Village Block

Developer: Liberty Housing
Architect: Metafor
  
Address: 3416 3 Ave Northwest, Calgary
Category: Residential, Commercial (Retail)
Status: ConstructionCrane(s): 0
Height: 89 ft / 27.00 mStoreys: 6 storeys
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Village Block | 27m | 6s | Liberty Housing | Metafor

Chinese_T said:
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I like it. More important than looks, a rough zero-effort guess-estimate suggests this will be the first pedestrian-oriented retail experience in a mixed-use building within this entire area.

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I think that's an underrated feature of many of these new 6 storey mixed-use with retail infills going up all over: we are literally creating an walkable urban land use for the first time for entire swathes of the city that have never experienced a building like this before.

Put this same building up in Mission: meh, same old story - but Parkdale? It's practically an urban revolution.

1 urban format building does not make an urban city, but if you built 100 of these within that red outlined area you'd actually have things like modestly vibrant streets, a store that you can walk to, and one day perhaps even a few places you'd go to in an evening. Imagine a nightlife (however modest) in Parkdale? Unreal!

Baby steps - it's a good, simple building that hits all the right notes. Keep 'em coming.
 
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CBBarnett said:
if you built 100 of these within that red outlined area you'd actually have things like modestly vibrant streets, a store that you can walk to, and one day perhapseven a few places you'd go in an evening.
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Interesting to think about this happening. I can imagine it in Parkdale and in West Hillhurst, but not the whole area of the map. St. Andrew's Heights is basically a cul de sac of a neighbourhood, with limited entrances and surrounded by steep grades. Point McKay is a giant condo townhouse development with private streets.
 
CBBarnett said:
1 urban format building does not make an urban city, but if you built 100 of these within that red outlined area you'd actually have things like modestly vibrant streets, a store that you can walk to, and one day perhaps even a few places you'd go to in an evening. Imagine a nightlife (however modest) in Parkdale?
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Even 25 of these would make a noticeable difference if placed in strategic areas.
 
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