shocked that these lowest of hanging fruit have not been fixed yet.

I don't know if its enough of a bottleneck in the building process, but it could probably save a decent chunk of time and money if enough prefab elements can become more ubiquitous...and perhaps they could integrate even more items like electrical/plumbing into each prefab piece? Or ability to...

It's amazing how much prime land there is near MRU. Currie is filling in very nicely. The area is pretty well served with just about everything you need nearby in either Marda Loop, Glamorgan, or Lakeview (and some nifty niche stuff within Currie or the Lincoln Park strip mall). The one thing...

Cowboys Park Update: https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/03/04/cowboys-park-plans-unveiled-by-the-city-of-calgary/ The polka dots and bushes should really tie the room together.

Could it make sense to also include proximity to city centre as another input in the frontage tax? I can see pros/cons to it, but I think its another factor to smooth things out. Frontage/lot size alone don't necessarily scale to the roads/utilities in curvilinear neighbourhoods.

It would take a lot more time and careful planning, but the Cowboys Park paving could have facilitated ice rink(s) among other things. The park already has basketball, beach volleyball, skate park, and bouldering...it should just be a multi-sport area that can accommodate some special events...

Recreation stuff definitely seems like it should be the highest yield for engagement I can see some merits to this site in the sense that its pretty well contained by hostile barriers, but there will be plenty of social disorder that spills out. It would be interesting to know the hard costs...

I'm curious about the timelines here...seems like both could be under construction for a couple years. It's concerning that the design will be based around a 30000 sq ft footprint for the tent. Seems like suspiciously little info on this for what is presumably a major change before this July...

The article implies the city, though I'm sure they'd argue it comes out of the sponsorship. But looking back to that announcement there was no dollar figure announced. Only thing I could find related to dollars was this...

Yup, System Map from 2023 is the latest thing you can get from the Calgary Transit site 🙄 It's really more about Route #1, which I believe still runs along with Max purple in the east

I suspect the idea is probably about upgrading the 305 to MAX status at some point It will be interesting to see what bus prioritization looks like for this route. Kensington Rd has already been put on a bit of a road diet, but they've smartly used temporary bollards/planters, which can be...

Is the likely plan to run down the middle of 17th, or stay on the south side? Given the topography and storm basins I think you'd probably go elevated to make the corner at 17th&85th In the loooooong term, I think a big question would be the Burnco gravel pits. There's about 250 hectares to...