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I’m down with odd 👍 Some of the new 5/1s aren’t to people’s tastes, but I don’t mind diversity.
I’m thinking of new buildings like
Monty 44,
Flyover,
Courtyard 33,
AHC 6th
Riverpark,
Cascade,
Solo on 4th
EV606
Some are cool some not so cool but either way it’s nice to have some architectural diversity with our low rises.
 
Beltline_B said:
I’m down with odd 👍 Some of the new 5/1s aren’t to people’s tastes, but I don’t mind diversity.
I’m thinking of new buildings like Monty 44, Flyover, Courtyard 33, AHC, Riverpark, Cascade, Solo on 4th etc.
Some are cool some not so cool but either way it’s nice to have some architectural diversity with our low rises.
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These 6 storey apartment blocks exactly what the doctor ordered to offer housing choice at a materially significant scale in areas with historically so few options. The scale of these 30 - 100 unit buildings works well as they are large enough to make a real increase in the overall housing offerings in an otherwise low-density areas, but not so large they require massive financing, infrastructure and demand the way a 20 or 30 storey tower may need.

This new era of moderate density in many more places also reveals just how low-scale and anti-apartment Calgary has been for much of it's history. The occasional 6-storey multifamily will just become part of the scene in every neighbourhood, like it already has in brand new communities on the edge of the city. This is the inner city catching up.

Excited for streets like Marda Loop, 37th Street SW, 24th Avenue NW and a bunch of others to start reflecting what they really are - inner city main streets of a major city.
 
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I'll go so far as to say, all these 5/1s are preferred to high rise on the the locations @CBBarnett mentions. There's room for a high rise or two in these areas but I much prefer if we developed those areas closer to European cities versus Manhattan. Concentrating high rise development in the beltline and downtown would make our skyline even better.
 
My ideal urban makeup would be low-rises here and there throughout the city on corridors and artery roads, along with the higher density 4 plex/8 plex we are seeing going up here and there. High-rises throughout the core (DT/EV/Eau Claire/Beltline) as well as near some LRT stations or other transit nodes.

I'm quite anxious to see the next census data and see the populations of the inner city neighborhoods and the affect of these higher density builds after the blanket zoning.
 
CalgaryTiger said:
I'll go so far as to say, all these 5/1s are preferred to high rise on the the locations @CBBarnett mentions. There's room for a high rise or two in these areas but I much prefer if we developed those areas closer to European cities versus Manhattan. Concentrating high rise development in the beltline and downtown would make our skyline even better.
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5/1s scattered all over along secondary and primary corridors plus continued incremental gains everywhere else via R-CG / H-GO style townhomes at 8 - 16+ units replacing 2 units positions Calgary to hit +10,000 people / km^2 threshold in a lot of areas in a few decades, about 2 to 3x the current density in most places. This can be achieved while allowing for the reality that not everywhere will redevelop and pace/scale of change will ebb and flow. Some blocks might see minimal change, others complete rebuilds.

Most exciting for me is this housing mix and density recipe, we are getting much of the inner city into the range that makes lively, walkable restaurant, bar and local service streets viable, while providing a vastly improved diversity and supply of housing that keeps long-run affordability possible. It's a killer combo that Calgary really seems to be getting better at all the time.
 
CBBarnett said:
we are getting much of the inner city into the range that makes lively, walkable restaurant, bar and local service streets viable, while providing a vastly improved diversity and supply of housing that keeps long-run affordability possible.
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All the positives we see from this is what proponents need to communicate to the NIMBYs. Blanket rezoning doesn't mean your neighbourhood is getting bulldozed. It simply means incremental gains on primary and secondary corridors. But my god, where are people going to park!
 
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