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  1. ByeByeBaby

    City Parks, Rivers, and Wildlife

    Here's before the tree removal: And recently: A couple more shots of the retaining wall:
  2. ByeByeBaby

    General Construction Updates

    Chill out, tiger. There are five (5) whole blocks of street in Calgary that do not have cars on them for less than half of the day, and even they were designed with substantial consideration for cars. We have never once designed a street by figuring out how wide the cycling/wheeling facilities...
  3. ByeByeBaby

    Calgary Event Centre | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    Everytime I hear about the inverted bowl design, this springs to mind... Now that's an efficent use of space to pack in fans!
  4. ByeByeBaby

    City Parks, Rivers, and Wildlife

    This is prep work for the Mission Bridge rehab, which also includes repairing the retaining wall, which is in pretty rough shape. It's unfortunate that it doesn't seem to include ped/bike improvements like were done on the east side of the Mission Bridge about 15 years ago.
  5. ByeByeBaby

    Calgary Event Centre | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    Good point! I've annotated the 1972 photo with what the neighbourhood was developed into 50 years later. As you point out, highrise redevelopment and event centres were the only two things that were or could ever possibly be done here, so what's the difference?
  6. ByeByeBaby

    Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    I didn't realize this, but there is already north BRT construction work underway. Link to project page. There are new stations being built at Country Hills Blvd, 96th Ave, Beddington mall area, 78th, 64th, 56th, 40th and 28th Aves. The only one with a pull-out layby is 78th, which is a...
  7. ByeByeBaby

    Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths

    I support the move, I hope it'll help discourage people from blocking bike lanes with snow. I wonder how this will play out .... * flashback music begins playing * * dreamy flashback music fades out * Thousands of warnings, but only a handful of tickets? 34 reported fall injuries...
  8. ByeByeBaby

    Infill Development Discussion

    A question for the various folks on here who have good perspectives on infilll development: There are a handful of areas, like Rosedale, Hounsfield Heights and Roxboro (as well as the central part of Hillhurst not on 10th/14th/Kensington) that are today basically exclusively SFD. They have...
  9. ByeByeBaby

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    Particularly rich since 2 of these folks (McLean and Chabot) voted against the public's wishes from the most recent plebiscite (on fluoride).
  10. ByeByeBaby

    Calgary Event Centre | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    The thing with operating a out-and-back service where the operator switches ends is that you then absolutely need at least the turnaround area to be dedicated to transit (since it has two-way transit service in a single lane, including a couple of minutes with the streetcar stopped while the...
  11. ByeByeBaby

    Calgary Flames Official Thread

    Not a spectacular return for Hanifin either (Flames homer Duhatschek on the Athletic: "objectively underwhelming"). Interesting that with Lindholm and Hanifin we've now gone full circle on their trade; we had Dougie Hamilton and Adam Fox, we now have two mid-to-late first-round picks in an...
  12. ByeByeBaby

    Arris - 5th and Third | 142.03m | 41s | Embassy Bosa | Amanat Architect

    I disagree with your premise, but I've replied in a different thread: https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/calgary-retail-thread.30418/page-8#post-2058044
  13. ByeByeBaby

    Calgary Retail Thread

    From the University District thread: Maybe a little of it is COVID, I think a little more is the increase in online and delivery. But I think the underlying premise is wrong. Here's retail (as well as wholesale) and hospitality (dining and hotels) employment as a percentage of total...
  14. ByeByeBaby

    Calgary Flames Official Thread

    The best things about the deal are that Conroy has figured out that it's possible to retain salary, which the ownership hasn't let happen previously, and that it signals a move into more of an actual rebuild, rather than the traditional MO of being just good enough to get two to three home...
  15. ByeByeBaby

    Weather and Gardening Discussion

    "What's the temperature right now in Calgary?" "Plus 11. Also minus 5." This is a hell of a cold front coming in. My condolences to everyone out there with migraines; I'm feeling a little myself. Here it is from 1 to 2 PM today:
  16. ByeByeBaby

    CNIB | 86m | 27s | CNIB | S2

    Not a bad start on the NIMBY bingo card from the CA spokesperson: Good points raised -- the city loves to frequently approve unsafe buildings if only the CA wasn't on the case. Building code building shmode, the city says. And, yes the impact on Tom Campbell's Hill; building a tall building...
  17. ByeByeBaby

    32 Street SW | 18m | 5s | Nay Developments | CTZN

    Despite the developer's name, I'd vote yea for this one.
  18. ByeByeBaby

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    If you can't possibly imagine how not having a home with a bed and a toilet could prevent a person from defecating and sleeping in public, then I'm not sure I'd be throwing around the "engage with reality" type talk.
  19. ByeByeBaby

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    Great point! If I read the fine print correctly, the Shawnessy site has half of the units including a carport; it seems like for a bit more money, they could have had the same 52 3BR units, plus 27 1 bedroom ~600 sq ft units (and a total of 33 stalls). The Whitehorn site has only on-street...
  20. ByeByeBaby

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    HomeSpace to develop two Calgary emergency housing sites Two emergency housing sites; one near Whitehorn LRT and one near Fish Creek LRT have had HomeSpace selected as the group; they plan to put 52 three-bedroom townhouses on each site as transitional housing for families in need.

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